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Ruthenium compounds: ruthenium tetrafluoride

The ruthenium in ruthenium tetrafluoride formally is in the oxidation state 4.

Ruthenium tetrafluoride

Formula as often written: RuF₄
Hill system formula: F₄Ru₁
CAS registry number: [71500-16-8]
Formula weight: 177.064
Class: fluoride

Synonyms

ruthenium tetrafluoride
ruthenium(IV) fluoride
ruthenium fluoride

Physical properties

Colour: yellow
Appearance: crystalline solid
Melting point:
Boiling point:
Density:

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in ruthenium tetrafluoride
Element	%
F	42.92
Ru	57.08

Synthesis

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Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the RuF₄ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Ru₁F₄

mass  %
172  17.5 _________
173   0.0 
174   6.0 ___
175  40.2 ____________________
176  39.9 ____________________
177  53.8 ___________________________
178 100.0 __________________________________________________
179   0.0 
180  59.2 ______________________________

References

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

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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.
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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.