Gallium(III) fluoride
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Template:Chembox Gallium(III) fluoride (GaF3) is a chemical compound. It is a white solid that melts under pressure above 1000 °C but sublimes around 950 °C. It has the FeF3 structure where the gallium atoms are 6-coordinate.[1] GaF3 can be prepared by reacting F2 or HF with Ga2O3 or by thermal decomposition of (NH4)3GaF6.[2] GaF3 is virtually insoluble in water.[2] Solutions of GaF3 in HF can be evaporated to form the trihydrate, GaF3·3H2O, which on heating gives a hydrated form of GaF2(OH).[2] Gallium(III) fluoride reacts with mineral acids to form hydrofluoric acid.
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- ↑ Template:Greenwood&Earnshaw
- ↑ a b c Anthony John Downs, (1993), Chemistry of Aluminium, Gallium, Indium, and Thallium, Springer, Template:ISBN