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Neptunium(III) iodide

Neptunium(III) iodide is the iodide of neptunium with the chemical formula NpI3.

Preparation

Neptunium(III) iodide can be produced by the reaction of neptunium dioxide and aluminium iodide:[3]

6 NpO2 + 8 AlI3 → 6 NpI3 + 4 Al2O3 + 3 I2

Properties

Neptunium(III) iodide is a hygroscopic brown solid with a melting point of 767 °C. It is orthorhombic (plutonium(III) bromide structure), space group Ccmm (No. 63), lattice parameters a = 430pm, b = 1403pm and c = 995pm.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Holleman, Arnold Frederik; Wiberg, Egon (2001), Wiberg, Nils (ed.), Inorganic Chemistry, translated by Eagleson, Mary; Brewer, William, San Diego/Berlin: Academic Press/De Gruyter, p. 1969, ISBN 0-12-352651-5
  2. ^ Gmelins Handbuch der anorganischen Chemie, System Nr. 71, Transurane, Teil C, S. 154–155.
  3. ^ Georg Brauer (Hrsg.), unter Mitarbeit von Marianne Baudler u. a.: Handbuch der Präparativen Anorganischen Chemie. 3., umgearbeitete Auflage. Band II, Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-432-87813-3, S. 1269.
  4. ^ C. Keller: Die Chemie des Neptuniums. In: Fortschr. chem. Forsch., 1969/70, 13/1, S. 69.

External reading

  • Yoshida, Zenko; Johnson, Stephen G.; Kimura, Takaumi; Krsul, John R. (2006), Morss, Lester R.; Edelstein, Norman M.; Fuger, Jean (eds.), "Neptunium", The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, pp. 699–812, doi:10.1007/1-4020-3598-5_6, ISBN 978-1-4020-3555-5, retrieved 2023-09-15