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Tetraiodonickelate
Tetraiodonickelate is a complex ion of nickel with four iodide atoms [NiI4]2− arranged in a tetrahedron. [NiI4]2− is red in solution. This colour is due to absorption around 530 nm and below 450 nm. Maximum light transmission is around 620 nm, which is red. A broad weak absorption in the near infrared is at 740 nm. The magnetic moment is anomalously low. A mixture of lithium iodide and nickel iodide in water or methanol can partition NiI42− ions into a cyclohexane-amine mixture. The solution formed is blood red. History Already in 1909 Cambi had noticed that a mixture of nickel iodide and sodium iodide dissolved in acetone has a red colour. This red colour was due to the presence of tetraiodonickelate. Salts Bis-triphenylmethylarsonium tetraiodoronickelate [(C6H5)3CH3As]2NiI4 is red in colour. It can be made from triphenylmethylarsonium iodide and nickel iodide in hot ethanol. The red flakes that precipitate must be filtered before the alcohol cools, el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nickel
Nickel is a chemical element with symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous metal with a slight golden tinge. Nickel is a hard and ductile transition metal. Pure nickel is chemically reactive but large pieces are slow to react with air under standard conditions because a passivation layer of nickel oxide forms on the surface that prevents further corrosion. Even so, pure native nickel is found in Earth's crust only in tiny amounts, usually in ultramafic rocks, and in the interiors of larger nickel–iron meteorites that were not exposed to oxygen when outside Earth's atmosphere. Meteoric nickel is found in combination with iron, a reflection of the origin of those elements as major end products of supernova nucleosynthesis. An iron–nickel mixture is thought to compose Earth's outer and inner cores. Use of nickel (as natural meteoric nickel–iron alloy) has been traced as far back as 3500 BCE. Nickel was first isolated and classified a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
