Nomenclature
CAS number: 7647-17-8
ClCs; mol wt 168.36.
Cl 21.06%, Cs 78.94%.
CsCl.
Description and references
Prepn from carnallite and from pollucite:
Donges in Handbook of Preparative Inorganic
Chemistry vol. 1, G. Brauer, Ed. (Academic
Press, New York, 2nd ed., 1963) pp 951, 955. Toxicity study: Cochran et al., Arch. Ind. Hyg. 1, 637 (1950).
Properties
Deliquesc cubic crystals. d 3.99. mp 646°. bp 1303°. Very sol in water; sol in alc. Keep
well closed. LD50 i.p. in rats: 1.5 g/kg (Cochran).Derivative
131CsCl.
Nomenclature
Cescan-131 (Abbott). Use
In the final evacuation of radio and television
vacuum tubes; in x-ray fluorescent screens; as radiographic contrast
medium; in manuf of cesium.