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Appendix G: Optical Properties of Inorganic Compounds

Compound Aluminum powder Aluminum chloride (AlCl3 *6H2O) Aluminum oxide (Al2O3) Ammonium chloride (NH4Cl) Ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) Antimony sulfide (Sb2S3) Barium carbonate (BaCO3) Barium chlorate [Ba(ClO3)2] Barium nitrate [Ba(NO3)2] Barium perchlorate [Ba(ClO4)2] Barium sulfate (BaSO4) Calcium carbonate (CaCO3 * 6H2O) Chromium trioxide (CrO3) Copper sulfate (CuSO4 * 5H2O) Magnesium powder Magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) anhydrous Magnesium sulfate (MgSO4 * 7H2O) (Epsom salts) Manganous chloride (MnCl2 * 4H2O) Manganous carbonate (MnCO3) Mercuric chloride (HgCl2) Palladium chloride (PdCl2) Palladium sulfate (PdSO4 *2H2O) Phosphorus oxychloride (POCl3) or (P2O3Cl4) Phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5) Potassium bicarbonate (KHCO3) Potassium carbonate (K2CO3)

Crystal Form NA Col, rhomb, del Col, hex Col, cube Col, rho, (monocl >32.1) Blk, rho Wht, rho Col, monocl Col, cub Col, hex Wht, rho, (monocl) Col, monocl Rd, rho, del Blu, tricl NA Col, rho, cr Col, rho or monocl Rose, monocl, del Lt brn, rho Col, rho, or wht pdr Rd, cu need, del Rd-brn, cr, del Col, fum liq Wht, monocl or pdr, del Col, monocl Col, monocl, hygro

n NA 1.6 1.768, 1.760 1.642 3.194, 4.064, 4.303 1.529, 1.676, 1.677 1.562, 1.577, 1.635 1.572 1.533 1.637, 1.638, 1.649 1.460, 1.535, 1.545 1.514, 1.537, 1.543 NA 1.560 1.433, 1.455, 1.461

1.859

1.482 1.531

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Compound Potassium chlorate (KClO3) Potassium chromate (K2Cr04) Potassium cyanide (KCN) Potassium dichromate (K2Cr207) Potassium iodide (KI) Potassium nitrate (KNO3) Potassium perchlorate (KClO4) Sodium acetate (NaC2H3O2) Sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) Sodium borohydrate (NaBH4) Sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) Sodium chloride (NaCl) Sodium hydride (NaH) Sodium nitrate (NaNO3) Sodium sulfate (NaSO4) Strontium nitrate [Sr(NO3)2] Sulfur (S) Thorium nitrate [Th(NO3)4] Zinc powder Zinc chloride (ZnCl2)

Crystal Form Col, monocl Hel, rho Col, cub, wh gran Red, monocl or tri Col or wht, cub Col, rho or trig Col, rho Wht, monocl Wht, monocl, pr Wht, cub Wht, monocl Wht, cub Silver, need Col, trig or rho, bdr Monocl Col, cub Yel, rho Plates, del NA Wht, hex, del

n 1.409, 1.517, 1.524 1.74 1.410 1.738 1.677 1.335, 1.505, 1.506 1.471, 1.472, 1.476 1.464 1.526 1.524 1.405, 1.425, 1.440 1.544 1.470 1.587, 1.336 1.480 1.957 NA 1.681, 1.713

Abbreviations
Brn Del Monocl Pdr Tetr Cr Brown Deliquescent Monoclinic Powder Tetragonal Crystals Col Hex Need Rd Trig Pr Colorless Hexagonal Needles Red Trigonal Prisms Cub Hygro Ppl Rho Wht Fum Cubic Hygroscopic Purple Rhombic White Fuming

Source: From CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 68th ed., CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

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