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Cerium(III) nitrate hexahydrate

99% 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: 24854311
• NACRES: NA.23

Properties

• assay: 99% trace metals basis
• form: crystals and lumps
• reaction suitability: reagent type: catalyst; core: cerium
• impurities: 1-2% La
• 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 the most common form of cerium nitrate. It is a white-to-yellow crystalline salt, and it is highly soluble in water, alcohol, and acetone, although solutions can appear slightly hazy. Like many trivalent metal nitrates, cerium (III) nitrate hexahydrate has a low-melting point of only 57 °C and thermally decomposes at low temperatures too, beginning at 190 °C and proceeding rapidly at 280 °C with complete decomposition 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.

Ceria is one of the best studied materials-platforms for catalysis and solid oxide fuel cells. Consequently scientists have developed well-controlled synthetic protocols using cerium (III) nitrate hexahydrate for preparing ceria nanoparticles including nano cubes, nanotubes, and nanorods. The tailorable synthesis facilitates using ceria as a catalyst support, for example leveraging the porosity of the microstructure to impregnate metals and metal alloys, or for example synthesizing ceria-based materials like ceria-zirconia.

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