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IUPAC name
Thulium(III) oxide
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Other names
Thulium oxide, thulium sesquioxide
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3D model (JSmol)
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.031.670 |
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CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
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Properties | |
Tm2O3 | |
Molar mass | 385.866 g/mol |
Appearance | greenish-white cubic crystals |
Density | 8.6 g/cm3 |
Melting point | 2,341 °C (4,246 °F; 2,614 K) |
Boiling point | 3,945 °C (7,133 °F; 4,218 K) |
Solubility | Slightly soluble in acids |
+51,444·10−6 cm3/mol | |
Structure | |
Cubic, cI80[1] | |
Ia-3, No. 206[1] | |
a = 10.49 Å[1]
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Formula units (Z)
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16[1] |
Thermochemistry | |
Heat capacity (C)
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2.515 °Cp[2] (25 °C) |
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Safety data sheet (SDS) | Sigma-Aldrich |
Related compounds | |
Other anions
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Thulium(III) chloride |
Other cations
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Erbium(III) oxide Ytterbium(III) oxide |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Thulium(III) oxide is a pale green crystalline compound, with the formula Tm2O3. It was first isolated in 1879, from an impure sample of erbia, by Swedish chemist Per Teodor Cleve, who named it thulia.