Samarium(III) fluoride ( Sm F₃) is a slightly hygroscopic solid

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 ...

. At room temperature, it has

orthorhombic In crystallography, the orthorhombic crystal system is one of the 7 crystal systems. Orthorhombic lattices result from stretching a cubic lattice along two of its orthogonal pairs by two different factors, resulting in a rectangular prism with a r ...

structure with space group ''Pnma'' – β-YF₃ type with lattice constants ''a'' = 666,9 pm, ''b'' = 705,9 pm, ''c'' = 440,5 pm. Above 495 °C, it has the rhombohedral LaF₃ structure (space group ''P3cl'') – with lattice constants ''a'' = 707, ''c'' = 724 pm.K Rotereau et al.: ''The high-temperature phase transition in samarium fluoride, SmF₃: structural and vibrational investigation'', J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 1998, 10, 1431–1446, . Conditions/substances to avoid are: open flame, moisture, strong

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