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Rubidium chloride

ReagentPlus®, ≥99.0% (metals basis)

Synonym(s):

Rubidium monochloride, Rubidium(I) chloride

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Linear Formula:
RbCl
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
120.92
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.23

Quality Level

product line

ReagentPlus®

Assay

≥99.0% (metals basis)

form

powder

impurities

≤10000 ppm Metal Trace Analysis (ICP)

mp

715 °C (lit.)

solubility

H2O: soluble, clear to slightly hazy

density

2.8 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

absorption

≤0.4 at 280 in H2O at 50%

SMILES string

[Cl-].[Rb+]

InChI

1S/ClH.Rb/h1H;/q;+1/p-1

InChI key

FGDZQCVHDSGLHJ-UHFFFAOYSA-M

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General description

Rubidium chloride is an alkali metal halide saltand an excellent water-soluble crystalline rubidium source. It is widely used in thefield of biomedical research, electrochemistry, nanomaterial synthesis, and thepetrol industry.

Application

Rubidium chloride can be used as a dopant to synthesize magnesium oxide nanoparticles.

It can be used to enhance the performance of OLEDs. For example, a thin layer of RbCl inserted into a multilayer OLED (ITO/NPB/Alq3/Al) can significantly increase its electroluminescent efficiency. This can happen due to the lowering of the electron injection barrier and enhancing the recombination rate induced by trap sites provided by the RbCl layer.

Rubidium chloride (RbCl) can also be used as a non-invasive biomarker.

It may also be used to study the chronotypic effects of Rb in hamsters.

Legal Information

ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Rubidium chloride fuses split circadian activity rhythms in hamsters housed in bright constant light
Hallonquist J, et al.
Chronobiology International, 11(2), 65-71 null
Marking bark beetle parasitoids within the host plant with rubidium for dispersal studies
Hougardy E, et al.
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 108(2), 107-114 (2003)
The effect of rubidium chloride on properties of organic light-emitting diodes
Lu Z, et al.
Solid-State Electron, 53(11), 1154-1158 (2009)
Yui-May Hsiao et al.
Nuclear medicine and biology, 36(1), 39-45 (2009-02-03)
In locations that lack nearby cyclotron facilities for radionuclide production, generator-based (68)Ga radiopharmaceuticals might have clinical utility for positron emission tomography (PET) studies of myocardial perfusion and other physiological processes. The lipophilic and monocationic (67)Ga-labeled gallium chelates of five novel
F Stevens et al.
Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP, 7(2), 240-249 (2005-01-21)
An extensive level of theory study is performed on diatomic chalcogen defects in alkali halide lattices by density functional theory methods. A variety of exchange correlation functionals and basis sets are used for the calculation of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)

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