The compound crystallizes in the aluminium trifluoride motif. Each fluoride is a doubly bridging ligand. The cobalt centers are octahedral.
CoF3 decomposes upon contact with water to give oxygen:
4 CoF3 + 2 H2O → 4 HF + 4 CoF2 + O2
It reacts with fluoride salts to give the anion [CoF6]3−, which is also features high-spin, octahedral cobalt(III) center.
Size (length+width) approx.
Answer: The
value is 0.664
Explanation:
Distance travelled by solvent front = (7.7-1.45)cm = 6.25 cm
Distance travelled by unknown = (5.6-1.45) cm = 4.15 cm
The retention factor or the
value is defined as the ratio of distance traveled by the unknown to the distance traveled by the solvent front.
Thus the
value is 0.664
scandium is a transition metal and shows a valency of 3.