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Other names
Thulium oxide, thulium sesquioxide
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.031.670 |
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Properties | |
Tm2O3 | |
Molar mass | 385.866 g/mol |
Appearance | greenish-white cubic crystals |
Density | 8.6 g/cm3 |
Melting point | 2,341 °C (4,246 °F; 2,614 K) |
Boiling point | 3,945 °C (7,133 °F; 4,218 K) |
slightly soluble in acids | |
+51,444·10−6 cm3/mol | |
Structure | |
Cubic, cI80 | |
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Related compounds | |
Other
anions
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Thulium(III) chloride |
Other
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Erbium(III) oxide Ytterbium(III) oxide |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their
standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Thulium(III) oxide is a pale green solid compound, with the formula Tm2 O3. It was first isolated in 1879, from an impure sample of erbia, by Swedish chemist Per Teodor Cleve, who named it thulia. It can be prepared in the laboratory by burning thulium metal in air, or by decomposition of their oxoacid salts, such as thulium nitrate. [1]