Dinickel trioxide

Nickel compounds: dinickel trioxide

The nickel in dinickel trioxide formally is in the oxidation state 3.

Dinickel trioxide

• Formula as often written: Ni₂O₃
• Hill system formula: Ni₂O₃
• CAS registry number: [1314-06-3]
• Formula weight: 165.385
• Class: oxide

Synonyms

• dinickel trioxide
• nickel(III) oxide
• nickel oxide

Physical properties

• Colour: black or dark grey
• Appearance: crystalline solid
• Melting point: 600°C (decomposes with loss of O₂)
• Boiling point:
• Density:

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in dinickel trioxide

Element	%
Ni	70.98
O	29.02

Synthesis

May not have been made pure.

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the Ni₂O₃ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Ni₂O₃

mass  %
164 100.0 __________________________________________________
165   0.1 
166  77.6 _______________________________________
167   3.4 __
168  26.0 _____________
169   1.4 _
170   7.0 ____
171   0.2 
172   1.4 _
173   0.0 
174   0.2 
175   0.0 
176   0.0 

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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Nickel	Nickel
Nickel	Nikkel
Nichel	Niquel
Nickel	Níquel