Europium(II) chloride

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| OtherNames = Europium dichloride

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| CASNo = 13769-20-5

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| CASNo_Comment = dry

| CASNo2 = 70442-98-7

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| CASNo2_Comment = dihydrate

| PubChem = 83719

| SMILES = Cl[Eu]Cl

| ChemSpiderID = 75541

| EC_number = 237-386-7

| StdInChI=1S/2ClH.Eu/h2*1H;/q;;+2/p-2

| StdInChIKey = BMANZYKPCBPZFG-UHFFFAOYSA-L

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| Eu=1 | Cl=2

| Appearance = white solid

| Density = 4.86 g·cm⁻³Roger Blachnik (Hrsg.): Taschenbuch für Chemiker und Physiker. Band III: Elemente, anorganische Verbindungen und Materialien, Minerale. begründet von Jean d’Ans, Ellen Lax. 4., neubearbeitete und revidierte Auflage. Springer, Berlin 1998, {{ISBN|3-540-60035-3}}, S. 446–447

| MeltingPt = {{convert|738|C|K}}Polyachenok, O. G.; Novikov, G. I. Saturated vapor pressures of SmCl2, EuCl2, YbCl2. Zhurnal Neorganicheskoi Khimii, 1963. 8 (12): 2631–2634. {{ISSN|0044-457X}}.

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| OtherAnions = europium difluoride
europium dibromide
europium diiodide

| OtherCations = samarium dichloride
thulium dichloride

| OtherCompounds = europium trichloride}}

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Europium(II) chloride is an inorganic compound with a chemical formula EuCl₂. When it is irradiated by ultraviolet light, it has bright blue fluorescence.{{cite journal |last1=Howell |first1=J.K. |last2=Pytlewski |first2=L.L. |title=Synthesis of divalent europium and ytterbium halides in liquid ammonia |journal=Journal of the Less Common Metals |date=August 1969 |volume=18 |issue=4 |pages=437–439 |doi=10.1016/0022-5088(69)90017-4}}