Description

CUPRIC OXIDE
 
PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION
 
CAS NO.
 ********0
 
 
EINECS NO.
 ********1
 
FORMULA
 CUO
 
MOL WT.
 *9.*5
 
H.S. CODE
   
 
TOXICITY
 Oral rat LD*0: **0 mg/kg
 
SYNONYMS
 copper(II) oxide; Copper oxide black; Black copper oxide; Chrome brown;  ****3; Cupric (II) oxide; Copper monoxide; Copper CuO; Pigment black *5; Tenorite; Kupferoxid (German); �xido de cobre (Spanish); Oxyde de cuivre (1:1) (French)
 PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
 
PHYSICAL STATE
 Black powder
 
MELTING POINT
 ***6 C
 
BOILING POINT
   
 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY
 6.*0 - 6.*0
 
SOLUBILITY IN WATER
 Insoluble
 NFPA RATINGS
 Health: 2; Flammability: 0; Reactivity: 0
 
REFRACTIVE INDEX
   
 
FLASH POINT
 Not considered to be a fire hazard
 
STABILITY
 Stable under ordinary conditions. Moisture Sensitive.
 
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
 
There are two forms of cuprous oxide. Cuprous oxide ( copper (I) oxide Cu2O) is found in nature as cuprite and formed on copper by heat.
 
SALES SPECIFICATION
 
APPEARANCE
 Black powder
 
CUPRIC OXIDE
 *8.*5 MIN
 
TOTAL COPPER
 *8.5% min
 
ACID INSOLUBLES
 0.5% max
 
PARTICLE SIZE
 **5 mesh (*9.5% min)
 
TRANSPORTATION
 
PACKING
 *5kgs or *0kgs in bag, *5kgs in drum