Europium (III) chloride
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__ Eu 3+ __ Cl - | ||||||||||||||||
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Space group |
P 6 3 / m (No. 176) |
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Coordination numbers |
Eu [9], Cl [3] |
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Surname | Europium (III) chloride | |||||||||||||||
other names |
Europium trichloride |
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Ratio formula | EuCl 3 | |||||||||||||||
Brief description |
yellow powder |
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properties | ||||||||||||||||
Molar mass | 258.32 g mol −1 | |||||||||||||||
Physical state |
firmly |
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density |
4.89 g cm −3 (25 ° C) |
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Melting point |
850 ° C |
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As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions . |
Europium (III) chloride is a chemical compound from the group of chlorides .
Extraction and presentation
Europium (III) chloride can be obtained directly by reacting europium with chlorine .
properties
Europium (III) chloride is a yellow, hygroscopic powder. It has a hexagonal crystal structure with the space group P 6 3 / m (space group no. 176) . Near the melting point it begins to decompose into chlorine and europium (II) chloride.
use
Europium (III) chloride can be used to make other chemical compounds such as europium (II) chloride and europium complex compounds.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Jean D'Ans, Ellen Lax: Paperback for chemists and physicists . 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-60035-0 , pp. 446 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ a b c d e data sheet Europium (III) chloride, anhydrous, powder, 99.99% trace metals basis from Sigma-Aldrich , accessed on April 27, 2012 ( PDF ).
- ↑ Web elements: Europium
- ↑ Pyrochemical Separations. Workshop Proceeding, Avignon, France, 14-15 March 2000 - Thermodynamics of EuCl 3 . OECD, 2001, ISBN 978-92-64-18443-5 , pp. 101 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ James H. Dickerson, Aldo R. Boccaccini: Electrophoretic Deposition of Nanomaterials . Springer New York, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4419-9690-9 , pp. 138 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Inorganic Syntheses . Wiley-Interscience, 2006, ISBN 978-0-470-13265-4 , pp. 71 ( limited preview in Google Book search).