Nomenclature
CAS number: 7790-80-9
CdI
2; mol wt 366.22.
Cd 30.69%, I 69.31%.
Description and references
Prepd from the elements or from the sulfate
and KI: Wagenknecht, Juza in Handbook of
Preparative Inorganic Chemistry vol. 2, G.
Brauer, Ed. (Academic Press, New York, 2nd ed., 1965) p 1096.
Properties
Hexagonal, lustrous, flake-like crystals; becomes
yellow on long exposure to air and light. mp 388°; bp 787°; d 5.67. Sol in water, alc, ether, acetone.Use
In electrodeposition of Cd; as nematocide; in manuf
of phosphors; as lubricant; in photoconductors; in photography, process
engraving; lithography; in analytical chemistry.