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Cesium iodide

99.999% trace metals basis

Synonym(s):

Caesium iodide, Caesium monoiodide

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
CsI
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
259.81
PubChem Substance ID:
eCl@ss:
38100503
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
NACRES:
NA.23
EC Number:
232-145-2
MDL number:
Assay:
99.999% trace metals basis
Form:
solid
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Quality Level

assay

99.999% trace metals basis

form

solid

impurities

≤15.0 ppm Trace Metal Analysis

mp

626 °C (lit.)

density

4.51 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

[I-].[Cs+]

InChI

1S/Cs.HI/h;1H/q+1;/p-1

InChI key

XQPRBTXUXXVTKB-UHFFFAOYSA-M

Application

Cesium iodide can be used as precursor to synthesize lead-free perovskite material, Cs2NaBiI6 (CNBI). The CNBI is highly stable and finds application in the field of solar cells, LEDs, and lasers.

It can be used to prepare brightest red emitting Cs2HfI6 scintillator which is applicable in high resolution gamma spectroscopy.

It can also be used tosynthesize Cesium based nanocrystals for the detection of ionizingradiations.

Features and Benefits

  • High quantum efficiency
  • High stability to ambient air and gas environment
Frequently used in devices such as phosphor screens for medical imaging, scintillators, calorimeters and a variety of particle detectors.


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Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Acute 1 - Repr. 2

Storage Class

13 - Non Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves



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Riddhiman Sarkar et al.
Journal of magnetic resonance (San Diego, Calif. : 1997), 212(2), 460-463 (2011-09-13)
The accurate temperature measurement of solid samples under magic-angle spinning (MAS) is difficult in the cryogenic regime. It has been demonstrated by Thurber et al. (J. Magn. Reson., 196 (2009) 84-87) [10] that the temperature dependent spin-lattice relaxation time constant
N W Marshall
Physics in medicine and biology, 54(9), 2845-2861 (2009-04-23)
This paper presents detective quantum efficiency (DQE) data measured for a range of x-ray beam qualities for two full-field digital mammography (FFDM) systems: a caesium iodide (CsI) detector-based unit and a system designed around an amorphous selenium (a-Se) x-ray detector.
G Hajdok et al.
Medical physics, 35(7), 3180-3193 (2008-08-14)
The practice of diagnostic x-ray imaging has been transformed with the emergence of digital detector technology. Although digital systems offer many practical advantages over conventional film-based systems, their spatial resolution performance can be a limitation. The authors present a Monte