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CaF2

Calcium fluoride

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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