Caesium sulfate

 ( Caesium Compounds ) 

Caesium sulfate, cesium sulfate, caesium sulphate or cesium sulphate is the inorganic compound and salt with the formula Cs₂SO₄. It is a white water-soluble solid that is used to prepare dense for use in isopycnic (or "density-gradient") centrifugation. It is isostructural with potassium salt.Nord, A.G. "The crystal structure of cesium sulfate, beta-Cs₂SO₄" Acta Chemica Scandinavica, Series A: 1976, 30, p198.

File:TopView10cnK.tif|Coordination sphere of one of two types of Cs⁺ site in Cs₂SO₄. File:SO4sphere.tif|Environment of sulfate anion in β-Cs₂SO₄.

• Caesium sulfate data sheet from Chemetall