Neodymium(II) iodide orneodymium diiodide is aninorganic salt ofiodine andneodymium the formula NdI2. Neodymium uses the +2 oxidation state in the compound.
Neodymium(II) iodide can be made by heating moltenneodymium(III) iodide withneodymium metal at 800 and 580°C for 12 hours.[4] It can also be obtained by reducing neodymium(III) iodide with neodymium in a vacuum at 800 to 900°C:[1]
Nd + 2NdI3 → 3NdI2
The reaction of neodymium withmercury(II) iodide is also possible because neodymium is more reactive than mercury:[1]
Nd + HgI2 → NdI2 + Hg
Direct preparation from iodine and neodymium is also possible:[6]
Nd + I2 → NdI2
The compound was first synthesized by John D. Corbett in 1961.[7]
Neodymium(II) iodide is a violet solid.[1] The compound is extremelyhygroscopic, and can only be stored and handled under carefully dried inert gas or under a high vacuum.[8] In air it converts intohydrates by absorbing moisture, but these are unstable and more or less rapidly transform into oxide iodides with the evolution ofhydrogen:
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