369. Aluminum Thiocyanate

Nomenclature

CAS number: 538-17-0
Thiocyanic acid aluminum salt (3:1); aluminum sulfocyanate.
C3AlN3S3; mol wt 201.23.
C 17.91%, Al 13.41%, N 20.88%, S 47.80%.
Al(CNS)3.

Description and references

Prepn: Gmelins, Aluminum (8th ed.) 35B, p 306 (1934).

Use

Aq solution used as mordant in dye industry.