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Aluminum chloride

anhydrous, powder, 99.999% trace metals basis

Synonym(s):

Aluminium trichloride, Aluminum(III) chloride, Trichloroaluminum

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Linear Formula:
AlCl3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
133.34
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
eCl@ss:
38120507
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.23

grade

anhydrous

Quality Level

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 100 °C)

assay

99.999% trace metals basis

form

powder

reaction suitability

reagent type: catalyst
core: aluminum

impurities

≤15.0 ppm Trace Metal Analysis

mp

190 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

Cl[Al](Cl)Cl

InChI

1S/Al.3ClH/h;3*1H/q+3;;;/p-3

InChI key

VSCWAEJMTAWNJL-UHFFFAOYSA-K

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General description

Aluminum chloride is a strong Lewis acid and a major industrial catalyst. It is also used as a dopant/catalyst modifier to fabricate battery materials and solar cells.

Application

Aluminum chloride can be used:
  • To prepare cost-effective ionic liquid electrolyte for high performance aluminum ion battery.
  • To fabricate modified SnO2 triple layered photoanode for dye sensitized solar cells. This leads to suppression of electron recombination and five-fold enhancement of efficiency.
  • As a precursor to synthesize CsPbCl3 perovskite nanocrystals for bright white light-emitting diodes. It improves photoluminescence quantum yield.

Features and Benefits

  • High purity with trace metal analysis (=< 15 ppm) makes suitable for batteries.
  • High water solubility
  • Stable under battery operation conditions

The vapor-phase co-reductions with other metal halides by hydrogen results in finely divided intermetallics with applications as structural materials or compounds with useful thermoelectric, magnetic, and oxidation-resistance properties. Aluminum nitride can be synthesized from the elemnts with AlCl3 added to help facilitate crystallization.

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Hazard Classifications

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WGK 1

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