Constituent K2PtCl4 | SSHADE

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Constituent

Name: K2PtCl4
Official name: Potassium tetrachloroplatinate

Family: ionic solid
Class: normal salt
Compound type: chloride

Constituent abundance in material

Relevance: main - major
Arrangement: single phase
Mass fraction: 1.0
Mole fraction: 1.0

Chemical composition

Formula: $K^+_2 \cdot (PtCl_4)^{2-}$
Chemical formula: K2PtCl4
Elemental formula: (K+)2 Pt Cl4
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Mole fraction	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$K^+$	Potassium(1+) cation	element	2	0.6666666666666666	1	constituent cation	main
	$PtCl_4^{2-}$	Tetrachloroplatinate ion	molecule	1	0.3333333333333333	1	molecular ion	main

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number	Relevance
	$K^+ \cdot Cl^-$	2
	$-Pt-Cl$	4	main

Class: normal salts (07)
Type: simple normal salts (07.01)

Phase type: crystalline

Texture: polycrystalline

Physical properties

Molar mass: 415.09 $g/mol$
Density: 3.38 $g/cm^3$

Optical properties

Color: reddish orange