Product code
RXSOL-60-6605-603
CAS number
7772-99-8
Category
Lab Chemical

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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) and in India (Kandla, Kolkata, Visakhapatnam, Chennai and Mumbai), and we also supply to South Africa.