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cerium(IV) oxide
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chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- CeO2
- Molecular weight
- 172.115 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- dioxocerium
- SMILES
- O=[Ce]=O
- InChIKey
- CETPSERCERDGAM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 34.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Has part
- cerium
- Image
- Cerium(IV) oxide.jpg
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- crystal system
- cubic crystal system
- Commons category
- Cerium(IV) oxide
- chemical formula
- CeO₂
- canonical SMILES
- [O-2]=[Ce+4]=[O-2]
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Encyclopedic overview
Cerium(IV) oxide, also known as ceric oxide, ceric dioxide, ceria, cerium oxide or cerium dioxide, is an oxide of the rare-earth metal cerium. It is a pale yellow-white powder with the chemical formula CeO2. It is an important commercial product and an intermediate in the purification of the element from the ores. The distinctive property of this material is its reversible conversion to a non-stoichiometric oxide.
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