Bromine trifluoride

Bromine trifluoride
Structural formula, showing bond lengths and angles
Bromine Trifluoride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.029.211 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 232-132-1
UNII
UN number 1746
  • InChI=1S/BrF3/c2-1(3)4
    Key: FQFKTKUFHWNTBN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • FBr(F)F
Properties
BrF3
Molar mass 136.90 g/mol
Appearance straw-coloured liquid
hygroscopic
Odor Choking, pungent[1]
Density 2.803 g/cm3 [2]
Melting point 8.77 °C (47.79 °F; 281.92 K)
Boiling point 125.72 °C (258.30 °F; 398.87 K)
Reacts with water[3]
Structure
T-shaped (C2v)
1.19 D
Hazards[4]
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):
Main hazards
 Reacts violently with water to release HF, highly toxic, corrosive, powerful oxidizer
GHS labelling:
GHS03: OxidizingGHS05: CorrosiveGHS06: ToxicGHS08: Health hazard
Danger
H271, H300+H310+H330, H314, H373
P102, P103, P210, P220, P221, P260, P264, P271, P280, P283, P284, P301+P310, P301+P330+P331, P303+P361+P353, P304+P312, P305+P351+P338+P310, P306+P360, P308+P313, P340, P363, P370+P380
NFPA 704 (fire diamond)
NFPA 704 four-colored diamondHealth 4: Very short exposure could cause death or major residual injury. E.g. VX gasFlammability 0: Will not burn. E.g. waterInstability 4: Readily capable of detonation or explosive decomposition at normal temperatures and pressures. E.g. nitroglycerinSpecial hazard W+OX: Reacts with water in an unusual or dangerous manner AND is oxidizer
4
0
4
W
OX
Safety data sheet (SDS) http://www.chammascutters.com/en/downloads/Bromine-Trifluoride-MSDS.pdf
Related compounds
Other anions
 Bromine monochloride
Other cations
 Chlorine trifluoride
Iodine trifluoride
Related compounds
 Bromine monofluoride
Bromine pentafluoride
Supplementary data page
Bromine trifluoride (data page)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Bromine trifluoride is an interhalogen compound with the formula BrF3. At room temperature, it is a straw-coloured liquid with a pungent odor[5] which decomposes violently on contact with water and organic compounds. It is a powerful fluorinating agent and an ionizing inorganic solvent. It is used to produce uranium hexafluoride (UF6) in the processing and reprocessing of nuclear fuel.[6]

  1. ^ "Safety Data Sheet : Bromine Trifluoride" (PDF). Chammascutters.com. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  2. ^ Lide, David R., ed. (2006). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (87th ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0487-3.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-13. Retrieved 2012-11-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Safety Data Sheet Bromine Trifluoride" (PDF). Airgas. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference simons was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.