Polonium hexafluoride
Chemical compound
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Polonium hexafluoride (PoF6) is a possible chemical compound of polonium and fluorine and one of the seventeen known binary hexafluorides.[1]
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| Molar mass | 322.97 g/mol |
| Appearance | white solid |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Synthesis
The synthesis of PoF6 via the reaction
- 210Po + 3 F2 → 210PoF6
was attempted in 1945, but the attempt was unsuccessful. The boiling point was predicted to be about −40 °C.[2]
208PoF6 was probably successfully synthesised via the same reaction in 1960 with the more stable isotope 208Po,[1]: 594 where a volatile polonium fluoride was produced,[3] but it was not fully characterized before it underwent radiolysis and decomposed to polonium tetrafluoride.[4][5]