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Sigma-Aldrich

Cesium bromide

99.999% trace metals basis

Synonym(s):

Cesium monobromide

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Linear Formula:
CsBr
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
212.81
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.23

Quality Level

Assay

99.999% trace metals basis

form

powder and chunks

impurities

≤15.0 ppm Trace Metal Analysis

mp

636 °C (lit.)

density

4.44 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

[Br-].[Cs+]

InChI

1S/BrH.Cs/h1H;/q;+1/p-1

InChI key

LYQFWZFBNBDLEO-UHFFFAOYSA-M

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General description

Cesium bromide (CsBr) is an inorganic compound moderately soluble in water and exhibits hygroscopic properties. CsBr crystals are utilized in scintillation counters for detecting radiation due to their effective scintillation properties. It is also used in optics as a beam splitter component in wide-band spectrophotometers.

Application

Cesium bromide can be used as:      
  • An electrolyte additives to improve the cycling efficiency of lithium and graphite anodes in lithium-ion batteries. The cesium cations can help control the interfacial chemistry on the anode, leading to enhanced performance.     
  • An additive to enhance the efficiency and stability of CsPbI2Br perovskite solar cells by passivating defects, improving charge transport properties, and contributing to higher power conversion efficiencies.
  • As a precursor material to synthesize cesium lead bromide (CsPbBr3) perovskite, which is then utilized as an electrode material in a symmetric supercapacitor.  
  • As a precursor to prepare thermal neutron imaging plates.     
  • As a precursor to synthesize lead-free CsBr: Eu2+ nanocrystals for fabricating white LEDs.    
  • As an additive to prepare CsI-based scintillators. Alloying with cesium bromide increases the yield limit and microhardness of CsI crystals.

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Warning

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1 - Repr. 2

Storage Class Code

13 - Non Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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N Devaraj et al.
Analytical biochemistry, 206(1), 142-146 (1992-10-01)
A procedure for the rapid isolation of mucin glycoprotein by density gradient centrifugation in cesium trifluoroacetate (CsTFA) is described. The separation of mixtures of rat tracheobronchial mucin, DNA, hyaluronic acid, and bovine serum albumin in CsTFA gradients was superior to
Wen-Chen Zheng et al.
Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy, 64(3), 628-630 (2006-01-03)
The complete high-order perturbation formula of g factor, including not only the widely used crystal-field (CF) mechanism, but also the neglected change-transfer (CT) mechanism in the CF theory, is established for a 3d8 ion in cubic octahedral site. From the
Caesium-binding sites in the gramicidin pore.
D A Doyle et al.
Biochemical Society transactions, 22(4), 1043-1045 (1994-11-01)
Matthieu P Wintergerst et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130(12), 4129-4139 (2008-03-04)
Solvent-extraction studies provide confirming evidence that meso-octamethylcalix[4]pyrrole acts as an ion-pair receptor for cesium chloride and cesium bromide in nitrobenzene solution. The stoichiometry of the interaction under extraction conditions from water to nitrobenzene was determined from plots of the cesium
Peng Pan et al.
Analytical chemistry, 75(20), 5468-5474 (2004-01-09)
Solutions consisting of protein and small molecule mixtures have been subjected to electrospray ionization to study the influence of small molecule/cation components at high concentrations on the electrospray responses of proteins. Emphasis was placed on solutions consisting of equal parts

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