Iron(I) hydride

Iron(I) hydride
Names
Systematic IUPAC name
Hydridoiron(3•)
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
  • InChI=1S/Fe.H
    Key: VWDRTGQNZKYVEZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • [Fe][H]
Properties
FeH3•
Molar mass 56.853 g/mol
Thermochemistry
450.6 kJ/mol
Related compounds
Related compounds
Iron hydrides, FeH2
CrH, CaH, MgH
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Iron(I) hydride, systematically named iron hydride and poly(hydridoiron) is a solid inorganic compound with the chemical formula (FeH)
n
(also written ([FeH])
n
or FeH). It is both thermodynamically and kinetically unstable toward decomposition at ambient temperature, and as such, little is known about its bulk properties.

Iron(I) hydride is the simplest polymeric iron hydride. Due to its instability, it has no practical industrial uses. However, in metallurgical chemistry, iron(I) hydride is fundamental to certain forms of iron-hydrogen alloys.