Tungsten dichloride

Tungsten compounds: tungsten dichloride

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

Tungsten dichloride

• Formula as often written: WCl₂
• Hill system formula: Cl₂W₁
• CAS registry number: [13470-12-7]
• Formula weight: 254.745
• Class: chloride

Synonyms

• tungsten dichloride
• tungsten(II) chloride
• tungsten chloride

Physical properties

• Colour: yellow
• Appearance: crystalline solid
• Melting point: 500°C (decomposes to W + WCl₄)
• Boiling point:
• Density:

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in tungsten dichloride

Element	%
Cl	27.83
W	72.17

Synthesis

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Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the WCl₂ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: W₁Cl₂

mass  %
250   0.3 
251   0.0 
252  51.8 __________________________
253  28.1 ______________
254  93.3 _______________________________________________
255  18.0 _________
256 100.0 __________________________________________________
257   2.9 _
258  42.1 _____________________
259   0.0 
260   5.7 ___

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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