Astatine iodide is an
interhalogen compound with the chemical formula
At I. It is the second heaviest known interhalogen compound, after
iodine tribromide.
Production
Astatine iodide is produced by the direct combination of
astatine
Astatine is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol At and atomic number 85. It is the abundance of elements in Earth's crust, rarest naturally occurring element in the Earth's crust, occurring only as the Decay chain, decay product ...
and
iodine
Iodine is a chemical element; it has symbol I and atomic number 53. The heaviest of the stable halogens, it exists at standard conditions as a semi-lustrous, non-metallic solid that melts to form a deep violet liquid at , and boils to a vi ...
in a 1:1 molar ratio:
:At
2 + I
2 → 2 AtI
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Interhalogen compounds
Diatomic molecules
Astatine compounds
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