1619. Cadmium Fluoride

Nomenclature

CAS number: 7790-79-6
CdF2; mol wt 150.41.
Cd 74.74%, F 25.26%.

Description and references

Prepn from CdCl2 and NH4F: Kurtenacker et al., Z. Anorg. Chem. 211, 89 (1933); from CdCO3 and HF: Kwasnik in Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry vol. 1, G. Brauer, Ed. (Academic Press, New York, 2nd ed., 1963) p 243.

Properties

Cubic crystals. mp 1049°; bp 1748°; d 6.33. Poisonous. Soly in water (25°) 4.3 g/100 ml. Sol in HF and other mineral acids; practically insol in alcohol and liquid ammonia.

Use

Manufacture of phosphors, glass; in nuclear reactor controls.