- Product code
- RXSOL-60-6605-603
- CAS number
- 7772-99-8
- Category
- Lab Chemical
Price and availability on request. Send us the quantity and delivery location in Oman.
Overview
Stannous chloride, is a white crystalline solid with the formula SnCl2
Product description
Stannous chloride, tin(II) chloride, SnCl2 (CAS 7772-99-8), is a white crystalline solid. It is also sold as the dihydrate. Aqueous solutions hydrolyse unless kept acidic.
It is a reducing agent used in tin plating baths, in sensitising glass and plastics before metallising (mirror silvering), in dye and pharmaceutical synthesis, and in the laboratory, including the stannous chloride method for phosphate and arsenic tests in water analysis.
It is corrosive and moisture-sensitive. Keep containers closed and dry.
Supplied from Barka to customers across Oman. Tell us the grade, quantity and delivery site and we will send a quote.
Applications
Stannous Chloride is a white to off-white flake or crystalline (sand-like) solid. It is used in making dyes and pharmaceuticals, and as a tanning agent.
Stannous Chloride that is processed using fine grade basic chemicals. This chloride is widely used as sensitizing agent in glass and plastic for metalization and also as an intermediate catalyst in production of pharmaceutical products. Offered chloride is available with us in different moisture free packages at reasonable prices. Provided Stannous Chloride is tested on various parameters to assure its high purity at clients end.
Features:
- High boiling and melting point
- Soluble in water
- Accurate composition
- Moisture sensitive
Also known as
STANNOUS CHLORIDE Tin chloride, SnCl2
Notes
Physical properties (anhydrous SnCl2):
Melting point: about 247 °C
Boiling point: about 623 °C
Density: 3.95 g/cm3
Solubility: soluble in water (hydrolyses), soluble in ethanol
Form: white crystalline powder
Stability: air- and moisture-sensitive, hygroscopic
Where we supply
Oman. Stocked at our warehouse in Barka, South Al Batinah, and supplied to Muscat, Ruwi, Mutrah, Seeb, Rusayl, Barka, Sohar, Shinas, Saham, Buraimi, Nizwa, Ibri, Sur, Salalah, Duqm, Khasab and every other governorate.
Ports and free zones. Port Sultan Qaboos (Mutrah), Mina Al Fahal, Sohar Port and Freezone, Port of Salalah and Salalah Free Zone, Port of Duqm and the Duqm Special Economic Zone, Port of Sur, Khasab Port and Al Mazunah Free Zone.
Industrial areas. Rusayl, Sohar, Barka (Sanaya), Raysut (Salalah), Nizwa, Sur, Buraimi and Duqm industrial estates, Knowledge Oasis Muscat, and oil and gas sites across Oman.
Beyond Oman. We have branches in the UAE (including Fujairah), India (Kandla, Kolkata, Visakhapatnam, Chennai and Mumbai), Kenya (Nairobi) and Canada, and we also supply to South Africa.

