1621. Cadmium Iodide

Nomenclature

CAS number: 7790-80-9
CdI2; 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.