12-09516. Thorium Iodide [Archived]

Nomenclature

CAS number: 7790-49-0
Thorium tetraiodide.
I4Th; mol wt 739.66.
I 68.63%, Th 31.37%.
ThI4.

Description and references

Prepd by passing iodine vapors in an inert gas over the metal at elevated temp: Allen, Yost, J. Chem. Phys. 22, 855 (1954). See also Cuthbert, Thorium Production Technology (Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass., 1958).

Properties

Pale yellow crystals, mp 566°. bp 837°. Dec by light or heat. When heated with Th gives ThI3.

Status

This monograph has been retired and is no longer subject to revision or update.