| Names | |
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| IUPAC name Cerium(III) fluoride | |
| Other names Cerium trifluoride | |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.028.947 |
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| Properties | |
| CeF3 | |
| Molar mass | 197.12 g/mol |
| Density | 6.16 g/cm3 (at 20 °C) |
| Melting point | 1,460 °C (2,660 °F; 1,730 K)[1] |
| Related compounds | |
Related compounds | Lanthanum trifluoride |
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in theirstandard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |
Cerium(III) fluoride (or cerium trifluoride), CeF3, is an ionic compound of the rare earth metalcerium andfluorine.
It appears as a mineral in the form offluocerite-(Ce) - a very rare mineral species related mainly topegmatites and rarely tooxidation zones of somepolymetallic ore deposits.[2][3] CeF3 may be used as aFaraday rotator material in the visible, near-infrared and mid-infrared spectral range.[4][5]
Thecrystal structure of cerium(III) fluoride is described as theLaF3 ortysonite structure.[6] It contains9-coordinate cerium ions that adopt an approximatelytricapped trigonal prismaticcoordination geometry,[7] although it can be considered 11-coordinate if two more distant fluorides are considered part of the cerium coordination environment.[6] The three crystallographically independent fluoride ions are 3-coordinate and range in geometry fromtrigonal planar topyramidal.[6]
| Cerium coordination | Fluorine F1 coordination | Fluorine F2 coordination | Fluorine F3 coordination |
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