Lutetium(III) hydroxide is an
inorganic compound
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Inorgan ...
with the
chemical formula
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Lu(OH)
3.
Production
Reacting
lutetium chloride and alkalis will first produce Lu(OH)
2Cl, then it will become Lu(OH)
2.5Cl
0.5. Finally, the reaction will produce Lu(OH)
3.
[Aksel'rud, N. V.; Akhrameeva, T. I. Basic chlorides and hydroxide of lutetium. ''Zhurnal Neorganicheskoi Khimii'', 1962. 7. pp 1998-2001. .]
:LuCl
3+2 NaOH→Lu(OH)
2Cl+2 NaCl
:Lu(OH)
2Cl+0.5 NaOH→Lu(OH)
2.5Cl
0.5+0.5 NaCl
:Lu(OH)
2.5Cl
0.5+0.5 NaOH→Lu(OH)
3+0.5 NaCl
Chemical properties
Lutetium(III) hydroxide can react with
acid
An acid is a molecule or ion capable of either donating a proton (i.e. Hydron, hydrogen cation, H+), known as a Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory, Brønsted–Lowry acid, or forming a covalent bond with an electron pair, known as a Lewis ...
and form lutetium(III) salts：
: Lu(OH)
3 + 3 H
+ → Lu
3+ + 3 H
2O
While heating lutetium(III) hydroxide, it will produce LuO(OH), continued heating could produce
Lu2O3.
References
{{hydroxides
Lutetium compounds
Hydroxides