Gadolinium(III) bromide

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| Name = Gadolinium(III) bromide

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| OtherNames = Gadolinium tribromide
Gadolinium bromide

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| CASNo = 13818-75-2

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| EC_number = 237-494-4

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| InChI = InChI=1S/3BrH.Gd/h3*1H;/q;;;+3/p-3

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| SMILES = Br[Gd](Br)Br

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| Density = 2.844 g/cm3<

| Formula = GdBr3

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| MolarMass = 396.96g{{cite web|title=Gadolinium(III) bromide anhydrous, powder, 99.99% trace rare earth metals basis {{!}} Sigma-Aldrich|url=http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/product/aldrich/485020?lang=en®ion=US|website=www.sigmaaldrich.com|access-date=21 December 2016}}

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| Solubility = Soluble

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| OtherAnions = Gadolinium(III) fluoride
Gadolinium(III) chloride

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Gadolinium(III) bromide is a crystalline compound of gadolinium atoms and three bromine atoms. This salt is hygroscopic.

Preparation

Gadolinium(III) bromide can be obtained by the reaction between gadolinium and hydrobromic acid:Georg Brauer (Hrsg.), unter Mitarbeit von Marianne Baudler u. a.: Handbuch der Präparativen Anorganischen Chemie. 3., umgearbeitete Auflage. Band I, Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart 1975, ISBN 3-432-02328-6, S. 1077.

:{{Chem2|2 Gd + 6 HBr → 2 GdBr3 + 3 H2}}

The anhydrous form can be obtained by heating the hydrate with ammonium bromide.

References

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