Americium(III) fluoride
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| IUPAC name  Americium(III) fluoride   | |
| Other names  Americium trifluoride   | |
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| Properties | |
| AmF3 | |
| Molar mass | 300 g/mol[1] | 
| Appearance | pink, crystalline solid | 
| Density | 9.53 g/cm3[1] | 
| Melting point | 1,393 °C (2,539 °F; 1,666 K)[1] | 
| Structure | |
| Rhombohedral, hR24 | |
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a = 0.7068 nm, c = 0.7246 nm   | |
Lattice volume (V)   |  0.31349 | 
Formula units (Z)   |  6 | 
| Related compounds | |
Other anions   |  Americium(III) chloride Americium(III) bromide Americium(III) iodide  | 
Other cations   |  Plutonium(III) fluoride Curium(III) fluoride Europium(III) fluoride  | 
| Americium(IV) fluoride | |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).   Infobox references   | |
Americium(III) fluoride or americium trifluoride is the chemical compound composed of americium and fluorine with the formula AmF3. It is a water insoluble, pink salt.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Haynes, William M., ed. (2011). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (92nd ed.). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. p. 4.46. ISBN 1-4398-5511-0.
 - ^ Zachariasen, W. H. (1949). "Crystal chemical studies of the 5f-series of elements. XII. New compounds representing known structure types". Acta Crystallographica. 2 (6): 388–390. Bibcode:1949AcCry...2..388Z. doi:10.1107/S0365110X49001016.
 - ^ Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 1270–1271. doi:10.1016/C2009-0-30414-6. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
 
