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Cerium(III) nitrate hexahydrate

99.999% trace metals basis

• Synonym(s): Cerium trinitrate, Cerous nitrate hexahydrate, Nitric acid cerium salt
• Linear Formula: Ce(NO₃)₃ · 6H₂O
• CAS Number: 10294-41-4
• Molecular Weight: 434.22
• EC Number: 233-297-2
• MDL number: MFCD00149631
• UNSPSC Code: 12352302
• PubChem Substance ID: 24852137
• NACRES: NA.23

Properties

• assay: 99.999% trace metals basis
• form: crystals and lumps
• reaction suitability: reagent type: catalyst; core: cerium
• impurities: ≤15.0 ppm Trace Metal Analysis
• SMILES string: [Ce+3].[H]O[H].[H]O[H].[H]O[H].[H]O[H].[H]O[H].[H]O[H].[O-][N+]([O-])=O.[O-][N+]([O-])=O.[O-][N+]([O-])=O
• InChI: 1S/Ce.3NO3.6H2O/c;3*2-1(3)4;;;;;;/h;;;;6*1H2/q+3;3*-1;;;;;;
• InChI key: QQZMWMKOWKGPQY-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

Cerium (III) nitrate hexahydrate is a widely used source of cerium in materials science. It is a white-to-yellow crystalline salt that is hygroscopic and air-sensitive. It is highly soluble in water, alcohol, and acetone, although solutions can appear slightly hazy. Like many trivalent metal nitrates, cerium (III) nitrate hexahydrate melts at a low temperature (57 °C)and thermally decomposes at low temperatures too, beginning at 190 °C and proceeding rapidly at 280 °C with complete decomposition to cerium oxide at 390-400 °C.

Application

Cerium (III) nitrate hexahydrate is widely used as a source of cerium, especially in the synthesis of micro- or nano-structured ceria (cerium oxide). Because of its high solubility and low decomposition temperature, cerium (III) nitrate hexahydrate is an ideal reagent for hydrothermal reactions, sol-gel processing, and co-precipitation and calcination reactions. Our cerium (III) nitrate hexahydrate 99.999% is designed for applications that demand high-purity cerium with low contaminants of other trace metals and rare earth metals. For example, high-purity cerium nitrate is applicable in studies using cerium (III) nitrate hexahydrate used to dope catalysts, such as recent efforts to boost water splitting using Ce-doped layered double hydroxides . It is also applicable in studies using cerium (III)nitrate hexahydrate to build a ceria support for single-atom catalysts, such as nickel-doped ceria for the hydrogenation of acetylene and platinum-doped ceria for carbon monoxide oxidation. Our high-purity cerium (III) nitrate hexahydrate is also in the solid-state synthesis of cerium-doped phosphors like Ca₂YHf₂Al₃O₁₂ where energy transfer from Ce³⁺ to other rare earth ions plays a major role in the efficiency and breadth of excitations.

Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS05,GHS09
• signalword: Danger
• hcodes: H318,H410
• pcodes: P273 - P280 - P305 + P351 + P338 - P391 - P501
• Hazard Classifications: Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Eye Dam. 1
• Storage Class: 5.1B - Oxidizing hazardous materials
• wgk_germany: WGK 2
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable
• ppe: Eyeshields, Gloves, type P3 (EN 143) respirator cartridges