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Neptunium silicide
Names
Other names
Neptunium disilicide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
  • InChI=1S/Np.2Si
    Key: KBXNGDVSIABQJL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • [Np].[Si].[Si]
Properties
NpSi2
Appearance Crystals
Density 9.03
insoluble
Related compounds
Related compounds
Plutonium silicide
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Chemical compound

Neptunium silicide is a binary inorganic compound of neptunium and silicon with the chemical formula NpSi
2
.[1] The compound forms crystals and does not dissolve in water.[2]

Synthesis

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Heating neptunium trifluoride with powdered silicon in vacuum:[3]

4 N p F 3 + 11 S i   1500 o C   4 N p S i 2 + 3 S i F 4 {\displaystyle {\mathsf {4NpF_{3}+11Si\ \xrightarrow {1500^{o}C} \ 4NpSi_{2}+3SiF_{4}}}}

Physical properties

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Neptunium silicide forms crystals[4] of tetragonal crystal system, space group I41/amd, cell parameters: a = 0.396 nm, c = 1.367 nm, Z = 4.[5]

Neptunium disilicide does not dissolve in water.

Chemical properties

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Neptunium disilicide reacts with HCl:[3]

NpSi2 + 8HCl → NpCl4 + 2SiH4

References

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  1. Donnay, J. D. H.; Nowacki, Werner (1954). Crystal Data: Classification of Substances by Space Groups and their Identification from Cell Dimensions. Geological Society of America. p. 383. ISBN 978-0-8137-1060-0. Retrieved 16 August 2021. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  2. Koch, Günter (5 October 2013). Transurane: Teil C: Die Verbindungen (in German). Springer-Verlag. p. 245. ISBN 978-3-662-11547-3. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  3. 1 2 Sheft, Irving; Fried, Sherman (1950). New Neptunium Compounds. U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Technical Information Division. p. 4. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  4. Zachariasen, William Houlder (1949). The Crystal Structure of Uranium Silicides and of CeSi2, NpSi2, and PuSi2. U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Technical Information Branch. p. 3. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  5. "mp-21298: NpSi2 (tetragonal, I4_1/amd, 141)". materialsproject.org. Retrieved 16 August 2021.