Chemistry:Americium(III) iodide

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Americium(III) iodide
Names
IUPAC name
Americium(III) iodide
Other names
Americium triiodide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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).
Infobox references

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

Preparation

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

AmCl
3
+ 3 NH
4
I → AmI
3
+ 3NH
4
Cl

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]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Haynes, William M. (2011) (in en). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 92nd Edition. CRC Press. pp. 4–46. ISBN 9781439855126. https://books.google.com/books?id=pYPRBQAAQBAJ&pg=SA4-PA46. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Asprey, L. B.; Keenan, T. K.; Kruse, F. H. (Jul 1965). "Crystal Structures of the Trifluorides, Trichlorides, Tribromides, and Triiodides of Americium and Curium" (in en). Inorganic Chemistry 4 (7): 985–986. doi:10.1021/ic50029a013. ISSN 0020-1669. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ic50029a013. 
  3. Gmelins Handbuch der anorganischen Chemie, System No. 71, Transurane, Teil C, pp. 154.
HI He
LiI BeI2 BI3 CI4 NI3 I2O4,
I2O5,
I4O9
IF,
IF3,
IF5,
IF7
Ne
NaI MgI2 AlI3 SiI4 PI3,
P2I4
S ICl,
ICl3
Ar
KI CaI2 Sc TiI4 VI3 CrI3 MnI2 FeI2 CoI2 NiI2 CuI ZnI2 Ga2I6 GeI2,
GeI4
AsI3 Se IBr Kr
RbI SrI2 YI3 ZrI4 NbI5 Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd AgI CdI2 InI3 SnI4,
SnI2
SbI3 TeI4 I Xe
CsI BaI2   HfI4 TaI5 W Re Os Ir Pt AuI Hg2I2,
HgI2
TlI PbI2 BiI3 Po AtI Rn
Fr RaI2   Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt Ds Rg Cn Nh Fl Mc Lv Ts Og
La Ce Pr Nd Pm SmI2 Eu Gd TbI3 Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
Ac ThI4 Pa UI3,
UI4
Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf EsI3 Fm Md No Lr