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Cadmium chloride

anhydrous, beads, −10 mesh, 99.999% trace metals basis

Synonym(s):

Cadmium dichloride, Dichlorocadmium

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
CdCl2
Molecular Weight:
183.32
NACRES:
NA.23
PubChem Substance ID:
24867543
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
EC Number:
233-296-7
MDL number:
MFCD00010916
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grade

anhydrous

Quality Level

100

vapor density

6.3 (vs air)

vapor pressure

10 mmHg ( 656 °C)

assay

99.999% trace metals basis

form

beads

reaction suitability

reagent type: catalyst
core: cadmium

particle size

−10 mesh

mp

568 °C (lit.)

solubility

H2O: soluble 457 g/L at 20 °C (OECD Test Guideline 105)

SMILES string

Cl[Cd]Cl

InChI

1S/Cd.2ClH/h;2*1H/q+2;;/p-2

InChI key

YKYOUMDCQGMQQO-UHFFFAOYSA-L

Application

Cadmium chloride (CdCl2) can be used for a variety of applications such as:
  • synthesis of cadmium selenide which can further be used in semiconductors(1)
  • synthesis of americium trichloride for potential usage in nuclear engineering(2)
  • a catalyst in the preparation of 5-substituted 1H-tetrazoles which can be utilized in pharmaceuticals, medicine, and agriculture(3)

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 2 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Carc. 1B - Muta. 1B - Repr. 1B - STOT RE 1

Storage Class

6.1B - Non-combustible acute toxic Cat. 1 and 2 / very toxic hazardous materials

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Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type P3 (EN 143) respirator cartridges

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Yuxiong Huang et al.
PloS one, 15(9), e0239137-e0239137 (2020-10-01)
Sediment and soil contamination with toxic heavy metals, including cadmium (Cd2+) and lead (Pb2+), represents a major long-term remediation challenge. Resuspension of contaminated sediments into the water column, or the uptake of toxic metals from top soil, can lead to
Meesbah Jiwaji et al.
PloS one, 7(11), e50521-e50521 (2012-12-05)
In recent years much progress has been made in the development of tools for systems biology to study the levels of mRNA and protein, and their interactions within cells. However, few multiplexed methodologies are available to study cell signalling directly
M Auslander et al.
Marine biotechnology (New York, N.Y.), 10(3), 250-261 (2008-01-24)
Individuals of the fish Lithognathus mormyrus were exposed to a series of pollutants including: benzo[a]pyrene, pp-DDE, Aroclor 1254, perfluorooctanoic acid, tributyl-tin chloride, lindane, estradiol, 4-nonylphenol, methyl mercury chloride, and cadmium chloride. Five mixtures of the pollutants were injected. Each mixture
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