Cadmium dichloride

Cadmium compounds: cadmium dichloride

The cadmium in cadmium dichloride formally is in the oxidation state 2.

Cadmium dichloride

• Formula as often written: CdCl₂
• Hill system formula: Cd₁Cl₂
• CAS registry number: [10108-64-2]
• Formula weight: 183.316
• Class: chloride

Synonyms

• cadmium dichloride
• cadmium(II) chloride
• cadmium chloride

Physical properties

• Colour: white
• Appearance: crystalline solid
• Melting point: 568°C
• Boiling point: 970°C
• Density: 4080 kg m^-3

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in cadmium dichloride

Element	%
Cd	61.32
Cl	38.68

Synthesis

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Solid state structure

• Geometry of cadmium: 6 coordinate: octahedral
• Prototypical structure: CdCl2

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the CdCl₂ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Cd₁Cl₂

mass  %
176   2.8 _
177   0.0 
178   3.7 __
179   0.0 
180  29.0 ______________
181  28.2 ______________
182  70.9 ___________________________________
183  44.9 ______________________
184 100.0 __________________________________________________
185  20.1 __________
186  62.4 _______________________________
187   2.8 _
188  17.0 ________
189   0.0 
190   1.7 _

References

The data on these compounds pages are assembled and adapted from the primary literature and several other sources including the following.

• R.T. Sanderson in Chemical Periodicity, Reinhold, New York, USA, 1960.
• N.N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw in Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd edition, Butterworth, UK, 1997.
• F.A. Cotton, G. Wilkinson, C.A. Murillo, and M. Bochmann, in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
• A.F. Trotman-Dickenson, (ed.) in Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry, Pergamon, Oxford, UK, 1973.
• R.W.G. Wyckoff, in Crystal Structures, volume 1, Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, 1963.
• A.R.West in Basic solid state chemistry Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
• A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
• J.D.H. Donnay, (ed.) in Crystal data determinative tables, ACA monograph number 5, American Crystallographic Association, USA, 1963.
• D.R. Lide, (ed.) in Chemical Rubber Company handbook of chemistry and physics, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 77th edition, 1996.
• J.W. Mellor in A comprehensive treatise on inorganic and theoretical chemistry, volumes 1-16, Longmans, London, UK, 1922-1937.
• J.E. Macintyre (ed.) in Dictionary of inorganic compounds, volumes 1-3, Chapman & Hall, London, UK, 1992.

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