2016. Cesium Sulfate

Nomenclature

CAS number: 10294-54-9
Cs2O4S; mol wt 361.87.
Cs 73.45%, O 17.69%, S 8.86%.
Cs2SO4.

Description and references

Prepn: Gmelins, Cesium (8th ed.) 25, pp 218-225 (1938).

Properties

Orthorhombic or hexagonal prisms. d 4.24. mp 1019°. Very sol in water. Practically insol in alc, acetone, pyridine.

Use

With V or V2O5 as catalyst for SO2 oxidation.