Chemistry:Cerium(III) fluoride

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Cerium(III) fluoride
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Names
IUPAC name
Cerium(III) fluoride
Other names
Cerium trifluoride
Identifiers
UNII
Properties
CeF3
Molar mass 197.12 g/mol
Density 6.16 g/cm3 (at 20 °C)
Melting point 1,460 °C (2,660 °F; 1,730 K)[1]
Related compounds
Related compounds
Lanthanum trifluoride
Hazards
GHS pictograms GHS07: HarmfulGHS09: Environmental hazard
NFPA 704 (fire diamond)
Flammability code 0: Will not burn. E.g. waterHealth code 3: Short exposure could cause serious temporary or residual injury. E.g. chlorine gasReactivity code 0: Normally stable, even under fire exposure conditions, and is not reactive with water. E.g. liquid nitrogenSpecial hazards (white): no codeNFPA 704 four-colored diamond
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Cerium(III) fluoride (or cerium trifluoride), CeF3, is an ionic compound of the rare earth metal cerium and fluorine.

It appears as a mineral in the form of fluocerite-(Ce) - a very rare mineral species related mainly to pegmatites and rarely to oxidation zones of some polymetallic ore deposits.[2][3] CeF3 may be used as a Faraday rotator material in the visible, near-infrared and mid-infrared spectral range.[4][5]

Structure

The crystal structure of cerium(III) fluoride is described as the LaF
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or tysonite structure.[6] It contains 9-coordinate cerium ions that adopt an approximately tricapped trigonal prismatic coordination geometry,[7] although it can be considered 11-coordinate if two more distant fluorides are considered part of the cerium coordination environment.[6] The three crystallographically independent fluoride ions are 3-coordinate and range in geometry from trigonal planar to pyramidal.[6]

Cerium coordination Fluorine F1 coordination Fluorine F2 coordination Fluorine F3 coordination
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References

  1. Holleman-Wiberg, 102. edition, p. 1942[full citation needed]
  2. "Fluocerite-(Ce)". https://www.mindat.org/min-1567.html. 
  3. "List of Minerals". 21 March 2011. https://www.ima-mineralogy.org/Minlist.htm. 
  4. Vojna, David; Yasuhara, Ryo; Slezák, Ondřej; Mužík, Jiří; Lucianetti, Antonio; Mocek, Tomáš (2017). "Verdet constant dispersion of CeF3 in the visible and near-infrared spectral range". Optical Engineering 56 (6): 067105. doi:10.1117/1.oe.56.6.067105. Bibcode2017OptEn..56f7105V. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317486975. 
  5. Vojna, David; Slezák, Ondřej; Yasuhara, Ryo; Furuse, Hiroaki; Lucianetti, Antonio; Mocek, Tomáš (2020). "Faraday Rotation of Dy2O3, CeF3 and Y3Fe5O12 at the Mid-Infrared Wavelengths". Materials 13 (23): 5324. doi:10.3390/ma13235324. PMID 33255447. Bibcode2020Mate...13.5324V. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Wells, A. F. (1984). Structural Inorganic Chemistry (5th ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 420–421. ISBN 978-0-19-965763-6. 
  7. Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 1240–1241. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.