Aluminium monochloride

Aluminium monochloride
Names
IUPAC name
Chloridoaluminium
Other names
Aluminium(I) chloride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChemSpider
  • InChI=1S/Al.ClH/h;1H/q+1;/p-1 Y
    Key: IZMHKHHRLNWLMK-UHFFFAOYSA-M Y
  • [Al]Cl
Properties
AlCl
Molar mass 62.43 g·mol−1
Thermochemistry
227.95 J K−1 mol−1
−51.46 kJ mol−1
Related compounds
Related compounds
aluminium monofluoride
gallium monofluoride
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

Aluminium monochloride, or chloridoaluminium is the metal halide with the formula AlCl. Aluminium monochloride as a molecule is thermodynamically stable at high temperature and low pressure only. This compound is produced as a step in the Alcan process to smelt aluminium from an aluminium-rich alloy.