Berkelium(III) bromide

Berkelium(III) bromide
Identifiers
CAS Number	22787-71-9;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
ChemSpider	28548253;
	InChI InChI=1S/Bk.3BrH/h;3*1H/q+3;;;/p-3 Key: QXVXDBUNYGKXIG-UHFFFAOYSA-K;
	SMILES [Br-].[Br-].[Br-].[Bk+3];
Properties
Chemical formula	BkBr3
Molar mass	487 g·mol−1
Appearance	yellow-green crystals
Related compounds
Other anions	Berkelium fluoride; Berkelilum chloride; Berkelium iodide
Other cations	Curium bromide; Californium bromide
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Infobox references

Berkelium bromide is a bromide of berkelium, with the chemical formula BkBr₃.

Structure

Berkelium bromide has a PuBr₃ structure at low temperature and is in the orthorhombic crystal system, with lattice parameters a = 403 pm, b = 1271 pm and c = 912 pm.^[2] At high temperature, berkelium bromide has an AlCl₃ structure and a monoclinic crystal system with lattice parameters a = 723 pm, b = 1253 pm, c = 683 pm and β = 110.6°.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ A. F. Holleman, E. Wiberg, N. Wiberg: Lehrbuch der Anorganischen Chemie. 102. Auflage. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-017770-1, S. 1969.
^ ^a ^b Burns, John H.; Peterson, J.R.; Stevenson, J.N. (Mar 1975). "Crystallographic studies of some transuranic trihalides: 239PuCl3, 244CmBr3, 249BkBr3 and 249CfBr3". Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry. 37 (3): 743–749. doi:10.1016/0022-1902(75)80532-X.
^ Young, J. P.; Haire, R. G.; Peterson, J. R.; Ensor, D. D.; Fellows, R. L. (Aug 1980). "Chemical consequences of radioactive decay. 1. Study of californium-249 ingrowth into crystalline berkelium-249 tribromide: a new crystalline phase of californium tribromide". Inorganic Chemistry. 19 (8): 2209–2212. doi:10.1021/ic50210a003. ISSN 0020-1669.
^ Cohen, D.; Fried, S.; Siegel, S.; Tani, B. (May 1968). "The preparation and crystal structure of some berkelium compounds". Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry Letters. 4 (5): 257–260. doi:10.1016/0020-1650(68)80125-4.
^ Peterson, J.R.; Hobart, D.E. (1984), "The Chemistry of Berkelium", Advances in Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 28, Elsevier, pp. 29–72, doi:10.1016/s0898-8838(08)60204-4, ISBN 978-0-12-023628-2, retrieved 2023-06-26

External reading

Hobart, David E.; Peterson, Joseph R. (2006), Morss, Lester R.; Edelstein, Norman M.; Fuger, Jean (eds.), "Berkelium", The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, pp. 1444–1498, doi:10.1007/1-4020-3598-5_10, ISBN 978-1-4020-3555-5, retrieved 2023-06-26

[HOWI_1969-1] A. F. Holleman, E. Wiberg, N. Wiberg: Lehrbuch der Anorganischen Chemie. 102. Auflage. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-017770-1, S. 1969.

[Burns_1975-2] Burns, John H.; Peterson, J.R.; Stevenson, J.N. (Mar 1975). "Crystallographic studies of some transuranic trihalides: 239PuCl3, 244CmBr3, 249BkBr3 and 249CfBr3". Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry. 37 (3): 743–749. doi:10.1016/0022-1902(75)80532-X.

[3] Young, J. P.; Haire, R. G.; Peterson, J. R.; Ensor, D. D.; Fellows, R. L. (Aug 1980). "Chemical consequences of radioactive decay. 1. Study of californium-249 ingrowth into crystalline berkelium-249 tribromide: a new crystalline phase of californium tribromide". Inorganic Chemistry. 19 (8): 2209–2212. doi:10.1021/ic50210a003. ISSN 0020-1669.

[4] Cohen, D.; Fried, S.; Siegel, S.; Tani, B. (May 1968). "The preparation and crystal structure of some berkelium compounds". Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry Letters. 4 (5): 257–260. doi:10.1016/0020-1650(68)80125-4.

[5] Peterson, J.R.; Hobart, D.E. (1984), "The Chemistry of Berkelium", Advances in Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 28, Elsevier, pp. 29–72, doi:10.1016/s0898-8838(08)60204-4, ISBN 978-0-12-023628-2, retrieved 2023-06-26

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