Cerium nitrate hexahydrate, with the formula Ce(NO3)3.6H2O is the most common nitrate of cerium(III).It is a component in a burn treatment cream that also includes silver sulphadiazine.
Cerium nitrate refers to a family of nitrates of cerium in the three or four oxidation state. Double nitrates of cerium also exist.It is red-tinted or green or colourless crystals .