Samarium chloride is a rare earth group metal samarium and chlorine compound, white to yellow powder. When exposed to air, it rapidly absorbs water molecules to form hexahydrate. Samarium chloride has a variety of uses and can be used in the preparation of samarium metal, which has important applications in fields such as magnet manufacturing. Anhydrous samarium chloride can be used as a flux for sodium chloride and calcium chloride, and can also be used to synthesize some samarium organometallic compounds. In addition, samarium chloride hexahydrate is used in industry as samarium compound intermediates, chemical reagents, etc. Although samarium chloride has a wide range of applications, it can also be harmful to the environment, especially in water bodies, so special attention needs to be paid to its use and disposal.
