Barium fluoride

Barium fluoride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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RTECS number
  • CQ9100000
UNII
  • InChI=1S/Ba.2FH/h;2*1H/q+2;;/p-2 checkY
    Key: OYLGJCQECKOTOL-UHFFFAOYSA-L checkY
  • F[Ba]F
  • [Ba+2].[F-].[F-]
Properties
BaF2
Molar mass 175.324 g/mol[1]
Appearance white cubic crystals[1]
Density 4.893 g/cm3[1]
Melting point 1,368 °C (2,494 °F; 1,641 K)[1]
Boiling point 2,260 °C (4,100 °F; 2,530 K)[1]
1.58 g/L (10 °C)
1.61 g/L (25 °C)[2]
1.84·10−7[3]
Solubility soluble in methanol, ethanol
−51·10−6 cm3/mol[4]
Thermal conductivity 10.9 W/(m·K)[5]
  • 1.557 (200 nm)
  • 1.4744 (589 nm)
  • 1.4014 (10 μm)
[6]
Structure[7]
Fluorite (cubic), cF12
Fm3m, No. 225
a = 0.62 nm
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Thermochemistry[8]
71.2 J/(mol·K)
96.4 J/(mol·K)
−1207.1 kJ/mol
−1156.8 kJ/mol
Hazards
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):
Main hazards
Toxic
GHS labelling:
GHS07: Exclamation mark
Flash point Non-flammable
Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC):
250 mg/kg, oral (rat)
Safety data sheet (SDS) PubChem
Related compounds
Other anions
Other cations
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Barium fluoride is an inorganic compound with the formula BaF2. It is a colorless solid that occurs in nature as the rare mineral frankdicksonite.[9] Under standard conditions it adopts the fluorite structure and at high pressure the PbCl2 structure.[10] Like CaF2, it is resilient to and insoluble in water.

Above ca. 500 °C, BaF2 is corroded by moisture, but in dry environments it can be used up to 800 °C. Prolonged exposure to moisture degrades transmission in the vacuum UV range. It is less resistant to water than calcium fluoride, but it is the most resistant of all the optical fluorides to high-energy radiation, though its far ultraviolet transmittance is lower than that of the other fluorides. It is quite hard, very sensitive to thermal shock and fractures quite easily.

  1. ^ a b c d e Haynes, p. 4.49
  2. ^ Haynes, p. 5.167
  3. ^ John Rumble (June 18, 2018). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (99th ed.). CRC Press. pp. 4–47. ISBN 978-1138561632.
  4. ^ Haynes, p. 4.126
  5. ^ Haynes, p. 12.222
  6. ^ Haynes, p. 10.248
  7. ^ Hohnke, D. K.; Kaiser, S. W. (1974). "Epitaxial PbSe and Pb1−xSxSe: Growth and electrical properties". Journal of Applied Physics. 45 (2): 892–897. Bibcode:1974JAP....45..892H. doi:10.1063/1.1663334.
  8. ^ Haynes, p. 5.5
  9. ^ Radtke A.S., Brown G.E. (1974). "Frankdicksonite, BaF2, a New Mineral from Nevada" (PDF). American Mineralogist. 59: 885–888.
  10. ^ Wells, A.F. (1984). Structural inorganic chemistry −5th Edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-855370-6.

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