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Lithium borohydride

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hydrogen-storage grade, ≥90%

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Linear Formula:
LiBH4
CAS Number:
16949-15-8
Molecular Weight:
21.78
NACRES:
NA.23
PubChem Substance ID:
329761014
UNSPSC Code:
26111700
EC Number:
241-021-7
MDL number:
MFCD00011088
Assay:
≥90%
Form:
crystals

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InChI key

UUKMSDRCXNLYOO-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/BH4.Li/h1H4;/q-1;+1

SMILES string

[Li+].[BH4-]

grade

hydrogen-storage grade

assay

≥90%

form

crystals

reaction suitability

reagent type: reductant

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275 °C (dec.)

density

0.666 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

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Quality Level

100

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Application

Lithium borohydride (LiBH4) is a complex hydride with a high hydrogen density. It is a strong reducing agent and an electrode material. It has a high gravimetric (18.4 wt%) and volumetric (121 kg/m3) hydrogen storage capacities. It can also be used in lithium-ion batteries.

Analysis Note

Hydrogen content, XRD plots and metal purity data are available upon request.

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B - Water-react 1

Storage Class

4.3 - Hazardous materials which set free flammable gases upon contact with water

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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SHBF7136V
SHBB4436V
21898PJ

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Hydrogen storage properties of modified lithium borohydrides
Au M, et al.
Journal of alloys and compounds, 462(1-2), 303-309 (2008)
Nanoconfined 2LiBH4-MgH2-TiCl3 in carbon aerogel scaffold for reversible hydrogen storage
Gosalawit-Utke R, et al.
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 38(8), 3275-3282 (2013)
Effects of intermediate layer on interfacial resistance for all-solid-state lithium batteries using lithium borohydride
Takahashi K, et al.
Solid State Ionics, 262, 179-182 (2014)
Mita Dasog et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 47(30), 8569-8571 (2011-06-28)
In the presence of large excesses of borohydride salts, gold monolayer protected-clusters can be grown to larger sizes simply by controlling the amount of reducing agent added to smaller clusters. In addition, gold monolayer clusters can be used as catalysts
Pascal Martelli et al.
The journal of physical chemistry. A, 114(37), 10117-10121 (2010-09-03)
The hydrogen dynamics in solid and in liquid LiBH4 was studied by means of incoherent quasielastic neutron scattering. Rotational jump diffusion of the BH4- subunits on the picosecond scale was observed in solid LiBH4. The characteristic time constant is significantly
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