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Properties of substance:

cerium(III) chloride

Group of substances:

inorganic

Physical appearance:

colorless hexagonal crystals

Empirical formula (Hill's system for organic substances):

CeCl3

Structural formula as text:

CeCl3

Molar/atomic mass: 246.48

Melting point (°C):

805

Boiling point (°C):

1730

Solubility (g/100 g of solvent):

1-propanol: soluble [Ref.]
2-propanol: soluble [Ref.]
acetone: soluble [Ref.]
chlorine liquid: insoluble [Ref.]
ethanol: soluble [Ref.]
hydrazine: 3 (20°C) [Ref.]
pyridine: 1.58 (0°C) [Ref.]
water: reaction [Ref.]

Hygroscopic:

very hygroscopic

Density:

3.92 (0°C, g/cm3)

Reactions:

  1. [Ref.1aster]
    2CeCl3 + 3Ca → 2Ce + 3CaCl2

Standard molar enthalpy (heat) of formation ΔfH0 (298.15 K, kJ/mol):

-1057.9 (s)

Standard molar Gibbs energy of formation ΔfG0 (298.15 K, kJ/mol):

-983.9 (s)

Standard molar entropy S0 (298.15 K, J/(mol·K)):

171.5 (s)

Standard molar enthalpy (heat) of formation ΔfH0 (298.15 K, kJ/mol):

-717 (g)

Molar enthalpy (heat) of fusion ΔfusH (kJ/mol):

54

Enthalpy (heat) of vaporization ΔvapH (kJ/mol):

199

LD50 (mg/kg):

569 (white mice, oral)

References:

  1. Seidell A. Solubilities of inorganic and metal organic compounds. - 3ed., vol.1. - New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1940. - pp. 388
  2. Некрасов Б.В. Основы общей химии. - Т.2. - М.: Химия, 1973. - pp. 83-84 [Russian]
  3. Рабинович В.А., Хавин З.Я. Краткий химический справочник. - Л.: Химия, 1977. - pp. 112 [Russian]
  4. Справочник по растворимости. - Т.1, Кн.1. - М.-Л.: ИАН СССР, 1961. - pp. 865 [Russian]

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