10178. Zirconium Iodide

Nomenclature

CAS number: 13986-26-0
Zirconium tetraiodide.
I4Zr; mol wt 598.84.
I 84.77%, Zr 15.23%.
ZrI4.

Description and references

Prepd from the elements at a furnace temp of 450°: Eberly, Inorg. Synth. 7, 52 (1963).

Properties

Orange-colored, crystalline solid. Sublimes at 431°. mp 499° (elevated pressure). Fumes heavily in air. Dissolves in water with the liberation of steam. Heat of formation: 90 kcal/mol at 25°. Magnetic susceptibility 0.238 × 106 c.g.s. electromagnetic units.