Zinc dibromide

Zinc compounds: zinc dibromide

The zinc in zinc dibromide formally is in the oxidation state 2.

Zinc dibromide

• Formula as often written: ZnBr₂
• Hill system formula: Br₂Zn₁
• CAS registry number: [7699-45-8]
• Formula weight: 225.198
• Class: bromide

Synonyms

• zinc dibromide
• zinc(II) bromide
• zinc bromide

Physical properties

• Colour: white
• Appearance: crystalline solid
• Melting point: 394°C
• Boiling point: 702°C; 697°C; 650°C
• Density: 4.22

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in zinc dibromide

Element	%
Br	70.96
Zn	29.04

Synthesis

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Solid state structure

• Geometry of zinc:
• Prototypical structure:

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the ZnBr₂ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Zn₁Br₂

mass  %
222  39.7 ____________________
223   0.0 
224 100.0 __________________________________________________
225   3.3 __
226  97.2 _________________________________________________
227   6.5 ___
228  51.9 __________________________
229   3.2 __
230  15.5 ________
231   0.0 
232   0.5 

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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