CESIUM ACETATE

PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION

CAS NO. 3396-11-0

CESIUM ACETATE

EINECS NO.

222-248-0

FORMULA CsOOCCH3
MOL WT. 191.95

H.S. CODE

 

TOXICITY

 

SYNONYMS

Acetic acid, cesium salt;
acetato de cesio (Spanish); Acétate de cesium (French);
DESCRIPTION  

CLASSIFICATION

 

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

PHYSICAL STATE

white solid (lump)
MELTING POINT 194 C
BOILING POINT 945 (g/100g)
SPECIFIC GRAVITY 2.42 - 2.43
SOLUBILITY IN WATER  
pH

 

VAPOR DENSITY  

AUTOIGNITION

 

NFPA RATINGS

Health: 1; Flammability: 0; Reactivity: 0

REFRACTIVE INDEX

 
FLASH POINT

 

STABILITY Stable under ordinary conditions. Hygroscopic.

APPLICATIONS

Cesium salts are used as mediums of density gradient centrifugation for DNA recovery and purification (high purity of cesium chloride, cesium sulfate, cesium trifluoroacetate) and as metal oxide catalyst enhancer for heterogeneous processes due to their ability to lower down high oxidation states of transition metal oxo anions. Some salts (cesium bromide, iodide and fluoride) are used in scintillation counters and infrared spectroscopies as they absorb x-rays, gamma and particle radiation, and emit visible light. Industrial application of cesium salts include manufacturing specialty glasses (Surface ion exchange with cesium salts improves corrosion or breakage resistance of glasses ) and in photoelectric cells, in optical instruments, for photosensitive deposit on cathodes and in filaments of electron tubes to increase sensitivity (cesium chlorite, carbonate, sulfate, nitrate, perchlorate). Cesium chloride is used in titanium dioxide manufacturing. They are used as components for propellants and drilling grouts. Cesium sulfate and fluoride are used for brewing and in mineral waters. Cesium Hydroxide is used as electrolyte in alkaline batteries at subzero temperatures color photography and as a catalyst in organic synthesis. Cesium Acetate is used in organic synthesis especially for Perkin reaction; formation of unsaturated cinnamic-type acids by the condensation of aromatic aldehydes with fatty acids.
SALES SPECIFICATION

APPEARANCE

white solid (lump)

ASSAY

99.8% min

Cs CONTENT 69.24%
Fe

1ppm max

Li

5ppm max

K

150ppm max

Ca

10ppm max

Mg

5ppm max

Sr

5ppm max

Ba

30ppm max

Al

1ppm max

Cr

1ppm max

Mn

1ppm max

SiO2

100ppm max

TRANSPORTATION
PACKING  
HAZARD CLASS  
UN NO.  

OTHER INFORMATION

Hazard Symbols: n/a, Risk Phrases: ,Safety Phrases: 24/25-28A-37-45
PRICE INFORMATION

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