Uranyl metaphosphate

Uranyl metaphosphate
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
  • InChI=1S/2HO3P.2O.U/c2*1-4(2)3;;;/h2*(H,1,2,3);;;/q;;;;+2/p-2
    Key: YFRVLNOCPYUMID-UHFFFAOYSA-L
  • [O-]P(=O)=O.[O-]P(=O)=O.O=[U+2]=O
Properties
UP2O8
Molar mass 427.971 g/mol
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Uranyl metaphosphate is a compound of uranium, phosphorus, and oxygen. It is one of the phosphates of uranium with the formula [UO2(PO3)2]n. This long-chain compound is formed via the thermal decomposition of UO2(H2PO4)2·3H2O.[1] Double salts, such as NaUO2(PO3)3 and CsUO2(PO3)3, are known.[2]

At elevated temperature, it decomposes to UP2O7, liberating oxygen.[3]

  1. ^ Kamo, Mutsukazu; Ohashi, Shigeru (1970). "Thermal Decomposition of Uranyl Dihydrogen Orthophosphate Trihydrate". Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan. 43 (1): 84–89. doi:10.1246/bcsj.43.84. ISSN 0009-2673.
  2. ^ Lavrov, A. V. Study of condensed uranyl phosphates. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Neorganicheskie Materialy, 1979. 15 (6): 942-946. ISSN 0002-337X.
  3. ^ Barten, H. (1988). "The thermochemistry of uranyl phosphates". Thermochimica Acta. 126: 375–383. doi:10.1016/0040-6031(88)87282-4. ISSN 0040-6031.