bismuth trichloride

• Formula: BiCl₃
• Molecular weight: 315.339
• CAS Registry Number: 7787-60-2
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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (bar)
    T = temperature (K)

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Enthalpy of sublimation

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

 + BiCl₃ = BiCl₄^-

By formula: Cl^- + BiCl₃ = BiCl₄^-

Ion clustering data

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Clustering reactions

 + BiCl₃ = BiCl₄^-

By formula: Cl^- + BiCl₃ = BiCl₄^-

References

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Yanai, Watanabe, et al., 1973
Yanai, M.; Watanabe, F.; Saeki, Y., The Vapor Pressure of Bismuth Trichloride, J. Less-Common Met., 1973, 33, 3, 387-389, https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-5088(73)90192-6 . [all data]

Cubicciotti, 1966
Cubicciotti, Daniel, A New Σ-Plot Treatment of Equilibrium Data and Its Application to the Vaporization of Bismuth Chloride ¹, J. Phys. Chem., 1966, 70, 7, 2410-2413, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100879a504 . [all data]

Darnell and Yosim, 1959
Darnell, A.J.; Yosim, S.J., Some Thermodynamic Properties of Solid Bismuth Chloride, J. Phys. Chem., 1959, 63, 11, 1813-1815, https://doi.org/10.1021/j150581a005 . [all data]

Walker, Check, et al., 2002
Walker, B.W.; Check, C.E.; Lobring, K.C.; Pommerening, C.A.; Sunderlin, L.S., The Thermochemistry of Group 15 Tetrachloride Anions, J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom., 2002, 13, 5, 469, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1044-0305(02)00369-0 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation

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