Strontium iodide
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| IUPAC name Strontium iodide | |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.030.871 |
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| Properties | |
| SrI2 (anhydrous) SrI2·6H2O (hexahydrate) | |
| Molar mass | 341.43 g·mol−1 (anhydrous) |
| Appearance | Colorless to white crystalline plates |
| Density | 4.55 g/cm3 (anhydrous)[1] 4.40 g/cm3 (hexahydrate)[1] |
| Melting point | 507 to 645 °C (945 to 1,193 °F; 780 to 918 K)[3] |
| Boiling point | 1,773 °C (3,223 °F; 2,046 K) (decomposes) |
| 177.0 g/100 mL (20 °C)[2] | |
| Solubility in ethanol | 3.1 g/100 ml (4 °C) [2] |
| −112.0·10−6 cm3/mol | |
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| Orthorhombic, oP24 | |
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Main hazards | Corrosive |
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| P280, P305+P351+P338, P310 | |
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Other anions | strontium fluoride strontium chloride strontium bromide |
Other cations | beryllium iodide magnesium iodide calcium iodide barium iodide |
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Strontium iodide is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula SrI2. It is a salt of strontium and iodine. It forms a hexahydrate SrI2·6H2O. It is an ionic, water-soluble, and deliquescent compound that can be used in medicine as a substitute for potassium iodide.[5] It is also used as a scintillation gamma radiation detector, typically doped with europium, due to its optical clarity, relatively high density, high effective atomic number (Z=48), and high scintillation light yield.[6] In recent years, europium-doped strontium iodide (SrI2:Eu2+) has emerged as a promising scintillation material for gamma-ray spectroscopy with extremely high light yield and proportional response, exceeding that of the widely used high performance commercial scintillator LaBr3:Ce3+. Large diameter SrI2 crystals can be grown reliably using vertical Bridgman technique [7] and are being commercialized by several companies.[8][9]
Reactions
[edit]Strontium iodide can be prepared by reacting strontium carbonate with hydroiodic acid:
Strontium iodide forms a white powder that slowly changes to a yellowish colour when exposed to air. At high temperatures (in the presence of air) strontium iodide completely decomposes to form strontium oxide and free iodine.[10]
References
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- ^ Prettyman, Thomas; Burger, Arnold; Yamashita, Naoyuki; Lambert, James; Stassun, Keivan; Raymond, Carol (2015). "Ultra-bright scintillators for planetary gamma-ray spectroscopy". SPIE Newsroom. doi:10.1117/2.1201510.006162. ISSN 1818-2259.
- ^ Datta, A.; Lam, S.; Swider, S.; Motakef, S. (October 2016). "Crystal growth of large diameter strontium iodide scintillators using in Situ stoichiometry monitoring". 2016 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detector Workshop (NSS/MIC/RTSD). pp. 1–4. doi:10.1109/NSSMIC.2016.8116640. ISBN 978-1-5090-1642-6. S2CID 31775311.
- ^ Inc., CapeSym. "CapeSym | SrI2(Eu)". www.capesym.com. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
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