Strontium aluminate
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__ Sr 2+ __ Al 3+ __ O 2− | ||||||||||||||||
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Surname | Strontium aluminate | |||||||||||||||
other names |
Aluminum strontia |
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Ratio formula | SrAl 2 O 4 | |||||||||||||||
Brief description |
silver colored odorless solid |
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Molar mass | 205.58 g mol −1 | |||||||||||||||
Physical state |
firmly |
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density |
3.559 g cm −3 |
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solubility |
almost insoluble in water |
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As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions . |
Strontium aluminate is an inorganic chemical compound of strontium from the group of aluminates . In addition to SrAl 2 O 4, there are other strontium aluminates such as Sr 4 Al 2 O 7 .
Extraction and presentation
Strontium aluminate can be obtained by reacting strontium oxide with aluminum oxide at 700 to 900 ° C.
properties
Strontium aluminate is a silver-colored, odorless solid that is insoluble in water. It has a monoclinic crystal structure with the space group P 2 1 (space group no. 4) or P 2 1 / m (no. 11) . The structure forms a three-dimensional network of corner-sharing AlO 4 - tetrahedra in whose cavities are the strontium ions.
use
Strontium aluminate is used as a cement component, as a laser material and as a luminous pigment for long-luminous photoluminescence and thermoluminescence. For applications as a phosphor, SrAl 2 O 4 is codoped with the rare earth elements europium and dysprosium . After activation, it glows green for up to 10 hours (at 520 nm ). These properties were discovered in 1996.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d data sheet Strontium aluminate, 99.5% (metals basis) from AlfaAesar, accessed on February 26, 2015 ( PDF )(JavaScript required) .
- ↑ a b c data sheet Strontium aluminate, -100 mesh, 99.5% trace metals basis from Sigma-Aldrich , accessed on February 26, 2015 ( PDF ).
- ↑ a b c d Richard C. Ropp: Encyclopedia of the Alkaline Earth Compounds . Newnes, 2012, ISBN 0-444-59553-8 , pp. 553 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ^ Jacques Lucas, Pierre Lucas, Thierry Le Mercier, Alain Rollat, William G. Davenport: Rare Earths: Science, Technology, Production and Use . Elsevier, 2014, ISBN 978-0-444-62744-5 , pp. 312 ( limited preview in Google Book search).