Aluminum Iodide is the simple compound formed when Aluminum reacts with iodine and is a white or yellow colour in nature. Aluminum Iodide is a strong Lewis base which means it contains an empty orbital capable of accepting an electron pair from a Lewis base to form a Lewis product. It used to break the chemical bond between compounds like C-O and N-O. Aluminum Iodide is used as an additive for electrolytes in lithium-ion batteries.
Properties Of Aluminium Iodide
|Molecular weight||407.695 g/mol (anhydrous)
515.786 g/mol (hexahydrate)
|Density||3.98 g/cm3 (anhydrous)
2.63 g/cm3 (hexahydrate)
|solubility||Soluble in water|
|Boiling Point||382 °C (anhydrous)|
Aluminum Iodide Structural Formula
The structural depiction of Aluminum Iodide is as shown in the diagram below.
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