Erbium trichloride hexahydrate

Erbium compounds: erbium trichloride hexahydrate

The erbium in erbium trichloride hexahydrate formally is in the oxidation state 3.

Erbium trichloride hexahydrate

• Formula as often written: ErCl₃.6H₂O
• Hill system formula: Cl₃Er₁H₁₂O₆
• CAS registry number: [10025-75-9]
• Formula weight: 381.71
• Class: chloride

Synonyms

• erbium trichloride hexahydrate
• erbium(III) chloride 6-water
• erbium chloride 6-water

Physical properties

• Colour: pink
• Appearance: crystalline solid
• Melting point: (dehydrates)
• Boiling point:
• Density:

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in erbium trichloride hexahydrate

Element	%
Cl	27.86
Er	43.82
H	3.17
O	25.15

Synthesis

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Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the ErCl₃.6H₂O unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Er₁Cl₃H₁₂O₆

mass  %
375   0.2 
376   0.0 
377   2.9 _
378   0.0 
379  58.6 _____________________________
380  38.4 ___________________
381 100.0 __________________________________________________
382  37.5 ___________________
383  86.2 ___________________________________________
384  12.5 ______
385  40.4 ____________________
386   1.6 _
387   9.6 _____
388   0.0 
389   0.9 
390   0.0 
391   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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