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IUPAC name
Dialuminium Tricarbonate
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ChemSpider | |
ECHA InfoCard | 100.034.930 |
PubChem CID
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Properties | |
Al2(CO3)3 | |
Appearance | white powder, unstable |
Density | 1.5 g/cm3 |
Melting point | 58 °C |
Boiling point | decomposes |
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Structure[1] | |
orthorhombic | |
Fdd2 | |
a = 21.989, b = 10.176, c = 4.4230
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Lattice volume (V)
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989.7 |
Formula units (Z)
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8 |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Aluminium carbonate (Al2(CO3)3), is a carbonate of aluminium. It is not well characterized; one authority says that simple carbonates of aluminium are not known.[2] However related compounds are known, such as the basic sodium aluminium carbonate mineral dawsonite (NaAlCO3(OH)2) and hydrated basic aluminium carbonate minerals scarbroite (Al5(CO3)(OH)13•5(H2O)) and hydroscarbroite (Al14(CO3)3(OH)36•nH2O).[3][4][5]