Vanadium(III) chloride | SSHADE

Solid phase

Official name: Vanadium(III) chloride

Name and identifiers

Secondary names: Vanadium trichloride; Trichlorovanadium
CAS number: 7718-98-1

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

Chemical composition

Formula: $VCl_3$
Chemical formula: VCl3
Elemental formula: (V3+) (Cl-)3
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

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	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 functions and bonds

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number
	$\cdot (\cdot) V^{3+} \cdot Cl^{-}$	6

Class: acid salts (05)
Type: simple acid salts (05.01)

Crystallography

Phase type: crystalline
Crystal system: trigonal
Crystal class: rhombohedral
Crystal class symbol: -3 (S6)
Crystal spacegroup: R-3

Physical properties

Molar mass: 157.30 $g/mol$
Density: 3.0 $g/cm^3$

Thermodynamical properties

State NTP

solid

Phase transitions

Phase transition type	Other phases	Temperature - Pressure
solid-liquid decomposition		> 300°C (> 573 K)

Optical properties

Refringence type: uniaxial
Pure color: violet
Color: violet

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