Rubidium iodide is a salt with a
melting point
The melting point (or, rarely, liquefaction point) of a substance is the temperature at which it changes state from solid to liquid. At the melting point the solid and liquid phase exist in equilibrium. The melting point of a substance depen ...
of 642 °C. Its chemical formula is
Rb I.
Rubidium iodide can be formed from the reaction of
rubidium and
iodine:
:2 + → 2
References
* ''CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics'', 77th edition
Rubidium compounds
Iodides
Metal halides
Alkali metal iodides
Rock salt crystal structure
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