Potassium cadmium chloride is a fine silky needles. The saturated solution contains the following amounts of the anhydrous salt: (2.6℃) 21.87 g., (19.3℃) 27.50 g., (41.5℃) 35.66 g., (105.1℃) 51.67 g /100 g.
Uses
CADMIUM POTASSIUM CHLORIDE is used in the Lipscomb-Hulett standard cell.
Preparation
Potassium cadmium chloride crystallizes below 36.5℃ from an aqueous solution of equimolar quantities of the components. The anhydrous salt crystallizes at higher temperature.
