Chromium (III) fluoride

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Crystal structure
Structural formula of chromium (III) fluoride
__ Cr 3+      __ F -
General
Surname Chromium (III) fluoride
other names

Chromium fluoride

Ratio formula CrF 3
Brief description

volatile, green solid with a pungent odor

External identifiers / databases
CAS number
  • 7788-97-8
  • 16671-27-5 (trihydrate)
  • 123333-98-2 (tetrahydrate)
PubChem 10154021
Wikidata Q419666
properties
Molar mass 108.99 g mol −1
Physical state

firmly

density

3.8 g cm −3

Melting point

> 1000 ° C

Vapor pressure

approx. 20 mbar (20 ° C)

solubility

poorly soluble in water

safety instructions
GHS labeling of hazardous substances
05 - Corrosive 07 - Warning

danger

H and P phrases H: 302-312-332-314
EUH: 031
P: 233-280-301 + 330 + 331-302 + 352-304 + 340-305 + 351 + 338-310
As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

Chromium (III) fluoride is a chemical compound of chromium and is one of the fluorides . In addition to the anhydrous compound, there are also various hydrates .

presentation

Chromium (III) fluoride is obtained by reacting chromium (III) oxide and hydrogen fluoride :

The anhydrous form is obtained from hydrogen fluoride and chromium (III) chloride :

properties

Chromium (III) fluoride is a green crystalline solid that is insoluble in common solvents , its colored hydrates [Cr (H 2 O) 6 ] F 3 and [Cr (H 2 O) 3 ] F 3 · 3 H 2 O but are water soluble. The trihydrate is green, the hexahydrate is purple. The anhydrous compound sublimes at 1100-1200 ° C. Like almost all chromium (III) compounds, chromium (III) fluoride has octahedral chromium centers. In the anhydrous form, the six coordination sites are occupied by fluorine . In the hydrates, some or all of the ligands are replaced by water. The aqueous solution of hydrates reacts strongly acid, and from 60 ° C start the crystal dehydration of hydrates.

Anhydrous chromium (III) fluoride crystallizes trigonal , space group R 3 c (space group no. 167) with the lattice parameters a = 4.986 Å and c = 13.21 Å. The trihydrate crystallizes trigonal in the space group R 3 m (No. 166) with the lattice parameters a R = 5.668 Å and α R = 112.5 ° and one formula unit per unit cell. The pentahydrate crystallizes orthorhombically in the space group Pbcn (No. 60) with the lattice parameters a = 10.396 Å, b = 8.060 Å and c = 7.965 Å as well as four formula units per unit cell. Template: room group / 167 Template: room group / 166Template: room group / 60

use

Chromium (III) fluoride relative finds little use, such as a corrosion inhibitor in anticorrosion paints, for the pickling of wool and cellulose fibers and dyeing with mordant dyes.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f g h i Entry on chromium (III) fluoride in the GESTIS substance database of the IFA , accessed on January 8, 2020(JavaScript required) .
  2. Gerd Anger, Jost Halstenberg, Klaus Hochgeschwender, Christoph Scherhag, Ulrich Korallus, Herbert Knopf, Peter Schmidt, Manfred Ohlinger: Chromium Compounds in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2005; doi : 10.1002 / 14356007.a07_067 .
  3. ^ NN Greenwood, A. Earnshaw: Chemistry of the elements , 1st edition, VCH, Weinheim 1998, ISBN 3-527-26169-9 , p. 1312.
  4. a b Frank H. Herbstein, Moshe Kapon, George M. Reisner: Crystal structures of chromium (III) fluoride trihydrate and chromium (III) fluoride pentahydrate. Structural chemistry of hydrated transition metal fluorides. Thermal decomposition of chromium (III) fluoride nonahydrate , In: Zeitschrift für Kristallographie , 1985 , 171  (3-4), pp. 209-224; doi : 10.1524 / zkri.1985.171.3-4.209 .
  5. J.-E. Jørgensen, WG Marshall, RI Smith: The compression mechanism of CrF 3 . In: Acta Crystallographica , B60, 2004, pp. 669-673, doi : 10.1107 / S010876810402316X .