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William Blythe Stannous Chloride

William Blythe Stannous Chloride is a high purity tin (II) chloride available as an anhydrous white powder or as a clear and colorless solution in customized concentrations. Stannous chloride is used for its properties as a catalyst and reducing agent in applications ranging from pharmaceutical synthesis to construction to electronics. William Blythe also offers an application-specific grade of tin (II) chloride solution for the mirror coating industry.

Chemical Name: Stannous dichloride

CAS Number: 7772-99-8

Functions: Antioxidant, Catalyst, Precursor

Chemical Family: Chlorides, Tin Compounds

Synonyms: SnCl2, Tin Dichloride, Tin(II) Chloride

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Applications

William Blythe’s tin (II) chloride is ideal for use in applications such as:

Coating Additives
  • Reducing agent in the manufacture of mirrors.
Electronic Chemicals
  • Reducing component for sensitizing solutions used for electroless plating of non-conductors, for example in the metallisation of plastic, through hole plating in microelectronics.
Life Science Reagents
  • Reducing agent in azo-coupling reactions for the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds, for example, indole derivatives.
Pigment Precursors
  • A source of tin for the manufacture of tin oxide coated effect pigments.
Plating Materials
  • Source of tin for the electroplating of steel in high speed continuous production lines
Polymer Additives
  • Cross-linking catalyst for the dynamic vulcanisation of elastomeric compounds, thermoplastics and phenolic resins.
Process Chemicals
  • Reducing agent in cement production, converting chromium (VI) to chromium (III).

Properties

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Typical Properties
ValueUnitsTest Method / Conditions
Molecular Weight189.61--
Product Forms
  • William Blythe’s tin (II) chloride is available as an anhydrous powder, or as an aqueous solution at various concentrations to meet your needs.