Niobium(V) fluoride
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Niobium fluoride, also known as niobium pentafluoride, is a colorless crystalline solid often used as a starting material in niobium
chemistry.
metal from its ores. It also can be prepared by direct fluorination of niobium metal at 250 to 300°C, either by fluorine
gas or anhydrous hydrofluoric acid
. The pentafluoride vapors are condensed in a pyrex
or quartz
tube from which it is sublimed at 120°C under vacuum and collected as colorless crystals.
Also, niobium pentafluroide can be prepared by the reaction of fluorine with niobium pentachloride:
Niobium
Niobium or columbium , is a chemical element with the symbol Nb and atomic number 41. It's a soft, grey, ductile transition metal, which is often found in the pyrochlore mineral, the main commercial source for niobium, and columbite...
chemistry.
Preparation
Niobium pentafluoride is obtained as an intermediate during the recovery of niobiumNiobium
Niobium or columbium , is a chemical element with the symbol Nb and atomic number 41. It's a soft, grey, ductile transition metal, which is often found in the pyrochlore mineral, the main commercial source for niobium, and columbite...
metal from its ores. It also can be prepared by direct fluorination of niobium metal at 250 to 300°C, either by fluorine
Fluorine
Fluorine is the chemical element with atomic number 9, represented by the symbol F. It is the lightest element of the halogen column of the periodic table and has a single stable isotope, fluorine-19. At standard pressure and temperature, fluorine is a pale yellow gas composed of diatomic...
gas or anhydrous hydrofluoric acid
Hydrofluoric acid
Hydrofluoric acid is a solution of hydrogen fluoride in water. It is a valued source of fluorine and is the precursor to numerous pharmaceuticals such as fluoxetine and diverse materials such as PTFE ....
. The pentafluoride vapors are condensed in a pyrex
Pyrex
Pyrex is a brand name for glassware, introduced by Corning Incorporated in 1915.Originally, Pyrex was made from borosilicate glass. In the 1940s the composition was changed for some products to tempered soda-lime glass, which is the most common form of glass used in glass bakeware in the US and has...
or quartz
Quartz
Quartz is the second-most-abundant mineral in the Earth's continental crust, after feldspar. It is made up of a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon–oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall formula SiO2. There are many different varieties of quartz,...
tube from which it is sublimed at 120°C under vacuum and collected as colorless crystals.
Also, niobium pentafluroide can be prepared by the reaction of fluorine with niobium pentachloride:
- 2NbCl5 + 5F2 → 2NbF5 + 5Cl2