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Properties of substance:

calcium oxide

Group of substances:

inorganic

Physical appearance:

colorless cubic crystals

Empirical formula (Hill's system for organic substances):

CaO

Structural formula as text:

CaO

Molar/atomic mass: 56.08

Melting point (°C):

2580

Boiling point (°C):

2850

Solubility (g/100 g of solvent):

calcium chloride fused: 16.1 (910°C) [Ref.]
ethanol: practically insoluble [Ref.]
ethyl acetate: insoluble [Ref.]
hydrazine: insoluble [Ref.]
water: reaction [Ref.]

Density:

3.4 (20°C, g/cm3)

Reactions:

  1. [Ref.1]
    CaO + 3C → CaC2 + CO

Refractive index (nD):

1.838 (20°C)

Standard molar enthalpy (heat) of formation ΔfH0 (298.15 K, kJ/mol):

-635.5 (s)

Standard molar Gibbs energy of formation ΔfG0 (298.15 K, kJ/mol):

-604.2 (s)

Standard molar entropy S0 (298.15 K, J/(mol·K)):

39.7 (s)

Molar heat capacity at constant pressure Cp (298.15 K, J/(mol·K)):

42.8 (s)

Molar enthalpy (heat) of fusion ΔfusH (kJ/mol):

50

Standard molar enthalpy (heat) of formation ΔfH0 (298.15 K, kJ/mol):

-26 (g)

Standard molar entropy S0 (298.15 K, J/(mol·K)):

219.6 (g)

Molar heat capacity at constant pressure Cp (298.15 K, J/(mol·K)):

32.5 (g)

LD50 (mg/kg):

3059 (white mice, intraperitoneal)

References:

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  7. Химическая энциклопедия. - Т. 2. - М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1990. - pp. 297-298 [Russian]

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