Nomenclature
CAS number: 543-90-8
C
4H
6CdO
4; mol wt 230.50.
C 20.84%, H 2.62%, Cd 48.77%, O 27.76%.
Cd(CH
3COO)
2.
Description and references
Prepd by treating cadmium nitrate with acetic
anhydride: Sp"ath, Monatsh. Chem. 33, 241 (1912); Wagenknecht, Juza, in Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry vol. 2, G. Brauer, Ed. (Academic Press, New York, 2nd
ed., 1965) p 1105.
Derivative
Dihydrate.
Properties
Crystals. Slight acetic acid odor; becomes anhydr
at about 130°. d 2.01. d (anhydr) 2.341. mp (anhydr) 255°. Freely sol in water; sol in alcohol. pH of 0.2 molar aq soln
7.1.Use
Producing iridescent effects on porcelains and pottery;
as a reagent for determination of S, Se, and Te; in cadmium electroplating.