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Molecular Formula : CaCl2
CAS No. : 10043-52-4
Molecular Weight : 110.98 g·mol−1
Boiling Point : > 1600℃
Melting Point : 782℃
Solubility in water : 134.5 g/100 mL (60 °C) (Dihydrate)
Density : 2.15 g/cm³
Appearance : White flakes
Odor : Odorless

Synonyms

Calcium(II) chloride
Calcium dichloride
Calcium chloride Dihydrate
Calcium chloride pellets

What are the uses of Calcium Chloride Flakes?

Roads & Highways

This is used as a drying agent for melting ice and snow on roads or highways, controlling dust, thawing building materials. It is also used as a dryer to dry nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen, sulphur dioxide and hydrogen chloride.

Industrial

Calcium chloride is a dehydrating agent in petrochemicals, for ready mix concrete it is used as anti-freezing, an accelerator for cement or in oil well cement slurries and it can be used in clear water flocculation and horizontal drilling. In the rubber industry, It is used as a coagulant and in metallurgy (ferrous) it is a chloridizing agent and additive.

Others

When producing alcohol, ester and crylic acid the calcium chloride act as a dehydration agent. It is important kind of Cyrogen used by freezing machine and making of ice.