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PHOSPHORUS PENTACHLORIDE

Properties Production
Molecular Formula: PCl5 or Cl5P manufactured by direct chlorination
Molecular Weight: 208.238762 g/mol of phosphorus trichloride PCl3 or by
Appearance and Odor: Pale yellow bubbling of gaseous chlorine
solid with odor like hydrochloric acid through solution of PCl3 in carbon
Density: 2.1 g/cm3 disulfide.
Melting point: 160.5 C (320.9 F; Uses:
433.6 K) as chlorination agent: preparation
Boiling point: 166.8 C (332.2 F; of different products in industry
439.9 K) sublimation and laboratory synthesis
Solubility in water: decomposition as a dehydrating agent
(exothermic) as an intermediate in
Solubility: soluble in carbon disulfide, manufacturing phosphorus acid
carbon tetrachloride, benzene, chloroanhydrides and phosphonic
diethyl ether acid derivatives


Supichaya Nobnom 1109

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