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Aluminum chloride

powder, 99.999% trace metals basis

Synonym(s):

Aluminium trichloride, Aluminum(III) chloride, Trichloroaluminum

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Linear Formula:
AlCl3
CAS Number:
7446-70-0
Molecular Weight:
133.34
PubChem Substance ID:
24880139
eCl@ss:
38120507
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
NACRES:
NA.23
EC Number:
231-208-1
MDL number:
MFCD00003422
Assay:
99.999% trace metals basis
Form:
powder

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InChI

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

InChI key

VSCWAEJMTAWNJL-UHFFFAOYSA-K

SMILES string

Cl[Al](Cl)Cl

Quality Level

100

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 100 °C)

assay

99.999% trace metals basis

form

powder

reaction suitability

core: aluminum, reagent type: catalyst

impurities

≤15.0 ppm Trace Metal Analysis

mp

190 °C (lit.)

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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.

pictograms

Corrosion
GHS05

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Danger

hcodes

H314

Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B

supp_hazards

EUH014,EUH071

Storage Class

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type P3 (EN 143) respirator cartridges

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0000522747
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Low-temperature modification of mesoporous MCM-41 material with sublimated aluminum chloride in vacuum
Xu M, et al.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 106(47), 12140-12143 (2002)
Lewis-acid catalyzed ene reactions
Snider BB
Accounts of Chemical Research, 13(11), 426-432 (1980)
Reaction of xylenes with tert.-butylchloride in presence of anhydrous aluminium chloride
Ismail M, et al.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 106(47), 12140-12143 (2008)
Reactions of Diazirines with Aluminum Chloride: Lewis Acid-Mediated Carbene Generation and Friedel- Crafts Reactions
Moss RA, et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 122(40), 9878-9879 (2000)
Aluminium, Gallium, Indium and Thallium
Chemistry of elements, 216-267 (1997)
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