Sodium hexafluoroaluminateSodium hexafluoroaluminate is an inorganic compound with formula Na3AlF6. This white solid, discovered in 1799 by Peder Christian Abildgaard (1740–1801), occurs naturally as the mineral cryolite and is used extensively in the industrial production of aluminium. Read from the Chembox of the Wikipedia article Sodium hexafluoroaluminate, revision 1380041330.

Property

Value

Formula

AlF6Na3, 209.94 g/mol

Melting point

950 °C

Density

2.9 g/cm³

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