Introduction
Name: rubidium chloride
* IUPAC
CAS Number: 7791-11-9
Molar Mass: 120.9208 g
Mass Percent: Rb 70.680 %; Cl 29.319 %
Classification
Uses/Function
• "As catalyst; as gasoline octane number improver. Antidepressant." 1
Physical Properties
Melting Point:*
715°C 2 = 988.15 K = 1319°F
Boiling Point:*
1390°C 2 = 1663.15 K = 2534°F
Density (g/cm3):
2.76 at room temperature/pressure 2
* - 1 atm pressure
Solubility
Qualitative:
insoluble: 2
miscible: • 2
Bonding
Ionic Character: 70.91 %
Thermochemistry
For More Information
Wikipedia
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R. R. Fieve et al., Am. J. Psychiatry 130, 55 (1973)
C. Paschalis et al., J. Roy. Soc. Med. 71, 343 (1978)
G. Placidi et al., J. Clin. Psychopharmacol. 8, 184 (1988)
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(1) - The Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals, 13th ed.; Budavari, S.; O'Neil, M.J.; Smith, A.; Heckelman, P. E.; Kinneary, J. F., Eds.; Merck & Co.: Whitehouse Station, NJ, 2001; entry 8365.
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