Americium(II) bromide

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Americium(II) bromide
Names
IUPAC name
Americium(II) bromide
Other names
Americium dibromide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
  • InChI=1S/Am.2BrH/h;2*1H/q+2;;/p-2
    Key: HSYWRKBZFLQIJZ-UHFFFAOYSA-L
  • [Br-].[Br-].[Am+2]
Properties
AmBr2
Molar mass 403 g·mol−1
Related compounds
Other anions
Americium(II) chloride
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Americium(II) bromide or americium dibromide is the chemical compound, a salt composed of an americium cation in the +2 oxidation state and 2 bromide ions in each formula unit, with the formula AmBr2. [1]

It crystallises in the tetrahedral crystal system, different to americium dichloride. The dimensions of the unit cell are a = 11·592 and c = 7.121 Å. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Penneman, R. A. and Keenan T. K. The radiochemistry of americium and curium, University of California, Los Alamos, California, 1960
  2. ↑ Baybarz, R.D. (February 1973). "The preparation and crystal structures of americium dichloride and dibromide". Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry. 35 (2): 483–487. doi:10.1016/0022-1902(73)80560-3.
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