Nomenclature
CAS number: 1299-86-1
C
3Al
4; mol wt 143.96.
C 25.03%, Al 74.97%.
Al
4C
3.
Description and references
Prepd by heating aluminum powder with carbon:
Becher in Handbook of Preparative Inorganic
Chemistry vol. 1, G. Brauer, Ed. (Academic
Press, New York, 2nd ed., 1963) p 832.
Properties
Yellow hexagonal crystals or powder. mp 2100°; decomposes
above 2200°. d 2.36.
Dangerous when wet. Decomposed
by water with evolution of
methane,
q.v.Use
In generating methane; reducing metal oxides; in
manuf of aluminum nitride.