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686034

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Lithium aluminum hydride

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hydrogen-storage grade

Synonym(s):

LAH, Lithium alanate, Lithium tetrahydroaluminate

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Linear Formula:
LiAlH4
CAS Number:
16853-85-3
Molecular Weight:
37.95
EC Number:
240-877-9
MDL number:
MFCD00011075
UNSPSC Code:
26111700
PubChem Substance ID:
329761015
NACRES:
NA.23

grade

hydrogen-storage grade

Assay

>99.95%

form

pellets

reaction suitability

reagent type: reductant

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125 °C (dec.) (lit.)

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SMILES string

[Li].[AlH3]

InChI

1S/Al.Li.4H/q-1;+1;;;;

InChI key

OCZDCIYGECBNKL-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Lithium aluminum hydride (LAH) is majorly used in hydrogen storage applications. Its properties include high gravimetric and volumetric hydrogen densities. It can also be used as a reducing agent in the preparation of reduced graphene oxide (rGO).

Analysis Note

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

Pictograms

FlameCorrosion
GHS02,GHS05

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H260,H314

Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1A - Water-react 1

Storage Class Code

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

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Regulatory Listings

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FSL

Group 3: Spontaneously combustible substances and water- reactive materials
Metal hydrides
Hazardous rank I
1st spontaneously combustible materials and water reactive materials

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JAN Code

686034-VAR:
686034-BULK:
686034-10G:4548173370316

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SHBM7529
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SHBJ3826
SHBD7552V
04196BK

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Song Y, et al.
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Reversible hydrogen storage via titanium-catalyzed LiAlH4 and Li3AlH6
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Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 20(1), 283-287 (2009-11-26)
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Damián E Bikiel et al.
Inorganic chemistry, 44(15), 5286-5292 (2005-07-19)
The nature of the solute species present in ethereal solutions of LiAlH(4) is of crucial importance for understanding the mechanisms for the reduction of ketones and other functional groups by LiAlH(4). We have employed a combination of theoretical and experimental
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