Characteristic

 

Lead tetrafluoride is a compound of lead and fluorine. The yellow solid (melting point 600 °C) is the only room-temperature stable tetrahalide of lead. Lead tetrafluoride is isostructural with tin(IV) fluoride and contains planar layers of octahedrally coordinated lead, where the octahedra share four corners and there are two terminal, unshared, fluorine atoms trans to one another.

Chemical formula: PbF₄

Molar mass: 283.194 g/mol 

Appearance: white to beige crystals 

Density: 6,7 g/cm³ 

Melting point: 600 °C (1,112 °F; 873 K)

 

Application

 

It's used in welding agent composition. Reductant and sulfur removal agent. Crystalline lead fluoride can be used as infrared spectroscopy material (transmits infrared rays), and can also be used in synchrotron.