CESIUM CARBONATE

PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION

CAS NO. 534-17-8

CESIUM CARBONATE 

EINECS NO. 208-591-9
FORMULA Cs2CO3
MOL WT. 325.82

H.S. CODE

 

TOXICITY

Oral rat LD50: 2333 mg/kg

SYNONYMS

Carbonic acid, dicesium salt; Dicesium carbonate;
SMILES  

CLASSIFICATION

 

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

PHYSICAL STATE

white crystalline powder
MELTING POINT 610 C (Decomposes)
BOILING POINT  
SPECIFIC GRAVITY 4.07 - 4.08
SOLUBILITY IN WATER 260 (g/100g)
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 carbonate ( or cesium hydrogen carbonate form) is used to make other cesium compounds.
SALES SPECIFICATION

PURE SOLID

APPEARANCE

white crystalline powder

ASSAY

99.5%

Cs CONTENT 81.55%
K

300ppm max

Ca

50ppm max

Ba

100ppm max

Al

100pm max

Cl

300ppm max

Mn

3ppm max

Na

300ppm max

SO4

500ppm max

50% SOLUTION

APPEARANCE

clear to yellowish liquid

ASSAY

99.0% min

Cs CONTENT

40.75% min

Na

300ppm max

K

400ppm max

Rb

100ppm max

Cl

300ppm max

Al

100ppm max

SO4

500ppm max

TRANSPORTATION
PACKING 25kgs in plastic drums, 300kgs in drum
HAZARD CLASS not regulated
UN NO.  

OTHER INFORMATION

Hazard Symbols: XI, Risk Phrases: 36/37/38, Safety Phrases: 24/25
PRICE INFORMATION

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