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Tin(II) iodide, also known as stannous iodide, is an ionic tin salt of iodine with the formula SnI2. It has a formula weight of 372.519 g/mol. It is a red to red-orange solid. Its melting point is 320 °C, and its boiling point is 714 °C.[1]

Tin(II) iodide can be synthesised by heating metallic tin with iodine in 2 M hydrochloric acid.[2]

Sn + I2 → SnI2

References

  1. ^ Chemistry : Periodic Table : tin : compound data [tin (II) iodide]
  2. ^ Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 380–381. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
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