Actinium hydride

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Actinium hydride
Other names Actinium dihydride
Identifiers
Standard InChI InChI=1S/Ac.2H/q+2;2*-1
Standard InChIKey KJTMAIPZQHGTQQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS number [60936-81-4]
Properties[1]
Chemical formula AcH2
Molar mass 229.04 g mol−1 [note 1]
Density 8.35 g cm−3
Structure[1]
Lattice constant a = 567.0(6) 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 hydride, AcH2, is a purported binary compound of hydrogen and actinium. It was prepared as a second cubic phase during the preparation of actinium metal by the reduction of actinium chloride with potassium vapour at 350 °C: the origin of the hydrogen was not explained.[1] Nevertheless, the compound was claimed on the basis of its isostructurality with known lanthanum hydride LaH2, which was formed in a parallel experiment.[1]

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 studies.[3][4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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>.
  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. Farr, J. D.; Giorgi, A. L.; Money, R. K.; Bowman, M. G. The Crystal Structure of Actinium Metal and Actinium Hydride; Los Alamos National Laboratory: Los Alamos, N.Mex, 1953. Report LA-1545.
  4. Farr, J. D.; Giorgi, A. L.; Bowman, M. G.; Money, R. K. The crystal structure of actinium metal and actinium hydride. J. Inorg. Nucl. Chem. 1961, 18, 42–47. DOI: 10.1016/0022-1902(61)80369-2.

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