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Uranium tetrabromide

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Uranium tetrabromide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ECHA InfoCard 100.033.380 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 236-734-5
UNII
  • InChI=1S/4BrH.U/h4*1H;/q;;;;+4/p-4
    Key: IMNIORQANNGBDO-UHFFFAOYSA-J
  • Br[U](Br)(Br)Br
Properties
UBr4
Molar mass 557.645 g/mol
Appearance brown crystalline solid
Density 5190 kg/m3
Hazards
GHS labelling:
GHS06: ToxicGHS08: Health hazardGHS09: Environmental hazard
Danger
H300, H330, H373, H411
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Uranium tetrabromide is an inorganic chemical compound of uranium in oxidation state +4.

Production

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Uranium tetrabromide can be produced by reacting uranium and bromine:[1]

U+ 2 Br2 → UBr4

References

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  1. ^ Georg Brauer (Hrsg.): Handbuch der Präparativen Anorganischen Chemie. 3., umgearb. Auflage. Band II, Enke, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-432-87813-3, S. 1214.