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'''Cerium(III) bromide''', BaBr<sub>2</sub>, is the only [[bromide]] of [[cerium]]. It is a component of the molten salt bath used for the reduction of [[uranium oxide]] by [[magnesium]].<ref name="Kirk-Othmer">{{Kirk-Othmer | first1 = S. D. | last1 = Ukeles | first2 = M. | last2 = Freiberg | contribution = Bromine, Inorganic Compounds | doi = 10.1002/0471238961.021815131001031 | year = 2002}}.</ref>
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'''Cerium(III) bromide''', BaBr<sub>2</sub>, is the only [[bromide]] of [[cerium]]. It is a component of the molten salt bath used for the reduction of [[uranium oxide]] by [[magnesium]].<ref name="Kirk-Othmer">{{Kirk-Othmer | first1 = S. D. | last1 = Ukeles | first2 = M. | last2 = Freiberg | contribution = Bromine, Inorganic Compounds | doi = 10.1002/0471238961.021815131001031 | year = 2002}}.</ref><ref>{{citation | inventor-first = Guy R. B. | inventor-last = Elliott | title = Magnesium reduction of uranium oxide | country-code = US | patent-number = 4534792 | publication-date = 1985-08-13}}.</ref>
  
 
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==Notes and references==

Revision as of 17:32, 8 January 2011

Cerium(III) bromide
Other names Cerium tribromide
Cerous bromide
Identifiers
InChI InChI=1/3BrH.Ce/h3*1H;/q;;;+3/p-3
InChIKey MOOUSOJAOQPDEH-DFZHHIFOAB
Standard InChI InChI=1S/3BrH.Ce/h3*1H;/q;;;+3/p-3
Standard InChIKey MOOUSOJAOQPDEH-UHFFFAOYSA-K
CAS number [14457-87-5]
EC number 238-447-0
ChemSpider 76185
Properties[1]
Chemical formula CeBr3
Molar mass 379.83 g mol−1
Appearance white solid
Density 5.18 g cm−3
Melting point

733 °C

Related compounds
Other anions Cerium(III) fluoride
Cerium(III) chloride
Cerium(III) iodide
Other cations Lanthanum bromide
Praseodymium(III) bromide
Neodymium(III) bromide
Other compounds Cerium(III) bromate
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)

Cerium(III) bromide, BaBr2, is the only bromide of cerium. It is a component of the molten salt bath used for the reduction of uranium oxide by magnesium.[2][3]

Notes and references

Notes

References

  1. Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, A. Chemistry of the Elements; Pergamon: Oxford, 1984; pp 1439–41. ISBN 0-08-022057-6.
  2. Ukeles, S. D.; Freiberg, M. Bromine, Inorganic Compounds. In Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology; John Wiley: New York, 2002. DOI: 10.1002/0471238961.021815131001031.
  3. Elliott, Guy R. B. Magnesium reduction of uranium oxide. US Patent 4534792, published 13 August 1985.

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