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Aluminum chloride

anhydrous, powder, 99.99% trace metals basis

Synonym(s):

Aluminium trichloride, Aluminum trichloride, Trichloroaluminum

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Linear Formula:
AlCl3
CAS Number:
7446-70-0
Molecular Weight:
133.34
EC Number:
231-208-1
MDL number:
MFCD00003422
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
eCl@ss:
38120507
PubChem Substance ID:
24868494
NACRES:
NA.23

grade

anhydrous

Quality Level

100

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 100 °C)

Assay

99.99% trace metals basis

form

powder

reaction suitability

reagent type: catalyst
core: aluminum

impurities

≤150.0 ppm Trace Metal Analysis

mp

190 °C (lit.)

solubility

benzene: slightly soluble(lit.)

application(s)

battery manufacturing

SMILES string

Cl[Al](Cl)Cl

InChI

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

InChI key

VSCWAEJMTAWNJL-UHFFFAOYSA-K

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General description

Aluminum chloride is a white crystalline solid slightly soluble in benzene. Its Lewis acidity and chemical reactivity make it a promising candidate for catalyzing various reactions within fuel cells, solar cells and batteries contributing to enhanced efficiency and performance.

Application

Aluminum chloride can be used:
  • To prepare room temperature ionic liquid electrolyte to fabricate high performance Al-graphene battery.
  • As an electrolyte component for aluminum-ion batteries.
  • As a precursor to prepare nanocomposite catalyst for electrochemical Friedel-Craft reaction.

Features and Benefits

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.

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Pictograms

Corrosion
GHS05

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H314

Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B

Supplementary Hazards

EUH014,EUH071

Storage Class Code

8B - Non-combustible corrosive hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Al-Cd Alloy Formation by Aluminum Underpotential Deposition from AlCl3+NaCl Melts on Cadmium Substrate
Niko Jovicevic, et al.
Metall. Mater. Trans. B, 44(1), 106-114 (2013)
Challenges in the electrochemical coating of high-strength steel screws by aluminum in an acidic ionic liquid composed of 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride and AlCl3
Sherif Zein El Abedin and Endres F
Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 17(4), 1127-1132 (2013)
Diagnosis and management of hyperhidrosis.
R A Benson et al.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 347, f6800-f6800 (2013-11-28)
Dharmalingam Prakash et al.
Neuromolecular medicine, 15(1), 192-208 (2013-01-15)
Aluminum (Al) is an environmental neurotoxin that affects cerebral functions and causes health complications. However, the role of Al in arbitrating glia homeostasis and pathophysiology remains obscure. Astrocyte, microglia activation (reactive gliosis), and associated inflammatory events play a decisive role
Bagineni Prasad et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 48(84), 10434-10436 (2012-09-20)
A conceptually new and straightforward introduction of sulfonyl groups at the C-7 position of an indole ring has been achieved via AlCl(3) mediated unexpected regioselective sulfonyl group migration for N-alkyl/aryl/heteroarylsulfonyl indoles affording potential inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv chorismate mutase.
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