Nomenclature
CAS number: 7787-63-5
Basic bismuth iodide; bismuth oxyiodide; bismuthyl iodide; bismuth “subiodide”.
BiIO; mol wt 351.88.
Bi 59.39%, I 36.06%, O 4.55%.
BiOI.
Description and references
Prepn: Gmelins, Bismuth (8th ed) 19, p 159 (1927); Schenk in Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry vol.
1, G. Brauer, Ed. (Academic Press, New York, 2nd ed., 1963)
p 625.
Properties
Brick-red, heavy, odorless powder or copper-colored
crystals. d 7.92.
Fuses at red heat with partial decompn. Practically insol in water,
alcohol, CHCl3; sol in HCl; dec by HNO3 or alkali.Use
Manuf of dry cell cathodes.
Therapeutic Category
Anti-infective.
Keywords
Antiseptic/Disinfectant; Halogens/Halogen Containing Compounds