Thorium oxyfluoride

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Thorium oxyfluoride
Names
Other names
  • Thorium difluoride oxide
  • Thorium fluoride oxide
  • Thorium(IV) difluorideoxide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
EC Number
  • 237-045-2
  • InChI=1S/2FH.O.Th/h2*1H;;/q;;;+2/p-2
    Key: KXAYMKGDXBMOAK-UHFFFAOYSA-L
  • [Th](F)(F)=O
Properties
ThOF
2
Molar mass 286.034 g/mol
Appearance white powder
insoluble
Related compounds
Related compounds
Lanthanum oxyfluoride
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Thorium oxyfluoride is an inorganic compound of thorium metal, fluorine, and oxygen with the chemical formula ThOF
2
.[1][2][3]

  • Thorium oxyfluoride can be prepared from partial hydrolysis of thorium tetrafluoride in moist air at elevated temperatures, about 1000 °C.[4][5]
ThF4 + H2O → ThOF2 + 2 HF
ThF4 + ThO2 → 2 ThOF2

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