Calcium fluoride - Materials / Alfa Chemistry

NAVIGATION

Calcium fluoride

PRICE INQUIRY

Catalog Number

ACMA00021062

Product Name

Calcium fluoride

Category

CaF2

Description

Calcium fluoride appears as odorless gray powder or granules. Sinks in water. (USCG, 1999);COLOURLESS CRYSTALS OR WHITE HYGROSCOPIC POWDER.

IUPAC Name

calcium;difluoride

Molecular Weight

78.07g/mol

Molecular Formula

CaF2;CaF2;CaF2;CaF2

InChI

InChI=1S/Ca.2FH/h;2*1H/q+2;;/p-2

InChI Key

WUKWITHWXAAZEY-UHFFFAOYSA-L

Boiling Point

2500 °C;2500 °C

Melting Point

1403 °C;1403 °C

Purity

0.9999

Density

3.18 at 68 °F (USCG, 1999);3.18;3.2 g/cm³

Solubility

0.0015 g/100 ml water at 18 °C; slightly sol in dil mineral acids;Slightly sol in acid.;0.0017 g/100 g water @ 25 °C;Solubility in water at 20 °C: none

Color/Form

White powder or cubic crystals;White cubic crystals or powder;Fluorspar crystals are yellow, green, or purple;Pure form: colorless; Natural form: can vary from transparent and colorless to translucent and white, wine-yellow, green, greenish-blue, violet-blue, and sometimes blue, deep purple, bluish black, and brown

Complexity

Composition

When heated to decomposition it emits toxic fumes of /hydrogen fluoride/.

Compound Is Canonicalized

Yes

Covalently-Bonded Unit Count

Defined Atom Stereocenter Count

Defined Bond Stereocenter Count

EC Number

232-188-7

Exact Mass

77.9593972g/mol

Formal Charge

Heat of Vaporization

335 KJ/mol

Heavy Atom Count

Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count

Hydrogen Bond Donor Count

ICSC Number

1323

Isotope Atom Count

MeSH Entry Terms

Calcium Fluoride;Fluoride, Calcium

Monoisotopic Mass

77.9593972g/mol

Other Experimental

When F ions are pptd with Ca+2 in absence of CO3 ions, a gel is obtained; Mohs' hardness= 4; becomes luminous when heated;MP: 1350 °C; Mohs hardness 4; specific gravity 3.2 /Fluorspar/

Refractive Index

Index of refraction: 1.4338

Rotatable Bond Count

RTECS Number

EW1760000

Topological Polar Surface Area

0Å²

Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count

Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count

UNII

O3B55K4YKI

MSDS