Cerium Chloride

CERIUM (III)CHLORIDE,
Appearance: white powder
MOL FORMULA: CeCl3.
CAS Number: 7790-86-5 anhydrous
MOL WT. 246.48 anhydrous
density: 3.97 g/cm3
melt point: 848'C anhydrous
bolt point: 1727'C
other name: cerium chloride anhydrous,Cerium Chloride CeCl3,Cerium trichloride,Cerium(III) chloride,Cerium chloride;Cerous chloride;Cerium trichloride;


CERIUM CHLORIDE ANHYDRATE SPEC:
TREO(total rare earth oxides) 69% min.
La2O3/ TREO    0.005% max
CeO2/TREO    99.99% min.
Pr6O11/TREO    0.005% max.
Nd2O3/TREO    0.005% max.
Sm2O3/TREO    0.0003% max.
Y2O3/TREO    0.0003% max.
Fe2O3    0.005% max.
SiO2    0.005% max.
CaO      0.003% max.
NiO      0.001% max.
MnO2    0.001% max.
Na2O    0.005% max.
V2O5    0.001% max.
Cr2O3    0.001% max.
Moisture: 1.0% max. Packing in 50 kgs drums. inner vacuum packing.


CERIUM CHLORIDE HEPTAHYDRATE,
Appearance: colorless granule crystal
MOL FORMULA: CeCl3.7H2O heptahydrate
MOL WT. 372.58 heptahydrate
CAS Number: 18618-55-8 heptahydrate
melt point: 90'Cbegan to decompose, 848'C anhydrate melting.
other name: Cerium(III) chloride hydrate;cerium chloride heptahydrate;Cerous chloride,heptahydrate,Cerium(III) Chloride Heptahydrate


Cerium Chloride heptahydrate, spec:
TREO(total rare earth oxides) 45% min.
La2O3/ TREO 0.05% max
CeO2/TREO 99.95% min.
Pr6O11/TREO 0.01% max.
Nd2O3/TREO 0.01% max.
Sm2O3/TREO 0.001% max.
Y2O3/TREO 0.001% max.
Fe2O3: 0.01% max.
SiO2: 0.01% max.
CaO: 0.01% max.
PBO: 0.001% max.
SO4: 0.01% max.
Packing in 50 kgs drums. or 800 kgs bags.


1.Preparation technology of anhydrous cerium chloride from cerium chloride heptahydrate(CeCl3·7H2O) by vacuum dehydration method was approved.
Ce(OH)3 + 3 HCl-----CeCl3+3 H2O.

2. Dry base, cerium and chloride, CeCl3.