Holmium(III) iodide

Holmium(III) iodide
Names
Other names
Holmium iodide
Holmium triiodide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ECHA InfoCard 100.034.050 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 237-470-3
  • InChI=1S/Ho.3HI/h;3*1H/q+3;;;/p-3
    Key: KXCRAPCRWWGWIW-UHFFFAOYSA-K
  • [Ho+3].[I-].[I-].[I-]
Properties
HoI3
Molar mass 545.6437 g/mol
Appearance Pale-yellow solid[1][2]
Density 5.4 g/cm3[3]
Melting point 994 °C[2]
Boiling point 1300 °C[4]
soluble in water[2]
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Holmium(III) iodide is an iodide of holmium, with the chemical formula of HoI3. It is used as a component of metal halide lamps.[5]

  1. ^ Jantsch, G.; Jawurek, H.; Skalla, N.; Gawalowski, H. (1932). "Zur Kenntnis der Halogenide der seltenen Erden. VI. Über die Halogenide der Terbin- und Erbinerdengruppe" [Halides of the rare earths. VI. Halides of the terbium and erbium earth groups]. Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie (in German). 207 (4): 353–367. doi:10.1002/zaac.19322070404.
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  5. ^ Flesch, Peter G. (2007). Light and Light Sources: High-Intensity Discharge Lamps. Springer. p. 45. ISBN 978-3540326854.