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Protactinium monoxide

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Protactinium monoxide
Names
IUPAC name
Protactinium(II) oxide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
  • InChI=1S/O.Pa/q-2;+2
    Key: QQSJTSKFWWYZFZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • [O-2].[Pa+2]
Properties
PaO
Molar mass 247.035 g mol−1
Appearance black crystals
Density 13.44 g/cm3
Structure
rocksalt[1]
Fm3m, No. 225
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Protactinium monoxide is a radioactive inorganic compound and one of the oxides of protactinium. Its chemical formula is PaO. It is a black solid that crystallizes in the rock-salt structure.[1] Protactinium monoxide can be produced in minute quantities from the oxidation of protactinium. The protactinium monoxide cation (PaO+) is very active and can activate hydrocarbons such as alkenes.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Sellers, Philip A.; Fried, Sherman; Elson, Robert E.; Zachariasen, W. H. (1954). "The Preparation of Some Protactinium Compounds and the Metal". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 76 (23): 5935. Bibcode:1954JAChS..76.5935S. doi:10.1021/ja01652a011.
  2. ^ Cláudia C. L. Pereira, Colin J. Marsden, Joaquim Marçalo, John K. Gibson (2011). "Actinide sulfides in the gas phase: experimental and theoretical studies of the thermochemistry of AnS (An = Ac, Th, Pa, U, Np, Pu, Am and Cm)". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 13 (28): 12940–12958. Bibcode:2011PCCP...1312940P. doi:10.1039/c1cp20996e. ISSN 1463-9076. PMID 21687883. Retrieved 2021-08-24.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)