Chemistry:Ammonium hexafluorotitanate

From HandWiki
Ammonium hexafluorotitanate
(NH4)2TiF6.svg
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
Properties
F6H8N2Ti
Molar mass 197.935 g·mol−1
Appearance white solid
Density 1.675g/cm3
Related compounds
Other anions
Hexafluorosilicate
Hexafluorotitanic acid
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Ammonium hexafluorotitanate is the inorganic compound with the chemical formula (NH4)2[TiF6]. A colorless salt, the compound consists of ammonium ions and the hexafluorotitanate dianion. It is encountered in the extraction of titanium from its principal ore ilmenite: the ore is treated with excess ammonium fluoride:[1]

FeTiO
3
+ 10 NH
4
F → (NH
4
)
2
FeF
4
+ (NH
4
)
2
TiF
6
+ 6 H
2
O

After removal of iron impurities, the titanium is recovered as a hydrated titanium dioxide by treatment of the aqueous extract of the hexafluoride with ammonia:

(NH
4
)
2
TiF
6
+ 4 NH
3
+ 2 H
2
O → TiO
2
+ 6 NH
4
F

Structure

Many salts of hexafluorotitanate have been characterized by X-ray crystallography. In the lattice [TiF6]2- octahedra interact with the ammonium cations by hydrogen bonds.[2]

References

  1. Bichowsky, Foord Von (1957). "Extraction of Titanium(IV) Oxide from Ilmenite". Inorganic Syntheses. V. pp. 79–82. doi:10.1002/9780470132364.ch22. ISBN 9780470132364. 
  2. Tun, Z.; Brown, I. D. (1982). "Hydrogen bonding in Diammonium Hexafluorotitanate". Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry 38 (6): 1792–1794. doi:10.1107/S0567740882007195. Bibcode1982AcCrB..38.1792T.