Rubidium triiodide

• The reaction of stoichiometric amounts of rubidium iodide and iodine :

${\displaystyle {\mathsf{<span\; class="mwe-math-element"><span\; class="mwe-math-mathml-inline\; mwe-math-mathml-a11y"\; style="display:\; none;">I</span></span>}}_{\mathsf{<span\; class="mwe-math-element"><span\; class="mwe-math-mathml-inline\; mwe-math-mathml-a11y"\; style="display:\; none;">2</span></span>}}\mathsf{<span\; class="mwe-math-element"><span\; class="mwe-math-mathml-inline\; mwe-math-mathml-a11y"\; style="display:\; none;">+</span></span>}\mathsf{<span\; class="mwe-math-element"><span\; class="mwe-math-mathml-inline\; mwe-math-mathml-a11y"\; style="display:\; none;">R</span></span>}\mathsf{<span\; class="mwe-math-element"><span\; class="mwe-math-mathml-inline\; mwe-math-mathml-a11y"\; style="display:\; none;">b</span></span>}\mathsf{<span\; class="mwe-math-element"><span\; class="mwe-math-mathml-inline\; mwe-math-mathml-a11y"\; style="display:\; none;">I</span></span>}\stackrel{}{<span\; class="mwe-math-element"><span\; class="mwe-math-mathml-inline\; mwe-math-mathml-a11y"\; style="display:\; none;">\to </span></span>}\mathsf{<span\; class="mwe-math-element"><span\; class="mwe-math-mathml-inline\; mwe-math-mathml-a11y"\; style="display:\; none;">R</span></span>}\mathsf{<span\; class="mwe-math-element"><span\; class="mwe-math-mathml-inline\; mwe-math-mathml-a11y"\; style="display:\; none;">b</span></span>}{\mathsf{<span\; class="mwe-math-element"><span\; class="mwe-math-mathml-inline\; mwe-math-mathml-a11y"\; style="display:\; none;">I</span></span>}}_{\mathsf{<span\; class="mwe-math-element"><span\; class="mwe-math-mathml-inline\; mwe-math-mathml-a11y"\; style="display:\; none;">3</span></span>}}}${\ displaystyle {\ mathsf {I_ {2} + RbI \ {\ xrightarrow {}} \ RbI_ {3}}}}  

Rubidium triiodide forms black crystals.

Soluble in water.

• Chemist Handbook / Redkol .: Nikolsky B.P. et al. - 3rd ed., Rev. - L .: Chemistry, 1971. - T. 2. - 1168 p.
• Chemical Encyclopedia / Redkol .: Knunyants I.L. et al. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1995. - T. 4. - 639 p. - ISBN 5-85270-092-4 .