Actinium oxide

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Actinium oxide
Other names Actinium(III) oxide
Actinium sesquioxide
Identifiers
Standard InChI InChI=1S/2Ac.3O/q2*+3;3*-2
Standard InChIKey WRWOVDSMUMEITO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS number [12002-61-8]
EC number 234-417-6
Properties[1]
Chemical formula Ac2O3
Molar mass 502.05 g mol−1 [note 1]
Appearance white solid
Density 9.19 g cm−3
Solubility in water insoluble
Structure[5]
Crystal structure Lanthanum oxide
Lattice constant a = 407(1) pm, c = 629(2) pm
Related compounds
Other anions Actinium sulfide
Other cations Scandium oxide
Yttrium oxide
Lanthanum oxide
Other compounds Actinium hydroxide
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)

Actinium oxide, Ac2O3, is the only known binary oxide of actinium. It has been prepared (on a 10-µg scale) by the calcination of actinium oxalate at 1100 °C.[4][5]

Notes and references

Notes

  1. The molar mass is based on actinium-227 (t½ = 21.772(3) a; Ar = 227.027 7521(26)),[2] the most commonly encountered isotope of actinium and the one used in the original chemical studies.[3][4]

References

  1. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 62nd ed.; Weast, Robert C., Ed.; CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL, 1981; p B-73. ISBN 0-8493-0462-8.
  2. Audi, G.; Bersillon, O.; Blachot, J.; Wapstra, A. H. The NUBASE evaluation of nuclear and decay properties. Nucl. Phys. A 2003, 729, 3–128. doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2003.11.001, <http://amdc.in2p3.fr/nubase/Nubase2003.pdf>.
  3. Hagemann, French The Isolation of Actinium. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1950, 72 (2), 768–71. DOI: 10.1021/ja01158a033.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Fried, Sherman; Hagemann, French; Zachariasen, W. H. The Preparation and Identification of Some Pure Actinium Compounds. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1950, 72 (2), 771–75. DOI: 10.1021/ja01158a034.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Kirby, H. W.; Morss, L. R. Actinium. In The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements, 3rd ed.; Morss, Lester R.; Edelstein, Norman M.; Fuger, Jean, Eds.; Springer: Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006; Vol. 1, Chapter 2, pp 18–51. doi:10.1007/1-4020-3598-5_2, <http://radchem.nevada.edu/classes/rdch710/files/actinium.pdf>.

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