Aluminium iodide
Aluminium iodide is any chemical compound made up of only aluminium and iodine. It is formed by the reaction of aluminium and iodine,[3] or the action of hydrogen iodide on aluminium metal.
Aluminium iodide | |
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Aluminium iodide | |
Other names | Aluminium(III) iodide Aluminum iodide |
Identifiers | |
CAS number | |
PubChem | |
EC number | 232-054-8 |
SMILES | I[Al](I)I |
Properties | |
Molecular formula | AlI3, AlI3·6H2O (hexahydrate) |
Molar mass | 407.695 g/mol (anhydrous) 515.786 g/mol (hexahydrate)[1] |
Appearance | white (anhydrous) or yellow powder (hexahydrate)[1] |
Density | 3.98 g/cm3 (anhydrous)[1] 2.63 g/cm3 (hexahydrate)[2] |
Melting point |
188.28 °C, 461 K, 371 °F |
Boiling point | |
Solubility in water | very soluble, partial hydrolysis |
Solubility in alcohol, ether | soluble (hexahydrate) |
Structure | |
Crystal structure | Monoclinic, mP16 |
Space group | P21/c, No. 14 |
Lattice constant | a = 1.1958 nm, b = 0.6128 nm, c = 1.8307 nm |
Thermochemistry | |
Std enthalpy of formation ΔfH |
-302.9 kJ/mol |
Standard molar entropy S |
195.9 J/(mol·K) |
Specific heat capacity, C | 98.7 J/(mol·K) |
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa) |
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Haynes, William M., ed. (2011). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (92nd ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. p. 4.45. ISBN 1439855110.
- ↑ Perry, Dale L. (19 April 2016). Handbook of Inorganic Compounds, Second Edition. CRC Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-4398-1462-8.
- ↑ G. W. Watt, J. L. Hall (1953). Inorganic Syntheses. Vol. IV. pp. 117–119.