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Vanadium fluoride, Vanadium trifluoride
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.030.141 |
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| Properties | |
| F3V | |
| Molar mass | 107.94 g·mol−1 |
| Appearance | Yellow-green powder (anhydrous) Green powder (trihydrate) |
| Density | 3.363 g/cm3 |
| Melting point | 1,395 °C (2,543 °F; 1,668 K) at 760 mmHg (anhydrous) ~ 100 °C (212 °F; 373 K) at 760 mmHg (trihydrate) decomposes |
| Boiling point | Sublimes |
| Insoluble | |
| Solubility | Insoluble in EtOH |
| 2.757·10−3 cm3/mol | |
| Structure | |
| Rhombohedral, hR24 | |
| R3c, No. 167 | |
| 3 2/m | |
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a = 5.17 Å, c = 13.402 Å
α = 90°, β = 90°, γ = 120°
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| GHS signal word | Danger |
| H301, H311, H331, H314 | |
| P261, P280, P301+310, P305+351+338, P310 | |
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Other anions
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Vanadium(III) chloride Vanadium(III) oxide Vanadium(III) nitride |
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Other cations
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Vanadium(IV) fluoride |
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Vanadium(III) fluoride is the chemical compound with the formula VF3. This yellow-green, refractory solid is obtained in a two-step procedure from V2O3. Similar to other transition-metal fluorides (such as MnF2), it exhibits magnetic ordering at low temperatures (e.g. V2F6.4H2O orders below 12 K).
The first step entails conversion to the hexafluorovanadate(III) salt using ammonium bifluoride:
In the second step, the hexafluorovanadate is thermally decomposed.
The thermal decomposition of ammonium salts is a relatively common method for the preparation of inorganic solids.
VF3 can also be prepared by treatment of V2O3 with HF. VF3 is a crystalline solid with 6 coordinate vanadium atoms with bridging fluorine atoms. The magnetic moment indicates the presence of two unpaired electrons.