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ECHA InfoCard | 100.030.204![]() |
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UN number | 4636PY459O |
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Properties | |
La2(SO4)3 | |
Molar mass | 566.00 g/mol |
Appearance | White solid[1] |
Density | 2.82 g/cm3 (nonahydrate) |
Melting point | 775 °C (1,427 °F; 1,048 K)[2] (decomposition) |
2.7 g/100 mL (20 °C, nonahydrate)[1] | |
Solubility | insoluble inethanol[1] |
Structure[3] | |
hexagonal | |
P63 | |
a = 11.01 Å,c = 8.08 Å | |
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GHS labelling:[1] | |
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H315,H319,H335 | |
P261,P264,P264+P265,P271,P280,P302+P352,P304+P340,P305+P351+P338,P319,P321,P332+P317,P337+P317,P362+P364,P403+P233,P405,P501 | |
NFPA 704 (fire diamond) | |
Related compounds | |
Otheranions | Lanthanum(III) nitrate |
Othercations | Cerium(III) sulfate |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in theirstandard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). |
Lanthanum(III) sulfate is aninorganic compound with the formula La2(SO4)3·xH2O (0 ≥x ≥ 9). It forms various hydrates, the most common one being the nonahydrate, which are all white solids. It is an intermediate in producinglanthanum from its ores.[4]
The nonahydrate is produced by dissolvinglanthanum orlanthanum hydroxide in dilutesulfuric acid, then evaporating the solution:[5]
The anhydrous compound can be produced by heating the hydrates to 300 °C. If heated further, anhydrous lanthanum(III) sulfate decomposes to La2O2SO4 at 775 °C, which in turn decomposes tolanthanum(III) oxide at 1100 °C.[2]
The nonahydrate crystallizes in a hexagonal crystal system, which contains the lanthanum atoms in two different environments.[3]