Thallium(III) hydroxide
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Thallium hydroxide, Tl(OH)3, is a hydroxide
of thallium
. It is a white solid.
Thallium(III) hydroxide is a very weak base; it is changed to thallium(III) ion
, Tl3+, only in strongly acid conditions.
Hydroxide
Hydroxide is a diatomic anion with chemical formula OH−. It consists of an oxygen and a hydrogen atom held together by a covalent bond, and carrying a negative electric charge. It is an important but usually minor constituent of water. It functions as a base, as a ligand, a nucleophile, and a...
of thallium
Thallium
Thallium is a chemical element with the symbol Tl and atomic number 81. This soft gray poor metal resembles tin but discolors when exposed to air. The two chemists William Crookes and Claude-Auguste Lamy discovered thallium independently in 1861 by the newly developed method of flame spectroscopy...
. It is a white solid.
Thallium(III) hydroxide is a very weak base; it is changed to thallium(III) ion
Ion
An ion is an atom or molecule in which the total number of electrons is not equal to the total number of protons, giving it a net positive or negative electrical charge. The name was given by physicist Michael Faraday for the substances that allow a current to pass between electrodes in a...
, Tl3+, only in strongly acid conditions.