Californium(III) oxychloride: Difference between revisions

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'''Californium oxychloride''' ([[californium|Cf]][[oxychloride|OCl]]) is a [[radioactive]] salt first discovered in measurable quantities in 1960. It is composed of a single [[californium]] cation and [[oxychloride]] consisting of one [[chloride]] and one [[oxide]] anion. It was the first californium compound ever isolated.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Seaborg|first1=Glenn T.|title=Man-Made Transuranium Elements|publisher=Prentice-Hall|year=1963}}</ref>

==Synthesis==

Treatment of {{chem2|Cf2O3}} with moist hydrogen chloride or {{chem2|CfCl3}} with water vapor.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Seaborg |first1=G. T. |last2=Katz |first2=Joseph J. |last3=Morss |first3=L. R. |title=The Chemistry of the Actinide Elements: Volume 2 |date=6 December 2012 |publisher=[[Springer Science & Business Media]] |isbn=978-94-009-3155-8 |page=1046 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ywDwCAAAQBAJ&dq=Californium+hydroxide&pg=PA1046 |access-date=16 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

==Physical properties==

The compound form pale green crystals.<ref>{{cite book |title=Fundamental Nuclear Energy Research |date=1968 |publisher=Atomic Energy Commission |page=274 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nmnTkJsbkfgC&dq=%22Berkelium+oxychloride%22&pg=RA1-PA274 |access-date=16 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

* [[Californium compounds]]

* [[Californium]]

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==External links==

* [http://www.webelements.com/californium/ Web Elements page: Californium]

[[Category:Californium compounds]]

[[Category:Oxychlorides]]

{{Californium compounds}}