Yttrium iodide

Crystal structure
	__ Y 3+ __ I -
General
Surname	Yttrium iodide
other names	Yttrium (III) iodide; Yttrium triiodide;
Ratio formula	YI 3
Brief description	light gray solid
External identifiers / databases
EC number	236-737-1
ECHA InfoCard	100.033.383
PubChem	83510
Wikidata	Q1747583
properties
Molar mass	469.62 g mol −1
Physical state	firmly
density	4.62 g cm −3
Melting point	997 ° C
boiling point	1310 ° C
solubility	soluble in water, ethanol and acetone
safety instructions
GHS labeling of hazardous substances danger
H and P phrases	H: 317-334-351
	P: 261-280-342 + 311
	As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

Yttrium iodide is an inorganic chemical compound of yttrium from the group of iodides .

Extraction and presentation

Yttrium iodide can be obtained by reacting yttrium with iodine .

{\ displaystyle \ mathrm {2 \ Y + 3 \ I_ {2} \ longrightarrow 2 \ YI_ {3}}}

It can also be obtained by reacting yttrium oxide or yttrium hydroxide with hydriodic acid.

properties

Yttrium iodide is a light gray to yellowish flaky solid that is soluble in water. It has a trigonal crystal system corresponding to that of bismuth triiodide with the space group R 3 (space group no. 148) and the lattice constants a = 7.4864 Å and c = 20.880 Å. It also occurs as a tri- and hexahydrate. Template: room group / 148

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e data sheet Yttrium (III) iodide, anhydrous, flakes, 99.9% trace metals basis from Sigma-Aldrich , accessed on November 4, 2012 ( PDF ).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Jean D'Ans, Ellen Lax: Paperback for chemists and physicists . Springer DE, 1997, ISBN 3-540-60035-3 , pp. 802 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
↑ WebElements: WebElements Periodic Table of the Elements | Yttrium | chemical reaction data
↑ J. Herzfeld, Otto Korn: Chemistry of the rare earths - reprint of the original from 1901 . BoD - Books on Demand, 2012, ISBN 3-86444-397-0 , p. 83 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
↑ David R. Lide: CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics . CRC Press, 2012, ISBN 1-4398-8049-2 , pp. 4–99 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
↑ L. Jongen, G. Meyer: Yttrium triiodide, YI ₃ . In: Acta Crystallographica , 2005 , E61 , pp. I51-152.
^ HJ Emeleus, Alan G. Sharpe, Alan G. Sharpe: Advances in Inorganic Chemistry and Radiochemistry . Academic Press, 1981, ISBN 0-12-023624-9 , pp. 65 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[Sigma-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e data sheet Yttrium (III) iodide, anhydrous, flakes, 99.9% trace metals basis from Sigma-Aldrich , accessed on November 4, 2012 ( PDF ).

[Jean_D'Ans,_Ellen_Lax-2] Jean D'Ans, Ellen Lax: Paperback for chemists and physicists . Springer DE, 1997, ISBN 3-540-60035-3 , pp. 802 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).

[WebElements-3] WebElements: WebElements Periodic Table of the Elements | Yttrium | chemical reaction data

[J._Herzfeld,_Otto_Korn-4] J. Herzfeld, Otto Korn: Chemistry of the rare earths - reprint of the original from 1901 . BoD - Books on Demand, 2012, ISBN 3-86444-397-0 , p. 83 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[David_R._Lide-5] David R. Lide: CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics . CRC Press, 2012, ISBN 1-4398-8049-2 , pp. 4–99 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).

[6] L. Jongen, G. Meyer: Yttrium triiodide, YI ₃ . In: Acta Crystallographica , 2005 , E61 , pp. I51-152.

[H._J._Emeleus,_Alan_G._Sharpe,_Alan_G._Sharpe-7] HJ Emeleus, Alan G. Sharpe, Alan G. Sharpe: Advances in Inorganic Chemistry and Radiochemistry . Academic Press, 1981, ISBN 0-12-023624-9 , pp. 65 ( limited preview in Google Book search).