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Chemical data
- Formula
- Br2Ca
- Molecular weight
- 199.89 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- calcium dibromide
- SMILES
- [Ca+2].[Br-].[Br-]
- InChIKey
- WGEFECGEFUFIQW-UHFFFAOYSA-L
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Encyclopedic overview
Calcium bromide is the name for compounds with the chemical formula CaBr2(H2O)x. Individual compounds include the anhydrous material (x = 0), the hexahydrate (x = 6), and the rare dihydrate (x = 2). All are white powders that dissolve in water, and from these solutions crystallizes the hexahydrate. The hydrated form is mainly used in some drilling fluids.
Synthesis, structure, and reactions
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “calcium bromide” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.