Rhodium(III) oxide | SSHADE

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Solid phase

Official name: Rhodium(III) oxide

Name and identifiers

Secondary names: Rhodium oxide; Rhodium sesquioxide; Rh2O3
CAS number: 12036-35-0

Family: covalent network solid
Class: tridimentional covalent network solid
Compound type: oxide

Chemical composition

Formula: $Rh_2O_3$
Chemical formula: Rh2O3
Elemental formula: Rh2 O3
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

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	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Mole fraction	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$Rh$	Rhodium	element	2	0.4	1	constituent element	main
	$O$	Oxygen	element	3	0.6	1	constituent element	main

Class: tridimensional covalent networks (11)
Type: one metal and one non-metal (or metalloid) tridimensional networks (11.04)

Crystallography

Phase type: crystalline
Crystal system: trigonal
Crystal class: ditrigonal-scalenohedral
Crystal class symbol: -3m (D3d)
Crystal spacegroup: R-3c

Physical properties

Molar mass: 253.809 $g/mol$
Density: 8.2 $g/cm^3$

Thermodynamical properties

State NTP

solid

Phase transitions

Phase transition type	Other phases	Temperature - Pressure
solid-liquid decomposition	liquid	1100°C (1370 K)

Optical properties

Refringence type: uniaxial
Pure color: gray
Color: gray, dark gray
Diaphaneity: transparent

Links and Publications

Links

Wikipedia: Rhodium(III) oxide