Plutonium(III) bromide
Chemical compound
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Plutonium(III) bromide is an inorganic salt of bromine and plutonium with the formula PuBr3. This radioactive green solid has few uses, however its crystal structure is often used as a structural archetype in crystallography.
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| IUPAC name
Plutonium tribromide | |
| Other names
Plutonium(III) bromide | |
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| Properties | |
| Br3Pu | |
| Molar mass | 484 g·mol−1 |
| Appearance | Green[1] |
| Melting point | 767 °C (1,413 °F; 1,040 K)[1] |
| Boiling point | 1,463 °C (2,665 °F; 1,736 K) |
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Crystal structure
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Crystal structure
Unit cell
PuBr3: Pu3+ Br−
The PuBr3 crystal structure was first published in 1948 by William Houlder Zachariasen.[2] The compound forms orthorhombic crystals, a type of square antiprism, within which the Pu atoms adopt an 8-coordinate bicapped trigonal prismatic arrangement. Its Pearson symbol is oS16 with the corresponding space group No. 63 (in International Union of Crystallography classification) or Cmcm (in Hermann–Mauguin notation).
