Lead dichloride

Lead compounds: lead dichloride

The lead in lead dichloride formally is in the oxidation state 2.

Lead dichloride

• Formula as often written: PbCl₂
• Hill system formula: Cl₂Pb₁
• CAS registry number: [7758-95-4]
• Formula weight: 278.105
• Class: chloride

Synonyms

• lead dichloride
• lead(II) chloride
• lead chloride

Physical properties

• Colour: white
• Appearance: crystalline solid
• Melting point: 500°C
• Boiling point: 953°C
• Density: 5850 kg m^-3

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in lead dichloride

Element	%
Cl	25.50
Pb	74.50

Synthesis

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Solid state structure

• Geometry of lead: 9 coordinate: tricapped trigonal prismatic
• Prototypical structure: PbCl2

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the PbCl₂ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Pb₁Cl₂

mass  %
274   2.1 _
275   0.0 
276  36.8 __________________
277  32.5 ________________
278 100.0 __________________________________________________
279  20.8 __________
280  52.9 __________________________
281   3.3 __
282   7.9 ____

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.
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• 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.
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• 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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