Americium(III) iodide

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Americium(III) iodide
Names
IUPAC name
Americium(III) iodide
Other names
Americium triiodide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
PubChem CID
  • InChI=1S/Am.3HI/h;3*1H/p-3
    Key: YYYYEVJUHBVYGQ-UHFFFAOYSA-K
  • [I-].[I-].[I-].[Am]
Properties
AmI3
Molar mass 624 g·mol−1
Related compounds
Other anions
Americium(III) fluoride
Americium(III) chloride
Americium(III) bromide
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Americium(III) iodide or americium triiodide is the chemical compound, a salt composed of americium and iodine with the formula AmI3.

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Preparation

Americium(III) iodide can be prepared by reacting americium(III) chloride with ammonium iodide: [2]

AmCl3 + 3 NH4I → AmI3 + 3NH4Cl

Properties

Americium(III) iodide takes the form of yellow crystals. The crystal form is orthorhombic. It melts around 960 °C. The density is 6.9 g/cm3. [1] The compound consists of Am3+ and I− ions. It crystallizes in the trigonal crystal system in the space group R3 (space group no. 148) with the lattice parameters a = 742 pm and c = 2055 pm and six formula units per unit cell. Its crystal structure is isotypic with bismuth(III) iodide. [2] [3]

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3.

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Curium(III) iodide is the chemical compound with the formula CmI3. Since all isotopes of curium are only artificially produced, the compound has no natural occurrence.

References

  1. 1 2 Haynes, William M. (2011). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 92nd Edition. CRC Press. pp. 4–46. ISBN   9781439855126.
  2. 1 2 Asprey, L. B.; Keenan, T. K.; Kruse, F. H. (Jul 1965). "Crystal Structures of the Trifluorides, Trichlorides, Tribromides, and Triiodides of Americium and Curium". Inorganic Chemistry. 4 (7): 985–986. doi:10.1021/ic50029a013. ISSN   0020-1669. S2CID   96551460.
  3. ↑ Gmelins Handbuch der anorganischen Chemie , System No. 71, Transurane, Teil C, pp. 154.


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