Calcium iodate
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| Surname | Calcium iodate | |||||||||||||||
| Molecular formula | Ca (IO 3 ) 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Brief description |
White dust |
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| Molar mass | 388.89 g mol −1 | |||||||||||||||
| Physical state |
firmly |
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| density |
4.519 g cm −3 |
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| solubility |
heavy in water (2.4 g l −1 at 20 ° C) |
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Calcium iodate is a chemical compound consisting of the elements calcium , iodine and oxygen with the empirical formula CaI 2 O 6 . It is the calcium salt of iodic acid .
Calcium iodate occurs naturally as the mineral Lautarite . It crystallizes monoclinically in the crystal class 2 / m.
Extraction
Calcium iodate can be obtained from calcium iodide by oxidation .
use
Calcium cadmium iodate is used as an antiseptic in medicine and deodorants .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry on Calcium iodate in the Hazardous Substances Data Bank , accessed April 13, 2013.
- ↑ a b c Mineralienatlas: Lautarit (Wiki)
- ↑ a b Entry on calcium iodate in the GESTIS substance database of the IFA , accessed on July 23, 2016(JavaScript required) .
- ↑ Growth and study of mixed crystals of Ca – Cd iodate (PDF; 296 kB)