Lithium bromide | SSHADE

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Solid phase

Official name: Lithium bromide

Name and identifiers

CAS number: 7550-35-8

Family: ionic solid
Class: normal salt
Compound type: bromide

Chemical composition

Formula: $Li^+ \cdot Br^-$
Chemical formula: LiBr
Elemental formula: (Li+) (Br-)
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

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	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Mole fraction	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$Li^+$	Lithium cation	element	1	0.5	1	constituent cation	main
	$Br^-$	Bromide anion	element	1	0.5	1	constituent anion	main

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number
	$Li^+ \cdot Br^-$	1

Class: normal salts (07)
Type: simple normal salts (07.01)

Crystallography

Phase type: crystalline
Crystal system: isometric (cubic)
Crystal class: hexoctahedral
Crystal class symbol: m-3m (Oh)
Crystal spacegroup: Fm-3m

Physical properties

Molar mass: 86.845 $g/mol$
Density: 3.464 $g/cm^3$

Thermodynamical properties

State NTP

solid

Phase transitions

Phase transition type	Other phases	Temperature - Pressure
solid-liquid	liquid LiBr	825 K (552°C)

Optical properties

Refringence type: isotropic
Refraction index $n_{\alpha}$: 1.784
Pure color: colorless
Color: colorless, white
Diaphaneity: transparent to translucent
Luster: vitreous

Links and Publications

Links

Wikipedia: Lithium bromide