Caesium hydride

Colorless solid

Fixed

3.41 g · cm -3

528 ° C

Reacts violently with water

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Production and representation

Properties

Cesium hydride is a colorless, very sensitive to moisture solid. It reacts explosively with moist air to produce cesium hydroxide and hydrogen. It has a crystal structure of the sodium chloride type with space group Fm3m.