Hafnium tetrafluoride
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| IUPAC names Hafnium(IV) fluoride Hafnium tetrafluoride | |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.033.856  |
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Chemical formula | HfF4 |
| Appearance | white crystalline powder |
| Density | 7.1 g/cm3[1] |
| Boiling point | 970 °C (1,780 °F; 1,240 K) (sublimes)[1] |
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Crystal structure | Monoclinic, mS60[2] |
Space group | C2/c, No. 15 |
Lattice constant | a = 1.17 nm, b = 0.986 nm, c = 0.764 nm |
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| Flash point | Non-flammable |
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Other anions | Hafnium(IV) chloride |
Other cations | Titanium(IV) fluoride |
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Chemical compound
Hafnium tetrafluoride is the inorganic compound with the formula HfF4. It is a white solid. It adopts the same structure as zirconium tetrafluoride, with 8-coordinate Hf(IV) centers.
Hafnium tetrafluoride forms a trihydrate, which has a polymeric structure consisting of octahedral Hf center, described as (μ−F)2[HfF2(H20)2]n(H2O)n and one water of crystallization. In a rare case where the chemistry of Hf and Zr differ, the trihydrate of zirconium(IV) fluoride has a molecular structure (μ−F)2[ZrF3(H20)3]2, without the lattice water.[3]
References
- ^ a b Haynes, William M., ed. (2011). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (92nd ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. p. 4.66. 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. doi:10.1107/S0365110X49001016.
- ^ Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 965. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
Further reading
- Benjamin, S. L., Levason, W., Pugh, D., Reid, G., Zhang, W., "Preparation and structures of coordination complexes of the very hard Lewis acids ZrF4 and HfF4", Dalton Transactions 2012, 41, 12548. doi:10.1039/C2DT31501G
