1996. Cerous Carbonate

Nomenclature

CAS number: 537-01-9
C3Ce2O9; mol wt 460.26.
C 7.83%, Ce 60.89%, O 31.29%.
Ce2(CO3)3.

Description and references

Prepn: Head, Holley, Jr., USAEC LADC-5579, 8 pp (1962).

Derivative

Pentahydrate.

Properties

Powder, or microcryst prisms. Almost insol in water; sol in dil mineral acids and in soln of ammonium salts.