Cerium(III) nitrate hexahydrate
ALDRICH/202991 - 99.999% trace metals basis
Synonym: Cerium trinitrate; Cerous nitrate hexahydrate; Nitric acid cerium salt
CAS Number: 10294-41-4
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): CeN3O9 · 6H2O
Molecular Weight: 434.22
EC Number: 233-297-2
MDL Number: MFCD00149631
Linear Formula: Ce(NO3)3 · 6H2O
Product Type: Chemical
| assay | 99.999% trace metals basis |
| form | crystals and lumps |
| impurities | ≤15.0 ppm Trace Metal Analysis |
| InChI | 1S/Ce.3NO3.6H2O/c;3*2-1(3 |
| InChI key | QQZMWMKOWKGPQY-UHFFFAOYSA |
| Quality Level | 100 ![]() |
| reaction suitability | core: cerium |
| reagent type: catalyst | |
| SMILES string | [Ce+3].[H]O[H].[H]O[H].[H |
| Application: | Cerium (III) nitrate hexahydrate is widely used as a source of cerium, especially in the synthesis of micro- or nano-structured ceria (cerium oxide). Because of its high solubility and low decomposition temperature, cerium (III) nitrate hexahydrate is an ideal reagent for hydrothermal reactions, sol-gel processing, and co-precipitation and calcination reactions. Our cerium (III) nitrate hexahydrate 99.999% is designed for applications that demand high-purity cerium with low contaminants of other trace metals and rare earth metals. For example, high-purity cerium nitrate is applicable in studies using cerium (III) nitrate hexahydrate used to dope catalysts, such as recent efforts to boost water splitting using Ce-doped layered double hydroxides . It is also applicable in studies using cerium (III)nitrate hexahydrate to build a ceria support for single-atom catalysts, such as nickel-doped ceria for the hydrogenation of acetylene and platinum-doped ceria for carbon monoxide oxidation. Our high-purity cerium (III) nitrate hexahydrate is also in the solid-state synthesis of cerium-doped phosphors like Ca2YHf2Al3O12 where energy transfer from Ce3+ to other rare earth ions plays a major role in the efficiency and breadth of excitations. |
| General description: | Cerium (III) nitrate hexahydrate is a widely used source of cerium in materials science. It is a white-to-yellow crystalline salt that is hygroscopic and air-sensitive. It is highly soluble in water, alcohol, and acetone, although solutions can appear slightly hazy. Like many trivalent metal nitrates, cerium (III) nitrate hexahydrate melts at a low temperature (57 °C)and thermally decomposes at low temperatures too, beginning at 190 °C and proceeding rapidly at 280 °C with complete decomposition to cerium oxide at 390-400 °C. |
| Packaging: | 25, 125 g in poly bottle |
| Symbol | ![]() ![]() GHS03,GHS05,GHS09 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H272 - H318 - H410 |
| Precautionary statements | P210 - P273 - P280 - P305 + P351 + P338 + P310 |
| Hazard Codes | O,Xi,N |
| Risk Statements | 8-41-50/53 |
| Safety Statements | 17-26-39-60-61 |
| RIDADR | UN1477 - class 5.1 - PG 3 - EHS - Nitrates, inorganic, n.o.s., H |
| WGK Germany | WGK 2 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| Purity | 99.999% trace metals basis |
| UNSPSC | 12352302 |




