Erbium (III) bromide

Crystal structure
__ Er 3+      __ Br -
General
Surname	Erbium (III) bromide
other names	Erbium tribromide
Ratio formula	ErBr 3
Brief description	pink solid
External identifiers / databases
CAS number 13536-73-7 29843-93-4 (hydrate) PubChem 83562 Wikidata Q15632743
properties
Molar mass	406.97 g mol −1
Physical state	firmly
Melting point	923 ° C
boiling point	1730 ° C
solubility	slightly soluble in water
safety instructions
GHS labeling of hazardous substances Caution H and P phrases H: 315-319-335 P: 261-305 + 351 + 338
As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

Erbium (III) bromide is an inorganic chemical compound of erbium from the group of bromides .

Extraction and presentation

Erbium (III) bromide can be obtained by reacting erbium with bromine .

${\displaystyle \mathrm {2\ Er+3\ Br_{2}\longrightarrow 2\ ErBr_{3}} }$

properties

Erbium (III) bromide is a pink solid that is sparingly soluble in water. It has a triclinic crystal structure of the iron (III) chloride type with the space group P 1 (space group no. 1) .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Roger Blachnik (Ed.): Paperback for chemists and physicists . Volume III: Elements, Inorganic Compounds and Materials, Minerals . founded by Jean d'Ans, Ellen Lax. 4th, revised and revised edition. Springer, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-540-60035-3 , pp. 444 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Datasheet Erbium (III) bromide, anhydrous, powder, 99.99% trace metals basis from Sigma-Aldrich , accessed on November 1, 2013 ( PDF ).
3. ↑ WebElements: Chemical reactions of Erbium
4. ↑ Jonathan C. Wasse, Philip S Salmon, Robert G. Delaplane: Structure of molten trivalent metal bromides studied by using neutron diffraction: the systems DyBr3, YBr3, HoBr3 and ErBr3 . In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter . tape 12 , no. 46 , November 20, 2000, pp. 9539 , doi : 10.1088 / 0953-8984 / 12/46/302 .