Constituent
Name
Frozen solution of Cd-malate
Family
molecular solid
Class
hydrogen bonded molecular solid
Compound type
molecular solid solution
Constituent abundance in material
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass fraction
1.0
Chemical composition
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Mass fraction State Relevance Comments
$Cd^{2+}$ Cadmium cation element 0.005 mol/l solute main Added as 5mM of $Cd(NO_3)_2$
L-$(COOH)CH_2CHOH(COOH)$ L-malic acid molecule 0.025 mol/l solute main Added as 5mM of racemic malate
D-$(COOH)CH_2CHOH(COOH)$ D-malic acid molecule 0.025 mol/l solute main Added as 5mM of racemic malate
$H_2O$ Water molecule solvent main pH=5.5
$HOCH_2CH(OH)CH_2OH$ Glycerol molecule solvent main 20% in water
Chemical functions
  Function Number Relevance
$R-C(=O)-OH$ 2 main
$R-OH$ 1 main
$R-CH_2-R$ 1 main
$R-C(=O)-OH$ 2 main
$R-OH$ 1 main
$R-CH_2-R$ 1 main
$R-OH$ 2 main
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number Relevance
$\geq C-C \leq$ 1 main
$\eqslantgtr C-C\leq$ 2 main
$\geq C-H$ 3 main
$\geq C-O-$ 1 main
$\eqslantgtr C-O-$ 2 main
$>C=O$ 2 main
$-O-H$ 3 main
$\geq C-C \leq$ 1 main
$\eqslantgtr C-C\leq$ 2 main
$\geq C-H$ 3 main
$\geq C-O-$ 1 main
$\eqslantgtr C-O-$ 2 main
$>C=O$ 2 main
$-O-H$ 3 main
$-O-H$ 2 main
Phase type
amorphous
Texture
amorphous