Thorium difluoride
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| Other names
Thorium(2+) difluoride, thorium(II) fluoride
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CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
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| F2Th | |
| Molar mass | 270.0345 g·mol−1 |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Thorium difluoride is a binary inorganic compound of thorium metal and fluorine with the chemical formula ThF2.[1][2][3][4]
Synthesis
[edit]Thorium difluoride has been detected mass spectrometrically in the reaction of Ca(g) with ThF4(g)[5]:
- 2Ca(g) + ThF4(g) → 2CaF(g) + ThF2(g)
References
[edit]- ^ Andrews, Lester; Thanthiriwatte, K. Sahan; Wang, Xuefeng; Dixon, David A. (15 July 2013). "Thorium Fluorides ThF, ThF2, ThF3, ThF4, ThF3(F2), and ThF5– Characterized by Infrared Spectra in Solid Argon and Electronic Structure and Vibrational Frequency Calculations". Inorganic Chemistry. 52 (14): 8228–8233. doi:10.1021/ic401107w. ISSN 0020-1669. PMID 23805882. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ Hawkins, Donald T. (6 December 2012). Binary Fluorides: Free Molecular Structures and Force Fields A Bibliography (1957–1975). Springer Science & Business Media. p. 64. ISBN 978-1-4684-6147-3. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ Pankratz, L. B.; Stuve, J. M.; Gokcen, N. A. (1984). Thermodynamic Data for Mineral Technology. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines. p. 211. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ Haupt, Axel (22 March 2021). Organic and Inorganic Fluorine Chemistry: Methods and Applications. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-11-065950-4. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ Nigel, P.; Geckeis, H.; Holloway, J. H. (1993). Compounds with F, Cl, Br, I. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 2. ISBN 978-3-540-93666-4. Retrieved 18 June 2025.