NEODYMIUM CHLORIDE HEXAHYDRATE

PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION
CAS NO. 10024-93-8
13477-89-9 (Hexahydrate)

NEODYMIUM CHLORIDE
EINECS NO. 233-031-5
FORMULA NdCl3·6H2O
MOL WT. 358.69

H.S. CODE

  
TOXICITY  
SYNONYMS Neodymium (III) chloride; Neodymium Trichloride;
Neodymtrichlorid (German); Tricloruro de neodimio (Spanish); Trichlorure de néodyme (French);
DERIVATION  

CLASSIFICATION

 

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL STATE red to purple lump
MELTING POINT

124 C
BOILING POINT  
SPECIFIC GRAVITY  
SOLUBILITY IN WATER 96.5 (g/100ml)
pH  
VAPOR DENSITY 12.37

AUTOIGNITION

 

NFPA RATINGS

 Health: 1 Flammability: 0 Reactivity: 0

REFRACTIVE INDEX

 
FLASH POINT Not considered to be a fire hazard
STABILITY Stable under ordinary conditions. Hydroscopic.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION APPLICATIONS
Neodymium is a lustrous, silver-yellow,  rare-earth metallic element in the lanthanide series of group IIIb of the periodic table. Symbol Nd; Aomic number 60; atomic mass 144.24; melting point ca 1,021°C; boiling point ca  3,068°C; specific gravity 6.80  or 7.004; valence +3; electronic config. [Xe]4f46s².  Neodymium tarnishes in air, forming an oxide form that splits and exposes to further oxidation. The coated form does not protect the metal from further oxidation (it must be stored away from contact with air). The metal is also attacked by water and by acids. Thought it has a hexagonal crystalline structure, but it assumes a face-centered cubic conformation with specific gravity about 6.8 when heated above 800°C. Neodymium is not found in nature as the free element but in the minerals monazite and bastnasite. The metal may be prepared from electrolysis of its halides or through an ion exchange process. Neodymium is used in coloring glasses and for doping some glass lasers since it transmits 90% of the blue, green, and red light rays and no more than 10% of the yellow. Neodymium compounds include:
  • Neodymium Acetate (CAS #: 25721-92-0, Nd(C2H3O2)3)
  • Neodymium Bromide (CAS #: 13536-80-6, NdBr3)
  • Neodymium Carbonate Hydrate (CAS #: 38245-38-4, Nd2(CO3)3)·XH2O)
  • Neodymium Chloride (CAS #: 10024-93-8, NdCl3 or 13477-89-9 (Hexahydrate))
  • Neodymium Fluoride (CAS #: 13709-42-7, NdF3)
  • Neodymium Hydroxide Hydrate (16469-17-3, Nd(OH)3·XH2O)
  • Neodymium Iodide (CAS #: 13813-24-6, NdI3)
  • Neodymium Nitrate Hydrate (CAS #: 14517-29-4, Nd(NO3)3)·XH2O)
  • Neodymium Nitride (NdN)
  • Neodymium Oxalate Hydrate (28877-87-4, Nd2(C2O4)3·XH2O)
  • Neodymium Oxide (CAS #: 1313-97-9, Nd2O3)
  • Neodymium Sulfate Hydrate (101509-27-7, Nd2(SO4)3·XH2O)
  • Neodymium Sulfide (Nd2S3 )
  • Neodymium Telluride (CAS #: 12035-35-7, Nd2Te3)
Neodymium compounds are used in glass coloring, permanent magnets, capacitors, infrared filters, resonators, Catalysis (diene polymerization), laser materials. Neodymium fluoride is used in the preparation fluorinated glasses.
SALES SPECIFICATION

APPEARANCE

red to purple lump
TREO

45.0% min
REO/TREO

95.0, 99.0, 99.99%
TRANSPORTATION
PACKING  
HAZARD CLASS  
UN NO.  
OTHER INFORMATION
Hazard Symbols: XI, Risk Phrases: 36/37/38, Safety Phrases: 26-36