Iridium(IV) chloride hydrate | SSHADE

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Solid phase

Official name: Iridium(IV) chloride hydrate

Name and identifiers

Secondary names: Iridium tetrachloride hydrate
CAS number: 10025-97-5

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

Chemical composition

Formula: $IrCl_4 \bullet nH_2O$
Chemical formula: lrCl4 • nH2O
Elemental formula: (Ir4+) (Cl-)4 Hn On
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

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	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Mole fraction	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$Ir^{4+}$	Iridium cation	element	1	0.2	1	constituent cation	main
	$Cl^-$	Chloride anion	element	4	0.8	1	constituent anion	main
	$H_2O$	Water	molecule	n		1	hydration	main

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical functions

	Function	Number
	$R-OH$	2

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number
	$\cdot (\cdot) (\cdot) Ir^{4+} \cdot Cl^{-}$	4
	$-O-H$	2

Class: normal salts (07)
Type: hydrated simple normal salts (07.04)

Crystallography

Phase type: amorphous
Crystal system: amorphous
Crystal class: N/A

Physical properties

Molar mass: 334.03 $g/mol$
Density: 5.3 $g/cm^3$

Thermodynamical properties

State NTP: solid

Optical properties

Refringence type: isotropic
Pure color: brown
Color: brown

Links and Publications

Links

Wikipedia: Iridium tetrachloride