5408. Lead Fluoride

Nomenclature

CAS number: 7783-46-2
Lead difluoride; plumbous fluoride.
F2Pb; mol wt 245.20.
F 15.50%, Pb 84.50%.
PbF2.

Description and references

Prepd by treating lead carbonate or hydroxide with hydrogen fluoride and evaporating the soln; by mixing solns of potassium fluoride and lead acetate; by precipitation from the soln of a lead salt by HF; by the action of fluorine on lead: Ruff, Die Chemie des Fluors (Springer, Berlin, 1920) p 33; Emeléus in Fluorine Chemistry vol. 1, J. H. Simons, Ed. (Academic Press, New York, 1950) p 51; Kwasnik in Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry vol. 1, G. Brauer, Ed. (Academic Press, New York, 1963) pp 218-219. Review: Kemmitt, Sharp, Adv. Fluorine Chem. 4, 188 (1965).

Properties

White to colorless crystals. Poisonous. Dimorphous: orthorhombic, converted to cubic above 316°. d (orthorhombic) 8.445; d (cubic) 7.750. mp 824°. bp 1293°. Soly in water (g/100 ml): 0.057 (0°); 0.065 (20°). The soly increases in the presence of HNO3 or nitrates.