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Uranium compounds: uranium pentachloride

The uranium in uranium pentachloride formally is in the oxidation state 5.

Uranium pentachloride

Formula as often written: UCl₅
Hill system formula: Cl₅U₁
CAS registry number: [13470-21-8]
Formula weight: 415.292
Class: chloride

Synonyms

uranium pentachloride
uranium(V) chloride
uranium chloride

Physical properties

Colour: brown
Appearance: crystalline solid
Melting point: 287°C
Boiling point: 527
Density:

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in uranium pentachloride
Element	%
Cl	42.68
U	57.32

Synthesis

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Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the UCl₅ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: U₁Cl₅

mass  %
409   0.0 
410   0.5 
411   0.0 
412   0.7 
413  62.5 _______________________________
414   0.5 
415 100.0 __________________________________________________
416   0.1 
417  64.0 ________________________________
418   0.0 
419  20.4 __________
420   0.0 
421   3.3 __
422   0.0 
423   0.2

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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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.