Erbium(III) fluoride is the
fluoride
Fluoride (). According to this source, is a possible pronunciation in British English. is an inorganic, monatomic anion of fluorine, with the chemical formula (also written ), whose salts are typically white or colorless. Fluoride salts typ ...
of
erbium
Erbium is a chemical element with the symbol Er and atomic number 68. A silvery-white solid metal when artificially isolated, natural erbium is always found in chemical combination with other elements. It is a lanthanide, a rare-earth element
...
, a rare earth metal, with the
chemical formula
In chemistry, a chemical formula is a way of presenting information about the chemical proportions of atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound or molecule, using chemical element symbols, numbers, and sometimes also other symbols, ...
ErF
3. It can be used to make infrared light-transmitting materials and
up-converting luminescent materials.
Production
Erbium(III) fluoride can be produced by reacting
erbium(III) nitrate and
ammonium fluoride:
: Er(NO
3)
3 + 3 NH
4F → 3 NH
4NO
3 + ErF
3
References
Further reading
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{{Lanthanide halides
Erbium compounds
Fluorides
Lanthanide halides