Chemical Properties
Aqueous solutions of cesium chloride are neutral. When preparing cesium sulfate from cesium chloride, concentrated sulfuric acid or cesium hydrogen sulfate is heated at temperatures between 550 and 700°C.
Crystal Structure
Cesium chloride crystallizes in a simple cubic structure. Compounds that adopt this crystal structure include CsCl, CsBr, CsI, TlCl, TlBr, and NH₄Cl.
Solubility in Water (g/100 mL)
Grams dissolved per 100 mL of water at different temperatures (°C): 146 g/0°C; 175g/10℃; 187g/20℃; 197g/30℃; 208g/40℃230g/60℃; 250g/80℃; 260g/90℃; 271g/100℃
Biological Activity
Cesium chloride (CsCl) is an inorganic compound widely used in isopycnic centrifugation for the separation of various types of DNA, and also serves as a reagent in analytical chemistry.
Purpose
Used as an analytical reagent
Purpose
Cesium chloride is primarily used as a raw material for producing metallic cesium and cesium-containing single crystals, and also finds applications in the preparation of conductive glass and analytical reagents.
Purpose
Raw material for producing metallic cesium and cesium-containing single crystals; analytical reagent; used in the preparation of conductive glass; used in solutions for isolating RNA from DNA by density gradient centrifugation
