Cerium hydroxide, as a rare-earth hydroxide, possesses unique chemical and redox properties, rendering it significant application value in domains such as materials science, environmental protection, and catalysis.
Chemical properties
- Solubility: insoluble in water, soluble in acid to give cerium salts
- Thermal stability: decomposes at high temperatures, decomposition temperature is about 3300℃
- Acid-alkalinity: alkaline, can react with acid to neutralize each other
- Redox properties: It has unique redox properties and can be interconverted between different oxidation states.
Application fields
Materials science
- Ceramic materials: for preparing high-performance ceramic products, improving their performance
- Optical materials: Can be used as additives to enhance optical properties in certain optical materials.
Environmental protection field
- Wastewater treatment: can be used to remove pollutants such as heavy metal ions in wastewater
- Air purification: can be used to adsorb and remove harmful gases in the air
Catalysis area
- Catalyst carrier: As a carrier of catalyst, it improves the activity and stability of the catalyst.
- Catalytic reaction: participate in certain specific catalytic reactions
