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Lithium aluminum hydride

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hydrogen-storage grade

Synonym(s):

LAH, Lithium alanate, Lithium tetrahydroaluminate

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
LiAlH4
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
37.95
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
26111700
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.23

grade

hydrogen-storage grade

Quality Level

Assay

>99.95%

form

pellets

reaction suitability

reagent type: reductant

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125 °C (dec.) (lit.)

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SMILES string

[Li].[AlH3]

InChI

1S/Al.Li.4H/q-1;+1;;;;

InChI key

OCZDCIYGECBNKL-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Lithium aluminum hydride (LAH) is majorly used in hydrogen storage applications. Its properties include high gravimetric and volumetric hydrogen densities. It can also be used as a reducing agent in the preparation of reduced graphene oxide (rGO).

Analysis Note

Hydrogen content, XRD plots and metal purity data are available upon request.

Pictograms

FlameCorrosion

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Danger

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1A - Water-react 1

Storage Class Code

4.3 - Hazardous materials which set free flammable gases upon contact with water

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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Lithium aluminum hydride as reducing agent for chemically reduced graphene oxides
Ambrosi A, et al.
Chemistry of Materials, 24(12), 2292-2298 (2012)
Reversible hydrogen storage via titanium-catalyzed LiAlH4 and Li3AlH6
Chen J, et al.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 105(45), 11214-11220 (2001)
A first-principles study of the electronic structure and stability of a lithium aluminum hydride for hydrogen storage
Song Y, et al.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 110(13), 6906-6910 (2006)
Regeneration of lithium aluminum hydride
Graetz J, et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130(52), 17790-17794 (2008)
I-Chi Lee et al.
Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 9(22), 7655-7658 (2011-09-17)
Specific deuterated reference compounds were prepared to probe the stereoselectivity of the reductive ring opening of carbohydrate-based benzylidene-type acetals. AlD(3) revealed a retentive stereoselectivity probably through the rare S(N)i (internal nucleophilic substitution) mechanism. An S(N)1-like mechanism occurs in the acid-promoted

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