Americium(III) chloride

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IUPACName = Americium(III) chloride
OtherNames = Americium chloride, americium trichloride
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Formula = AmCl₃
MolarMass = 349.419 g/mol
Appearance = pink hexagonal crystals
Density = 5.87 g/cm³
MeltingPt = 715°CCitation
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title = Handbook of Inorganic Compounds
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pages = 15
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BoilingPt = 850°Ccite web |url= http://202.114.88.54/g/web18/wangluo/webelements/webelements/compounds/text/am/am1cl3-13464465.html |title= Chemistry: Periodic Table: americium: compound data (americium (III) chloride) |accessdate=2008-06-24 |publisher= WebElements |date= ]
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OtherAnions = Americium(II) chloride
Americium(IV) oxide
OtherCations = Plutonium(III) chloride
Europium(III) chloride Samarium(III) chloride

Americium(III) chloride or americium trichloride is the chemical compound composed of americium and chlorine with the formula AmCl₃. It forms pink hexagonal crystals. In the solid state each americium atom has nine chlorine atoms as near neighbours, at approximately the same distance, in a tricapped trigonal prismatic configuration. [ Wells A.F. (1984) "Structural Inorganic Chemistry" 5th edition Oxford Science Publications ISBN 0-19-855370-6 ]

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An americium(III) chloride electrorefining method has been investigated to separate mixtures of lanthanides, since the standard Gibbs free energy of formation of americium(III) chloride is much different than the rest of the lanthanide chloridesCitation
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date = 2000
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title = Proceedings of the Workshop on Pyrochemical Separations
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place = Avignon, France
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pages = 276-7
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=Gv7ohTjfG0UC&pg=PA277&dq=%22Americium+chloride%22&as_brr=3&sig=RAvAwpy7XbGoS9jfVTl2PaHvKmU#PPA276,M1
accessdate = 2008-06-24] .This can be used to remove americium from plutonium by melting the crude mixture together with salts such as sodium chlorideCitation
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year = 1992
title = Plutonium Processing In The Nuclear Weapons Complex
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url = http://books.google.com/books?id=0fc3lpCtUM4C&pg=PA21&dq=%22Americium+chloride%22&as_brr=3&sig=JDlQAq-Rtwng3mldewlZ3GtrOjA
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