Neptunium(III) fluoride
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| IUPACName = Neptunium(III) fluoride
| OtherNames = Neptunium trifluoride
| Section1 = {{Chembox Identifiers
| CASNo = 16852-37-2
| ChemSpiderID = 103872710
| PubChem = 13751216
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| SMILES = F[Np](F)F
| StdInChI_Ref = {{stdinchicite|correct|chemspider}}
| StdInChI = 1S/Np.3FH/h;3*1H/q+3;;;/p-3
| StdInChIKey =ZBOLUSKWQLLYDC-UHFFFAOYSA-K
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|Section2={{Chembox Properties
| Formula = NpF3
| MolarMass = 294 g/mol
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|Section3={{Chembox Structure
| CrystalStruct = Trigonal, hP8
| LattConst_a = 0.7129 nm
| LattConst_c = 0.7288 nm
| UnitCellFormulas = 6
| UnitCellVolume =0.32077 nm3
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|Section5={{Chembox Thermochemistry
{{cite book
| title = The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements |doi=10.1007/1-4020-3598-5_9
| editor1-last = Morss|editor2-first = Norman M.
| editor2-last = Edelstein
| editor3-last = Fuger|editor3-first = Jean
| last = Haire|first = Richard G.
| publisher = Springer Science+Business Media
| year = 2006
| isbn = 1-4020-3555-1
| location = Dordrecht, The Netherlands
| edition = 3rd
|pages= 730–736|chapter=Neptunium }}
| HeatCapacity = 94 ± 3 J/mol·K
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| Section8 = {{Chembox Related
| OtherAnions = Neptunium(III) chloride
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Neptunium(III) fluoride or neptunium trifluoride is a salt of neptunium and fluorine with the formula NpF3.
Synthesis
Neptunium(III) fluoride can be prepared by reacting neptunium dioxide with a gas mixture of hydrogen and hydrogen fluoride at 500 °C:
:{{chem2|2 NpO2 + H2 + 6 HF → 2 NpF3 + 4 H2O}}
References
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