Rubidium bromide
Template:Chembox Rubidium bromide is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Template:Chem2. It is a salt of hydrogen bromide. It consists of bromide anions Template:Chem2 and rubidium cations Template:Chem2. It has a NaCl crystal structure, with a lattice constant of 685 picometres.[1]
There are several methods for synthesising rubidium bromide. One involves reacting rubidium hydroxide with hydrobromic acid:
- RbOH + HBr → RbBr + H2O
Another method is to neutralize rubidium carbonate with hydrobromic acid:
- Rb2CO3 + 2 HBr → 2 RbBr + H2O + CO2
Rubidium metal would react directly with bromine to form RbBr, but this is not a sensible production method, since rubidium metal is substantially more expensive than the carbonate or hydroxide; moreover, the reaction would be explosive.
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