Aluminium monochloride
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| IUPAC name
Aluminium monochloride
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| Other names
Aluminium(I) chloride
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| Properties | |
| AlCl | |
| Molar mass | 62.435 g/mol |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Aluminium monochloride is the metal halide with the formula AlCl. This compound is produced as a step in the Alcan process to smelt aluminium from an aluminium-rich alloy. When the alloy is placed in a reactor that is heated to 1,300°C and mixed with aluminium trichloride, a gas of aluminium monochloride is produced.[1]
- 2[Al]{alloy} + AlCl3{gas} -> 3AlCl{gas}
It then disproportionates into aluminium melt and aluminium trichloride upon cooling to 900°C.
This molecule has been detected in the interstellar medium, where molecules are so dilute that intermolecular collisions are unimportant.[2]
References
- ^ Totten, George E. (2003). Handbook of Aluminum. CRC Press. ISBN 0824708962.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ J. Cernicharo, M. Guelin (1987). "Metals in IRC+10216 - Detection of NaCl, AlCl, and KCl, and tentative detection of AlF". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 183 (1): L10–L12.
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