MISCH METAL Chemical Properties

Melting point:

800 °C

Boiling point:

3500 °C

EPA Substance Registry System

Didymium (rare earth mixture) (8006-73-3)

Safety Information

Hazard Codes 

F

Risk Statements 

15-11

Safety Statements 

8-43A-16

RIDADR 

UN3178

HazardClass 

4.1

PackingGroup 

II

MSDS

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MISCH METAL Usage And Synthesis

Uses

Misch metal, an alloy of cerium with other lanthanides is a pyrophoric substance and is used to make gas lighters and ignition devices. Some other applications of the metal or its alloys are in solid state devices; rocket propellant compositions; as getter in vacuum tubes; and as a diluent for plutonium in nuclear fuel.

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