Cadmium iodide

CAS Registry Number®

7790-80-9

CAS Name

Cadmium iodide

Molecular Formula

CdI2

Molecular Mass

366.22

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Compound Properties

  • Boiling Point (1)

    796 °C

  • Melting Point (1)

    387 °C

  • Density (1)

    5.67 g/cm³

Source(s)

  • (1) Metal-Organics Catalog physical property data were obtained from Gelest, Inc. of Morrisville, Pennsylvania (US)

Other Names and Identifiers

InChI

InChI=1S/Cd.2HI/h;2*1H/q+2;;/p-2

InChIKey

InChIKey=OKIIEJOIXGHUKX-UHFFFAOYSA-L

SMILES

[Cd](I)I

Canonical SMILES

I[Cd]I

Other Names for this Substance

  • Cadmium iodide (CdI2)
  • Cadmium diiodide
  • Cadmium iodide
  • Cadmium(II) iodide

Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers

28825-30-1, 53168-85-7, 405884-26-6

CAS INSIGHTSTM
Purple and red filaments produced by electrostatic discharge inside a plasma ball.