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Rubidium

ingot, 99.6% trace metals basis

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
Rb
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
85.47
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
11101711
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.23

Assay

99.6% trace metals basis

form

ingot

reaction suitability

reagent type: reductant

packaging

pkg of Packaged in: Breakseal Ampule

resistivity

11.0 μΩ-cm, 20°C

impurities

0.2-0.4% Cs

bp

686 °C (lit.)

mp

38-39 °C (lit.)

density

1.53 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

[Rb]

InChI

1S/Rb

InChI key

IGLNJRXAVVLDKE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Rubidium is a highly electropositive alkaline metal that can be obtained as a byproduct of refining lithium from lepidolite. It is used in photomultiplier tubes, laser cooling, atomic clock, photocell, nuclear medicine, and specialty glass.

Application

Rubidium can be used as a starting material to synthesize rubidium hydrazinidoborane (RbN2H3BH3).
It can also be used as a reducing agent to synthesize reduced polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

Pictograms

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Danger

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

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

Supplementary Hazards

Storage Class Code

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

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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Hydration structure and polarization of Rb(+) and Cs(+) in liquid water at ambient conditions were studied by first principles molecular dynamics. Our systematic analysis of the relevant electronic structures, based on maximally localized Wannier functions, revealed that the dipole moment

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