Product Properties
Molecular formula: Sc (NO3)3·6H2O
Molecular weight: 338.96
Appearance: White or colorless block shaped crystals.
Specification of Scandium nitrate
| Product Name | Scandium nitrate | |||
| Grade | 99.9999% | 99.999% | 99.99% | 99.9% |
| CHEMICAL COMPOSITION | ||||
| Sc2O3 /TREO (% min.) | 99.9999 | 99.999 | 99.99 | 99.9 |
| TREO (% min.) | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| Rare Earth Impurities | ppm max. | ppm max. | ppm max. | % max. |
| Tb4O7/TREO Dy2O3/TREO Ho2O3/TREO Er2O3/TREO Tm2O3/TREO Yb2O3/TREO Y2O3/TREO | 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.2 | 1 1 1 5 5 3 2 | 5 5 10 25 25 50 10 | 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.012 0.05 0.001 |
| Non-Rare Earth Impurities | ppm max. | ppm max. | ppm max. | % max. |
| Fe2O3 SiO2 CaO NiO ZnO PbO | 1 10 10 1 1 1 | 5 20 50 2 3 2 | 8 50 100 6 10 5 | 0.002 0.01 0.023 0.002 0.001 0.001 |
Application of Scandium nitrate
Catalysis: Scandium nitrate is used as a catalyst or catalyst precursor in various chemical reactions. Its ability to enhance reaction rates or alter reaction pathways is exploited in organic synthesis and industrial processes. The compound can act as a Lewis acid, facilitating reactions that require electron pair acceptors.
Optical Coatings and Ceramics: Due to scandium’s influence on the crystalline structure and properties of materials, scandium nitrate can be used in the preparation of optical coatings and ceramics. It helps in modifying the refractive index of materials and improving the physical properties of ceramics, such as their strength and thermal stability.
Dopants in Solid-State Lasers: Scandium nitrate is used to dope various materials used in solid-state lasers. Scandium-doped materials can alter the optical properties of laser media, potentially improving their efficiency or enabling new wavelengths of operation.
Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs): It can be used in the synthesis of scandium-containing compounds that serve as phosphors in LEDs. These phosphors can convert the LED’s primary light to different wavelengths, enabling a wide range of colors and improving the efficiency of white LEDs.