Caesium iodide

Caesium iodide
Caesium iodide
CsI crystal

Scintillating CsI crystal

Crystal structure
Names
IUPAC name
Caesium iodide
Other names
Cesium iodide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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EC Number
  • 232-145-2
RTECS number
  • FL0350000
UNII
  • InChI=1S/Cs.HI/h;1H/q+1;/p-1 checkY
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  • InChI=1/Cs.HI/h;1H/q+1;/p-1
    Key: XQPRBTXUXXVTKB-REWHXWOFAA
  • [Cs+].[I-]
Properties
CsI
Molar mass 259.809 g/mol[2]
Appearance white crystalline solid
Density 4.51 g/cm3[2]
Melting point 632 °C (1,170 °F; 905 K)[2]
Boiling point 1,280 °C (2,340 °F; 1,550 K)[2]
848 g/L (25 °C)[2]
-82.6·10−6 cm3/mol[3]
1.9790 (0.3 µm)
1.7873 (0.59 µm)
1.7694 (0.75 µm)
1.7576 (1 µm)
1.7428 (5 µm)
1.7280 (20 µm)[4]
Structure
CsCl, cP2
Pm3m, No. 221[5]
a = 0.4503 nm
0.0913 nm3
1
Cubic (Cs+)
Cubic (I)
Thermochemistry
52.8 J/mol·K[6]
123.1 J/mol·K[6]
−346.6 kJ/mol[6]
-340.6 kJ/mol[6]
Hazards
GHS labelling:
GHS07: Exclamation markGHS08: Health hazardGHS09: Environmental hazard
Warning
H315, H317, H319, H335
P201, P202, P261, P264, P270, P271, P272, P273, P280, P281, P301+P312, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P308+P313, P312, P321, P330, P332+P313, P333+P313, P337+P313, P362, P363, P391, P403+P233, P405, P501
Flash point Non-flammable
Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC):
2386 mg/kg (oral, rat)[1]
Related compounds
Other anions
Caesium fluoride
Caesium chloride
Caesium bromide
Caesium astatide
Other cations
Lithium iodide
Sodium iodide
Potassium iodide
Rubidium iodide
Francium iodide
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Caesium iodide or cesium iodide (chemical formula CsI) is the ionic compound of caesium and iodine. It is often used as the input phosphor of an X-ray image intensifier tube found in fluoroscopy equipment. Caesium iodide photocathodes are highly efficient at extreme ultraviolet wavelengths.[7]

  1. ^ a b Cesium iodide. U.S. National Library of Medicine
  2. ^ a b c d e Haynes, p. 4.57
  3. ^ Haynes, p. 4.132
  4. ^ Haynes, p. 10.240
  5. ^ Huang, Tzuen-Luh; Ruoff, Arthur L. (1984). "Equation of state and high-pressure phase transition of CsI". Physical Review B. 29 (2): 1112. Bibcode:1984PhRvB..29.1112H. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.29.1112.
  6. ^ a b c d Haynes, p. 5.10
  7. ^ Kowalski, M. P.; Fritz, G. G.; Cruddace, R. G.; Unzicker, A. E.; Swanson, N. (1986). "Quantum efficiency of cesium iodide photocathodes at soft x-ray and extreme ultraviolet wavelengths". Applied Optics. 25 (14): 2440. Bibcode:1986ApOpt..25.2440K. doi:10.1364/AO.25.002440. PMID 18231513.