Einsteinium triiodide is an
iodide
An iodide ion is the ion Iā. Compounds with iodine in formal oxidation state ā1 are called iodides. In everyday life, iodide is most commonly encountered as a component of iodized salt, which many governments mandate. Worldwide, iodine def ...
of the
synthetic Synthetic things are composed of multiple parts, often with the implication that they are artificial. In particular, 'synthetic' may refer to:
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actinide
The actinide () or actinoid () series encompasses the 15 metallic chemical elements with atomic numbers from 89 to 103, actinium through lawrencium. The actinide series derives its name from the first element in the series, actinium. The inf ...
einsteinium
Einsteinium is a synthetic element with the symbol Es and atomic number 99. Einsteinium is a member of the actinide series and it is the seventh transuranium element. It was named in honor of Albert Einstein.
Einsteinium was discovered as a com ...
which has the
molecular formula
In chemistry, a chemical formula is a way of presenting information about the chemical proportions of atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound or molecule, using chemical element symbols, numbers, and sometimes also other symbols, ...
EsI
3. This crystalline salt is an amber-coloured solid.
[Arnold F. Holleman, Nils Wiberg: ''Lehrbuch der Anorganischen Chemie'', 102nd Edition, de Gruyter, Berlin 2007, , p. 1969.] It glows red in the dark due to
einsteinium's intense
radioactivity.
It crystallises in the
hexagonal crystal system
In crystallography, the hexagonal crystal family is one of the six crystal families, which includes two crystal systems (hexagonal and trigonal) and two lattice systems (hexagonal and rhombohedral). While commonly confused, the trigonal crysta ...
in the
space group
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''R'' with the
lattice parameters ''a'' = 753
pm and ''c'' = 2084.5 pm with six
formula units per
unit cell
In geometry, biology, mineralogy and solid state physics, a unit cell is a repeating unit formed by the vectors spanning the points of a lattice. Despite its suggestive name, the unit cell (unlike a unit vector, for example) does not necessari ...
. Its crystal structure is
isotypic with that of
bismuth(III) iodide.
[J. R. Peterson: "Chemical Properties of Einsteinium: Part II", in: G. T. Seaborg (ed.): ]
Proceedings of the 'Symposium Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of Elements 99 and 100'
', 23. January 1978; Report LBL-7701, April 1979, pp. 55ā64.
References
Further reading
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Einsteinium compounds
Iodides
Actinide halides
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