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Sigma-Aldrich

Strontium carbonate

≥98%

Synonym(s):

Strontianite

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Linear Formula:
SrCO3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
147.63
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.23

Assay

≥98%

form

powder

density

3.7 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

[Sr++].[O-]C([O-])=O

InChI

1S/CH2O3.Sr/c2-1(3)4;/h(H2,2,3,4);/q;+2/p-2

InChI key

LEDMRZGFZIAGGB-UHFFFAOYSA-L

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General description

Strontium carbonate is insoluble in water. It is used predominantly in producing other strontium salts.

Application

Strontium carbonate is used to prepare:
  • Barium strontium titanate
  • Barium strontium titanate thin films
It may be used to prepare europium doped di-strontium magnesium di-silicate phosphor.
Strontium carbonate is used in pyrotechnics, ceramic ferrites, inexpensive fireworks colorant.

Storage Class Code

13 - Non Combustible Solids

WGK

nwg

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Barium strontium titanate powder obtained by polymeric precursor method
Ries A, et al.
Materials Characterization, 50(2), 217-221 (2003)
Effect of process parameters and post deposition annealing on the optical, structural and microwave dielectric properties of RF magnetron sputtered (Ba 0.5, Sr 0.5) TiO 3 thin films
Saravanan K, et al.
Vacuum, 81(3), 307-316 (2006)
Photoluminescence properties of europium doped di-strontium magnesium di-silicate phosphor by solid state reaction method
Sahu IP, et al.
Science, 1-6 (2014)
Zhaofu Fei et al.
Inorganic chemistry, 44(15), 5200-5202 (2005-07-19)
The crystal structure of a strontium-imidazolium polymeric material obtained from the reaction of zwitterionic 1,3-bis(carboxymethyl)imidazolium with SrCO(3) (2:1) in water is reported. The compound crystallized in the orthorhombic space group Pcc2 with a = 14.545(3) A, b = 8.514(5) A
Xiupeng Wang et al.
Acta biomaterialia, 3(5), 757-763 (2007-04-07)
An injectable calcium phosphate cement (CPC) with excellent radiopacity was proposed by introducing a novel radiopacifier, strontium carbonate, into the powder phase of CPC. The results showed that the cement showed improved radiopacity even when the content of strontium carbonate

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