Cadmium chloride, ultra dry, 99.996% (metals basis)

CAS: 10108-64-2 | CdCl2 | 183.31 g/mol

Cadmium chloride is used for the preparation of cadmium sulfide, used as Cadmium Yellow, a brilliant-yellow stable inorganic pigment. It can be used for the preparation of organocadmium compounds of the type R2Cd, where R is an aryl or a primary alkyl. It is also used for photocopying, dyeing and electroplating.

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