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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| 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.
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{{Lanthanide halides}}