Terbium(III) chloride

Terbium(III) chloride
Names
Other names
terbium trichloride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ECHA InfoCard 100.030.108 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 233-132-4
UNII
  • InChI=1S/3ClH.Tb/h3*1H;/q;;;+3/p-3
  • Cl[Tb](Cl)Cl
Properties
TbCl3
Molar mass 265.2834 g/mol
Appearance white powder
Density 4.35 g/cm3, solid
Melting point 558 °C (1,036 °F; 831 K)
Boiling point 180 to 200 °C (356 to 392 °F; 453 to 473 K) (in HCl gas atmosphere)
soluble
Structure
hexagonal (UCl3 type), hP8
P63/m, No. 176
Tricapped trigonal prismatic
(nine-coordinate)
Hazards
GHS labelling:[1]
GHS07: Exclamation mark
Warning
H315, H319
P302+P352, P305+P351+P338
Related compounds
Other anions
Terbium(III) oxide
Other cations
Gadolinium(III) chloride
Dysprosium(III) chloride
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Terbium(III) chloride (TbCl3) is a chemical compound. In the solid state TbCl3 has the YCl3 layer structure.[2] Terbium(III) chloride frequently forms a hexahydrate.

  1. ^ GHS: Sigma-Alderich 204560
  2. ^ Wells A.F. (1984) Structural Inorganic Chemistry 5th edition Oxford Science Publications ISBN 0-19-855370-6