Calcium Fluoride
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IUPAC: Calcium fluoride
CAS: 7789-75-5
Descripción general
Calcium fluoride is found naturally as the mineral fluorite, which displays beautiful fluorescence under UV light — the phenomenon of fluorescence was named after this mineral. It is the primary source of fluorine for the chemical industry.
Composición
Usos
- • Source of fluorine and HF
- • Metallurgical flux (steelmaking)
- • Optical lenses (UV and IR optics)
- • Ceramic and glass additive
Datos curiosos
- ✦ The word 'fluorescence' was coined in 1852 to describe the glow of fluorite under UV light
Seguridad
- ⚠ Low toxicity in crystalline form
- ⚠ HF exposure risk during processing
Structure
SMILES
[F-].[F-].[Ca+2]
Propiedades
- Tipo
- salt
- Estado
- solid
- Masa molar
- 78,08 g/mol
- Densidad
- 3,1800 g/cm³
- Punto de fusión
- 1418,0 °C
- Punto de ebullición
- 2533,0 °C
- Solubilidad
- 0.016 g/L at 18°C
Molecular Descriptors
- Exact Mass
- 77,9594
- TPSA
- 0,0 Ų
- H-Bond Donors
- 0
- H-Bond Acceptors
- 2
- Rotatable Bonds
- 0
- Heavy Atoms
- 3
- Complexity
- 0,0