Caesium cadmium chloride
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| IUPAC name
Caesium cadmium chloride | |
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| CdCl3Cs | |
| Molar mass | 351.67 g·mol−1 |
| Appearance | White or colourless solid |
| Structure | |
| hexagonal | |
| P63/mmc | |
a = 7.403, c = 18.406 | |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Caesium cadmium chloride (CsCdCl3) is a synthetic crystalline material. It belongs to the AMX3 group (where A=alkali metal, M=bivalent metal, X=halogen ions). It crystallizes in a hexagonal space group P63/mmc with unit cell lengths a = 7.403 Å and c = 18.406 Å, with one cadmium ion having D3d symmetry and the other having C3v symmetry.[1]
It is formed when an aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid containing an equimolar solution of caesium chloride and cadmium chloride.[2]