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Other names Lead difluoride plumbous fluoride | |
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3D model (JSmol) | |
ChemSpider | |
ECHA InfoCard | 100.029.089 |
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Properties | |
PbF2 | |
Molar mass | 245.20 g/mol |
Appearance | white powder |
Odor | odorless |
Density | 8.445 g/cm3 (orthorhombic) 7.750 g/cm3 (cubic) |
Melting point | 824 °C (1,515 °F; 1,097 K) |
Boiling point | 1,293 °C (2,359 °F; 1,566 K) |
0.057 g/100 mL (0 °C) 0.0671 g/100 mL (20 °C) [1] | |
Solubility product (Ksp) | 2.05·10−8 (20 °C) |
Solubility | soluble in nitric acid and hydrochloric acid; insoluble in acetone and ammonia |
−58.1·10−6 cm3/mol | |
Structure | |
Fluorite (cubic), cF12 | |
Fm3m, No. 225 | |
Hazards | |
Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC): | |
LD50 (median dose) | 3031 mg/kg (oral, rat) |
Related compounds | |
Other anions | Lead(II) chloride Lead(II) bromide Lead(II) iodide |
Other cations | Difluorocarbene Difluorosilylene Difluorogermylene Stannous fluoride |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). |
Lead(II) fluoride is the inorganic compound with the formula Pb F2. It is a white solid. The compound is polymorphic, at ambient temperatures it exists in orthorhombic (PbCl2 type) form, while at high temperatures it is cubic (Fluorite type). [2]
Lead(II) fluoride can be prepared by treating lead(II) hydroxide or lead(II) carbonate with hydrofluoric acid: [3]
Alternatively, it is precipitated by adding hydrofluoric acid to a lead(II) salt solution, or by adding a fluoride salt to a lead salt, such as potassium fluoride to a lead(II) nitrate solution, [4]
or sodium fluoride to a lead(II) acetate solution.
It appears as the very rare mineral fluorocronite. [5] [6]
Lead(II) fluoride is used in low melting glasses, in glass coatings to reflect infrared rays, in phosphors for television-tube screens, and as a catalyst for the manufacture of picoline. [3] The Muon g−2 experiment uses PbF
2 crystals in conjunction with silicon photomultipliers. High energy charged particles create Cerenkov light as they pass through the crystals, which is measured by the silicon photomultipliers. [7] [8]
It also serves as an oxygen scavenger in high-temperature fluorine chemistry, as plumbous oxide is relatively volatile. [9]