Chemistry:Uranium trifluoride

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Uranium trifluoride
Kristallstruktur Lanthanfluorid.png
Names
Other names
Trifluorouranium
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
Properties
UF3
Molar mass 295.024 g/mol[1]
Appearance purple solid[2]
Density 8.9 g/cm3[1]
Melting point 1,495 °C (2,723 °F; 1,768 K)[1]
Structure
Rhombohedral, hP24
P63cm, No. 185[3]
a = 0.7181 nm, c = 0.7348 nm
0.32815
6
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Uranium trifluoride is an inorganic chemical compound with the chemical formula UF3.

Synthesis

Uranium trifluoride can be obtained by reacting uranium(IV) fluoride with aluminium at 900 °C or with uranium:[4]

[math]\displaystyle{ \mathrm{UF_4 + Al \longrightarrow UF_3 + AlF} }[/math]
[math]\displaystyle{ \mathrm{3 \ UF_4 + U \longrightarrow 4 \ UF_3} }[/math]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Haynes, William M., ed (2011). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (92nd ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. p. 4.97. ISBN 1439855110. 
  2. Holleman, Arnold F.; Wiberg, Egon; Wiberg, Nils (2007) (in de). Lehrbuch der anorganischen Chemie. Berlin. p. 1969. ISBN 978-3-11-017770-1. OCLC 180963521. 
  3. Zachariasen, W. H. (1949). "Crystal chemical studies of the 5f-series of elements. XII. New compounds representing known structure types". Acta Crystallographica 2 (6): 388–390. doi:10.1107/S0365110X49001016. http://journals.iucr.org/q/issues/1949/06/00/a00194/a00194.pdf. 
  4. Brauer, Georg (ed.) (1978) Handbuch der Präparativen Anorganischen Chemie. Vol 3. Enke, Stuttgart. ISBN:3-432-87813-3. p. 1207