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Californium(III) oxychloride

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Californium oxychloride
Names
IUPAC name Californium oxychloride
Identifiers
CAS Number
3D model (JSmol)
InChI
  • InChI=1S/Cf.ClH.O/h;1H;/q+3;;-2/p-1Key: XKTKIHYWYXTIDP-UHFFFAOYSA-M
SMILES
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Properties
Chemical formula CfClO
Molar mass 302 g·mol
Related compounds
Related compounds Einsteinium oxychloride
Berkelium oxychloride
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Chemical compound

Californium oxychloride (CfOCl) is a radioactive salt first discovered in measurable quantities in 1960. It is composed of a single californium cation and oxychloride consisting of one chloride and one oxide anion. It was the first californium compound ever isolated.

Synthesis

Treatment of Cf2O3 with moist hydrogen chloride or CfCl3 with water vapor.

Physical properties

The compound form pale green crystals.

See also

References

  1. Seaborg, Glenn T. (1963). Man-Made Transuranium Elements. Prentice-Hall.
  2. Seaborg, G. T.; Katz, Joseph J.; Morss, L. R. (6 December 2012). The Chemistry of the Actinide Elements: Volume 2. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 1046. ISBN 978-94-009-3155-8. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  3. Fundamental Nuclear Energy Research. Atomic Energy Commission. 1968. p. 274. Retrieved 16 July 2023.

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Californium compounds
Cf(II)
Cf(III)
Organocalifornium(III) compounds
Cf(IV)

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