Cerium trichloride trihydrate

Cerium compounds: cerium trichloride trihydrate

The cerium in cerium trichloride trihydrate formally is in the oxidation state 3.

Cerium trichloride trihydrate

• Formula as often written: CeCl₃.3H₂O
• Hill system formula: Ce₁Cl₃H₆O₃
• CAS registry number: [114364-30-6]
• Formula weight: 300.52
• Class: chloride

Synonyms

• cerium trichloride trihydrate
• cerium(III) chloride 3-water
• cerium chloride 3-water
• cerous chloride 3-water

Physical properties

• Colour:
• Appearance:
• Melting point:
• Boiling point:
• Density:

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in cerium trichloride trihydrate

Element	%
Ce	46.62
Cl	35.39
H	2.01
O	15.97

Synthesis

chloride aqua

Solid state structure

• Geometry of cerium:
• Prototypical structure:

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the CeCl₃.3H₂O unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Ce₁Cl₃H₆O₃

mass  %
295   0.2 
296   0.0 
297   0.4 
298   0.0 
299  91.9 ______________________________________________
300   0.2 
301 100.0 __________________________________________________
302   0.2 
303  39.7 ____________________
304   0.1 
305   6.8 ___
306   0.0 
307   0.4 

References

The data on these compounds pages are assembled and adapted from the primary literature and several other sources including the following.

• R.T. Sanderson in Chemical Periodicity, Reinhold, New York, USA, 1960.
• N.N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw in Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd edition, Butterworth, UK, 1997.
• F.A. Cotton, G. Wilkinson, C.A. Murillo, and M. Bochmann, in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
• A.F. Trotman-Dickenson, (ed.) in Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry, Pergamon, Oxford, UK, 1973.
• R.W.G. Wyckoff, in Crystal Structures, volume 1, Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, 1963.
• A.R.West in Basic solid state chemistry Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
• A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
• J.D.H. Donnay, (ed.) in Crystal data determinative tables, ACA monograph number 5, American Crystallographic Association, USA, 1963.
• D.R. Lide, (ed.) in Chemical Rubber Company handbook of chemistry and physics, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 77th edition, 1996.
• J.W. Mellor in A comprehensive treatise on inorganic and theoretical chemistry, volumes 1-16, Longmans, London, UK, 1922-1937.
• J.E. Macintyre (ed.) in Dictionary of inorganic compounds, volumes 1-3, Chapman & Hall, London, UK, 1992.

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