Lead(II) iodide

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Lead(II) iodide
Other names

Plumbous iodide

Identifiers
CAS number 10101-63-0 YesY
PubChem 167719
ChemSpider 23305 YesY
UNII OTL90F2GLT YesY
Jmol-3D images {{#if:I[Pb]I|Image 1
Properties
Molecular formula PbI2
Molar mass 461.01 g/mol
Appearance bright yellow powder
Odor odorless
Density 6.16 g/cm3
Melting point 402 °C; 756 °F; 675 K
Boiling point 872 °C; 1,602 °F; 1,145 K
Solubility in water 0.044 g/100 mL (0 °C)
0.063 g/100 mL (20 °C)
0.41 g/100 mL (100 °C)[1]
Solubility product, Ksp 8.49 x 10−9
Solubility insoluble in ethanol, cold HCl
soluble in alkalis, KI solution
Structure
Crystal structure Rhombohedral, hP3, SpaceGroup = P-3m1, No. 164
Coordination
geometry		 octahedral
Related compounds
Other anions Lead(II) fluoride
Lead(II) chloride
Lead(II) bromide
Other cations Tin(II) iodide
Related compounds Thallium(I) iodide
Bismuth(III) iodide
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Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C (77 °F), 100 kPa)
Infobox references

Lead(II) iodide (PbI2) or plumbous iodide is a bright yellow solid at room temperature, that reversibly becomes brick red by heating. In its crystalline form it is used as a detector material for high energy photons including x-rays and gamma rays.

Lead iodide is toxic due to its lead content. In the nineteenth century it was used as an artists' pigment under the name Iodine Yellow, but it was too unstable to be useful.[2]

Preparation

Lead iodide can be obtained as a yellow precipitate by reacting solutions of lead(II) nitrate and potassium iodide:

Pb(NO3)2(aq) + 2KI(aq) → PbI2(s) + 2KNO3(aq)

Properties

It is sparingly soluble in cold water but quite soluble in hot water, yielding a colorless solution; on cooling it crystallizes as yellow hexagonal platelets.

Lead(II) iodide precipitates when solutions of potassium iodide and lead(II) nitrate are combined


See also

References

  1. ↑ Pradyot Patnaik. Handbook of Inorganic Chemicals. McGraw-Hill, 2002, ISBN 0-07-049439-8
  2. ↑ Salter, Thomas W., Field’s Chromatography: or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists By George Field. An entirely new and practical edition revised, rewritten and brought down to the present time, 1869

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