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Compounds of uranium:
uranium (IV) fluoride
- Formula as commonly written: UF4
- Hill system formula: F4U1
- CAS registry number: [10049-14-6]
- Formula weight: 314.023
- Class: fluoride
Synonyms
- uranium (IV) fluoride
- uranium fluoride
- uranium tetrafluoride
Physical properties
- Colour: green
- Appearance: crystalline solid
- Melting point: 960°C; 1036°C
- Boiling point: 1417°C
- Density: 6700 kg m-3
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Element analysis and oxidation numbers
For each compound, and where possible, a formal oxidation number for each element is given, but the usefulness of this number is limited, especially so for p-block elements in particular. Based upon that oxidation number, an electronic configuration is also given but note that for more exotic compounds you should view this as a guide only.
| Element |
% |
Formal oxidation state |
Formal electronic configuration |
|
F |
24.20 |
-1 |
[He].2s2.2p6 |
|
U |
75.80 |
4 |
[Rn].5f2 |
Synthesis
Not available
Solid state structure
- Geometry of uranium: 8 coordinate: square antiprismatic
- Prototypical structure:

Isotope pattern
What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the UF4 unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.
Formula: U1F4
mass %
310 0.0 311 0.7 312 0.0 313 0.0 314 100.0 __________________________________________________
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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