Europium(II) chloride

Europium(II) chloride
Names
Other names
Europium dichloride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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EC Number
  • 237-386-7
  • InChI=1S/2ClH.Eu/h2*1H;/q;;+2/p-2
    Key: BMANZYKPCBPZFG-UHFFFAOYSA-L
  • Cl[Eu]Cl
Properties
Cl2Eu
Molar mass 222.86 g·mol−1
Appearance white solid
Density 4.86 g·cm−3[1]
Melting point 738 °C (1,011 K)[2]
Boiling point 2,190 °C (2,460 K)[2]
Related compounds
Other anions
europium difluoride
europium dibromide
europium diiodide
Other cations
samarium dichloride
thulium dichloride
Related compounds
europium trichloride
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Europium(II) chloride is an inorganic compound with a chemical formula EuCl2. When it is irradiated by ultraviolet light, it has bright blue fluorescence.[3]

  1. ^ Roger Blachnik (Hrsg.): Taschenbuch für Chemiker und Physiker. Band III: Elemente, anorganische Verbindungen und Materialien, Minerale. begründet von Jean d’Ans, Ellen Lax. 4., neubearbeitete und revidierte Auflage. Springer, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-540-60035-3, S. 446–447
  2. ^ a b Polyachenok, O. G.; Novikov, G. I. Saturated vapor pressures of SmCl2, EuCl2, YbCl2. Zhurnal Neorganicheskoi Khimii, 1963. 8 (12): 2631–2634. ISSN 0044-457X.
  3. ^ Howell, J.K.; Pytlewski, L.L. (August 1969). "Synthesis of divalent europium and ytterbium halides in liquid ammonia". Journal of the Less Common Metals. 18 (4): 437–439. doi:10.1016/0022-5088(69)90017-4.

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