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| IUPAC name
copper(II) phosphate
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| Other names
tricopper diphosphate
tricopper bis(orthophosphate) | |
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Chemical formula
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Cu3(PO4)2 |
| Molar mass | 380.580722 g/mol (anhydrous) 434.63 g/mol (trihydrate) |
| Appearance | light bluish-green powder (anhydrous) blue or olive crystals (trihydrate) |
Solubility in water
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insoluble |
Solubility product (Ksp)
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1.4×10−37[1] |
| Solubility | anhydrous: soluble in ammonia trihydrate: soluble in ammonium hydroxide slightly soluble in acetone insoluble in ethanol |
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Crystal structure
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orthorhombic (trihydrate) |
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TWA 1 mg/m3 (as Cu)[2] |
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TWA 1 mg/m3 (as Cu)[2] |
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TWA 100 mg/m3 (as Cu)[2] |
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Other cations
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Iron(II) phosphate |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |
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Copper(II) phosphate are inorganic compounds with the formula Cu3(PO4)2.n(H2O). They can be regarded as the cupric salts of phosphoric acid. Anhydrous copper(II) phosphate and a trihydrate are blue solids.
Hydrated copper(II) phosphate precipitates upon addition of a solution of alkali metal phosphate to an aqueous solution of copper(II) sulfate.[3] The anhydrous material can be produced by a high-temperature (1000 °C) reaction between diammonium phosphate and copper(II) oxide.[4]
In terms of structure, copper(II) phosphates are coordination polymers, as is typical for most metal phosphates. The phosphate center is tetrahedral. In the anhydrous material, the copper centers are pentacoordinate. In the monohydrate, the copper adopt 6-, 5-, and 4-coordinate geometries.[5]
It is relatively commonly encountered as the hydrated species Cu2(PO4)OH, which is green and occurs naturally as the mineral libethenite. Pseudomalachite, Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4, is the most common Cu phosphate in the nature, typical for some oxidation zones of Cu ore deposits.[6][7]
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Categories: [Copper(II) compounds] [Phosphates]