Constituent
Name
V(III) chloride - VCl3
Official name
Vanadium(III) chloride
Family
ionic solid
Class
normal salt
Compound type
chloride
Constituent abundance in material
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass fraction
1.0
Mole fraction
1.0
Chemical composition
Formula
$VCl_3$
Chemical formula
VCl3
Elemental formula
(V3+) (Cl-)3
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Isotope mole fraction State Relevance
$V^{3+}$ Vanadium(III) cation element 1 0.25 1 constituent cation main
$Cl^-$ Chloride anion element 3 0.75 1 constituent anion main
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number
$\cdot (\cdot) V^{3+} \cdot Cl^{-}$ 6
Class
acid salts (05)
Type
simple acid salts (05.01)
Phase type
crystalline
Crystal system
trigonal
Crystal class
rhombohedral
Crystal class symbol
-3 (S6)
Crystal spacegroup
R-3
Texture
polycrystalline
Molar mass
157.30 $g/mol$
Density
3.0 $g/cm^3$
Refringence type
uniaxial
Color
violet