Antimony III Chloride Method and Preparation of Cesium Nitrate

Cesium Antimony(III) Chloride Method and Preparation of Cesium Nitrate 

Cesium is precipitated as (CsCl)3(SbCl3)2 by diluting the combined filtrate and washings with an equal volume of water and adding a solution that is 20 M in antimony(III) chloride and 6 M in hydrochloric acid until no further precipitation occurs. The precipitate is filtered through a 

Although additional crops of crystals may be obtained from the original mother liquor, either by further concen- 

By the above procedure a sample of average pollucite gives a yield of cesium nitrate of about 19 g. This is a convenient starting material for the preparation of other cesium compounds. 

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