Titanium(III) fluoride
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Titanium(III) fluoride is the inorganic compound with the formula TiF3. A violet, paramagnetic solid, it is one of two titanium fluorides, the other being titanium tetrafluoride.[1] It adopts a defect perovskite-like structure such that each Ti center has octahedral coordination geometry, and each fluoride ligand is doubly bridging.[2]
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Titanium(III) fluoride | |
Other names
Titanium trifluoride Titanous fluoride Trifluorotitanium | |
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TiF3 | |
Molar mass | 104.862 g/mol |
Appearance | violet to purple-red powder |
Density | 2.98 g/cm3 |
Melting point | 1,200 °C (2,190 °F; 1,470 K) |
Boiling point | 1,400 °C (2,550 °F; 1,670 K) |
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+1300·10−6 cm3/mol | |
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Rhombohedral, hR24 | |
R-3c, No. 167 | |
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Corrosive |
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H314 | |
P280, P305+P351+P338, P310 | |
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Other anions |
Titanium(III) bromide Titanium(III) chloride Titanium(III) iodide |
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Titanium(IV) fluoride |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Titanium(III) fluoride can be prepared by dissolution of titanium metal in hydrogen fluoride. In air, it slowly oxidizes to titanium(IV).[1]