Calcium(I) chloride
Names
IUPAC name
calcium(I) chloride
Other names
calcium monochloride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
  • InChI=1S/Ca.ClH/h;1H/q+1;/p-1
    Key: WGPMOVAPQPJDDK-UHFFFAOYSA-M
  • [Ca]Cl
Properties
CaCl
Molar mass 75.53 g/mol
Appearance gas
Related compounds
Other cations
 calcium(II) chloride
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Calcium(I) chloride (CaCl) is a diatomic molecule observed in certain gases.[1]

A solid with the composition CaCl was reported in 1953;[2] however, later efforts to reproduce this work failed.[3] Molecules of CaCl have been observed in the atmospheres of carbon stars.[4]

References

  1. ^ Brown, J. M.; Milton, D. J.; Steimle, T. C. (1981). "Studies of the optical spectra of CaCl and SrF at sub-Doppler resolution". Faraday Discussions of the Chemical Society. 71: 151. Bibcode:1981hrs..conf..151B. doi:10.1039/DC9817100151.
  2. ^ Ehrlich, P.; Gentsch, L. (1953). "Über das Calciummonochlorid". Die Naturwissenschaften. 40 (17): 460. Bibcode:1953NW.....40..460E. doi:10.1007/BF00628837. S2CID 8188237.
  3. ^ Gerd Meyer; Dieter Naumann; Lars Wesemann (2007). Inorganic Chemistry in Focus III. Wiley-VCH. ISBN 978-3-527-60909-3.
  4. ^ Jørgensen, Uffe G. (1997), "Cool Star Models", in van Dishoeck, Ewine F. (ed.), Molecules in Astrophysics: Probes and Processes, International Astronomical Union Symposia. Molecules in Astrophysics: Probes and Processes, vol. 178, Springer Science & Business Media, p. 446, ISBN 079234538X.
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