Ammonium hexafluoroarsenate is an inorganic chemical compound with the chemical formula NH4AsF6.[1][2]

Synthesis

Arsenic pentoxide is mixed with an excess of ammonium fluoride; the mixture is fused to produce ammonium hexafluoroarsenate:

AsF5 + NH4F → NH4AsF6

Also, reaction of arsenic trifluoride, hydrofluoric acid, and ammonia:[dubiousdiscuss]

AsF3 + HF + NH4 → NH4AsF6

Treatment of hexafluoroarsenic acid and ammonia:

HAsF6 + NH3 → NH4AsF6

Physical properties

Ammonium hexafluoroarsenate crystallizes rhombohedral with the KOsF6 structure type, with parameters: a = 7.459(3) Å, c = 7.543(3) Å (at 200 K), Z = 3, unit cell volume 363.4 Å3, space group R3 (No. 148).[3]

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