Terbium trichloride

Terbium compounds: terbium trichloride

The terbium in terbium trichloride formally is in the oxidation state 3.

Terbium trichloride

• Formula as often written: TbCl₃
• Hill system formula: Cl₃Tb₁
• CAS registry number: [10042-88-3]
• Formula weight: 265.283
• Class: chloride

Synonyms

• terbium trichloride
• terbium(III) chloride
• terbium chloride

Physical properties

• Colour: white
• Appearance: crystalline solid
• Melting point: 582°C; 588°C
• Boiling point:
• Density: 4350 kg m^-3

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in terbium trichloride

Element	%
Cl	40.09
Tb	59.91

Synthesis

Not available

Solid state structure

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

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the TbCl₃ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Tb₁Cl₃

mass  %
264 100.0 __________________________________________________
265   0.0 
266  95.9 ________________________________________________
267   0.0 
268  30.7 _______________
269   0.0 
270   3.3 __

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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