Neodymium(III) phosphate | SSHADE

Solid phase

Official name: Neodymium(III) phosphate

Name and identifiers

Secondary names: Neodymium phosphate; Neodymium orthophosphate; Neodymium(3+);phosphate; Phosphoric acid, neodymium(3+) salt (1:1); hexagonal-NdPO4; NdPO4-hex; NdPO4-ht
CAS number: 14298-32-9

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

Chemical composition

Formula: $Nd^{3+} \cdot PO_4^{3-}$
Chemical formula: NdPO4
Elemental formula: (Nd3+) P O (O-)3
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

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	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Mole fraction	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$Nd^{3+}$	Neodymium cation	element	1	0.5	1	constituent cation	main
	$(PO_4)^{3-}$	Phosphate anion	chemical function	1	0.5	1	anionic radical	main

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical functions

	Function	Number
	$(PO_4)^{3-}$	1

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number
	$\cdot (\cdot) Nd^{3+} \cdot O^{-}-$	3
	$\dddot - \dddot - \dddot - P \dddot - O^{-3/4}$	4

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

Crystallography

Phase name: hexagonal-NdPO4
Phase type: crystalline
Crystal system: hexagonal
Crystal class: trapezohedral
Crystal class symbol: 622 (D6)
Crystal spacegroup: P6(2)22

Physical properties

Molar mass: 239.21 $g/mol$
Density: 4.18 $g/cm^3$

Thermodynamical properties

State NTP

solid

Phase transitions

Phase transition type	Other phases	Temperature - Pressure
solid-solid	monoclinic-NdPO4	below ?? K

Optical properties

Refringence type: uniaxial

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