Dicaesium carbonate | SSHADE

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Solid phase

Official name: Dicaesium carbonate

Name and identifiers

Secondary names: Caesium carbonate
CAS number: 534-17-8

Family: ionic solid
Class: normal salt
Compound type: carbonate

Chemical composition

Formula: $Cs_2^+.(CO_3)^{2-}$
Chemical formula: Cs2CO3
Elemental formula: (Cs+)2 C O (O-)2
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

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	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Mole fraction	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$Cs^+$	Caesium cation	element	2	0.6666666666666666	1	constituent cation	main
	$(CO_3)^{2-}$	Carbonate anion	chemical function	1	0.3333333333333333	1	anionic radical	main

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical functions

	Function	Number
	$(CO_3)^{2-}$	1

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number
	$Cs^+ \cdot O^-$	2
	$\dddot - \dddot - C \dddot - O^{-2/3}$	3

Class: normal salts (07)
Type: simple normal salts (07.01)

Crystallography

Phase type: crystalline
Crystal system: monoclinic
Crystal class: prismatic
Crystal class symbol: 2/m (C2h)
Crystal spacegroup: P2(1)/c

Physical properties

Molar mass: 325.819 $g/mol$
Density: 4.072 (4.26 calc) $g/cm^3$

Thermodynamical properties

State NTP

solid

Phase transitions

Phase transition type	Other phases	Temperature - Pressure
solid-liquid decomposition		610°C (883 K)

Optical properties

Refringence type: biaxial
Pure color: colorless
Color: colorless, white
Diaphaneity: transparent to translucent

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