Iridium trifluoride is a binary chemical compound of

iridium Iridium is a chemical element with the symbol Ir and atomic number 77. A very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group, it is considered the second-densest naturally occurring metal (after osmium) with a density of ...

and

fluorine Fluorine is a chemical element with the symbol F and atomic number 9. It is the lightest halogen and exists at standard conditions as a highly toxic, pale yellow diatomic gas. As the most electronegative reactive element, it is extremely reacti ...

with the chemical formula .

Synthesis

Reduction of

iridium hexafluoride Iridium hexafluoride, also iridium(VI) fluoride, (IrF6) is a compound of iridium and fluorine and one of the seventeen known binary hexafluorides. It is one of only a few compounds with iridium in the oxidation state +6. Synthesis Iridium hexaf ...

by metallic iridium: :: Decomposition of iridium tetrafluoride by heating at 430–450 °C: ::

Physical properties

Iridium(III) fluoride forms black hexagonal crystals. It is insoluble in water.

References

Iridium compounds Fluorides Platinum group halides {{inorganic-compound-stub