NEODYMIUM FLUORIDE

PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION
CAS NO. 13709-42-7

NEODYMIUM FLUORIDE
EINECS NO. 237-253-3
FORMULA NdF3
MOL WT. 201.24

HS CODE
TOXICITY
SYNONYMS Neodymium (III) fluoride; Neodymium Trifluoride;
Neodymtrifluorid (German); Trifluoruro de Neodimio (Spanish); Trifluorure de Néodyme (French);
SMILES  

CLASSIFICATION

 

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL STATE blue powder
MELTING POINT

 
BOILING POINT 2300 C
SPECIFIC GRAVITY 6.65
SOLUBILITY IN WATER  
pH  
VAPOR DENSITY  

AUTOIGNITION

 

NFPA RATINGS

 Health: 1 Flammability: 0 Reactivity: 0

REFRACTIVE INDEX

 
FLASH POINT Not considered to be a fire hazard
STABILITY Stable under ordinary conditions. Hydroscopic

GENERAL DESCRIPTION APPLICATIONS
Neodymium is a lustrous, silver-yellow,  rare-earth metallic element in the lanthanide series of group IIIb of the periodic table. Symbol Nd; Aomic number 60; atomic mass 144.24; melting point ca 1,021°C; boiling point ca  3,068°C; specific gravity 6.80  or 7.004; valence +3; electronic config. [Xe]4f46s².  Neodymium tarnishes in air, forming an oxide form that splits and exposes to further oxidation. The coated form does not protect the metal from further oxidation (it must be stored away from contact with air). The metal is also attacked by water and by acids. Thought it has a hexagonal crystalline structure, but it assumes a face-centered cubic conformation with specific gravity about 6.8 when heated above 800°C. Neodymium is not found in nature as the free element but in the minerals monazite and bastnasite. The metal may be prepared from electrolysis of its halides or through an ion exchange process. Neodymium is used in coloring glasses and for doping some glass lasers since it transmits 90% of the blue, green, and red light rays and no more than 10% of the yellow. Neodymium compounds include:
  • Neodymium Acetate (CAS #: 25721-92-0, Nd(C2H3O2)3)
  • Neodymium Bromide (CAS #: 13536-80-6, NdBr3)
  • Neodymium Carbonate Hydrate (CAS #: 38245-38-4, Nd2(CO3)3)·XH2O)
  • Neodymium Chloride (CAS #: 10024-93-8, NdCl3 or 13477-89-9 (Hexahydrate))
  • Neodymium Fluoride (CAS #: 13709-42-7, NdF3)
  • Neodymium Hydroxide Hydrate (16469-17-3, Nd(OH)3·XH2O)
  • Neodymium Iodide (CAS #: 13813-24-6, NdI3)
  • Neodymium Nitrate Hydrate (CAS #: 14517-29-4, Nd(NO3)3)·XH2O)
  • Neodymium Nitride (NdN)
  • Neodymium Oxalate Hydrate (28877-87-4, Nd2(C2O4)3·XH2O)
  • Neodymium Oxide (CAS #: 1313-97-9, Nd2O3)
  • Neodymium Sulfate Hydrate (101509-27-7, Nd2(SO4)3·XH2O)
  • Neodymium Sulfide (Nd2S3 )
  • Neodymium Telluride (CAS #: 12035-35-7, Nd2Te3)
Neodymium compounds are uesed in glass coloring, permanent magnets, capacitors, infrared filters, resonators, Catalysis (diene polymerization), laser materials. Neodymium fluoride is used in the preparation fluorinated glasses.
SALES SPECIFICATION

APPEARANCE

blue powder
REO/TREO

96.0, 99.0, 99.99%
TRANSPORTATION
PACKING  
HAZARD CLASS  
UN NO.  
OTHER INFORMATION
Hazard Symbols: , Risk Phrases: 20/21/22-36/37/38, Safety Phrases: 24/25-26-36