The solid phase reaction between HoCl3 and Ho, which is conducted at 780 K under a vacuum, affords the title compound, whose structure is elucidated by XRD.
structure structure (solids and liquids) D 2000
-003X-Ray Diffraction Study of Yttrium Iodide.-YI3, obtained by direct iodination of the metal, crystallizes in the hexagonal system (Z=18). It proves to be isostructural to LuI3, HoI3, and GdI3 and belongs to the structure type BiI3. -(ASTAKHOVA, I. S.; GORYUSHKIN, V. F.; EPIFANTSEV, O. G.; Zh.
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