uranium tetrabromide
uranium tetrabromide Basic information
- Product Name:
- uranium tetrabromide
- Synonyms:
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- uranium tetrabromide
- Uranium(IV) bromide.
- Uran(IV) tetrabromide
- CAS:
- 13470-20-7
- MF:
- Br4U
- MW:
- 557.64491
- EINECS:
- 2367345
- Mol File:
- 13470-20-7.mol
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uranium tetrabromide Chemical Properties
- Melting point:
- 519°C
- Boiling point:
- 778.62°C (estimate)
- Density
- 5.35 [CRC10]
- solubility
- soluble in H2O, ethanol
- form
- brown hygroscopic crystals
- color
- brown hygroscopic crystals, crystalline
- EPA Substance Registry System
- Uranium bromide (UBr4) (13470-20-7)
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uranium tetrabromide Usage And Synthesis
Chemical Properties
dark brown, very hygroscopic crystal(s); prepared by heating uranium turnings in a nitrogen gas stream saturated with bromine vapor; can be purified by vacuum distillation in a similar nitrogen stream [KIR83]
Preparation
Uranium tetrabromide can be prepared by brominating a mixture of UO3 and charcoal.