Neodymium tribromide

Neodymium compounds: neodymium tribromide

The neodymium in neodymium tribromide formally is in the oxidation state 3.

Neodymium tribromide

• Formula as often written: NdBr₃
• Hill system formula: Br₃Nd₁
• CAS registry number: [13536-80-6]
• Formula weight: 383.952
• Class: bromide

Synonyms

• neodymium tribromide
• neodymium(III) bromide
• neodymium bromide

Physical properties

• Colour: violet (or green?)
• Appearance: crystalline solid
• Melting point: 682°C
• Boiling point: 1540°C
• Density: 5300 kg m^-3

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in neodymium tribromide

Element	%
Br	62.43
Nd	37.57

Synthesis

Not available

Solid state structure

• Geometry of neodymium: 8 coordinate: bicapped trigonal prismatic
• Prototypical structure:

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the NdBr₃ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Nd₁Br₃

mass  %
379  16.6 ________
380   7.4 ____
381  62.9 _______________________________
382  26.8 _____________
383 100.0 __________________________________________________
384  35.9 __________________
385  90.7 _____________________________________________
386  21.2 ___________
387  56.9 ____________________________
388   4.7 __
389  29.7 _______________
390   0.0 
391  13.0 ______
392   0.0 
393   3.2 __

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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Neodymium	Néodyme
Neodym	Neodymium
Neodimio	Neodimio
Neodym	Neodímio