Constituent LaCl3 | SSHADE

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Constituent

Name: LaCl3
Official name: Lanthanum(III) chloride heptahydrate

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: $LaCl_3 \\bullet 7H_2O$
Chemical formula: LaCl3•7H2O
Elemental formula: (La3+) (Cl-) H14 O7
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Mole fraction	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$La^{3+}$	Lanthanum cation	element	1	0.1111111111111111	1	constituent cation	main
	$Cl^-$	Chloride anion	element	1	0.1111111111111111	1	constituent anion	main
	$H_2O$	Water	molecule	7	0.7777777777777778	1	hydration	main

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical functions

	Function	Number	Relevance
	$R-OH$	2	main

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number	Relevance
	$\cdot (\cdot) La^{3+} \cdot Cl^{-}$	3
	$-O-H$	2	main

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

Phase type: crystalline

Crystallography

Crystal system: hexagonal
Crystal class: dipyramidal
Crystal class symbol: 6/m (C6h)
Crystal spacegroup: P6(3)/m

Texture: polycrystalline

Physical properties

Molar mass: 371.37 $g/mol$

Optical properties

Color: white
Diaphaneity: transparent to translucent
Luster: vitreous