Antimony-trifluoride crystals from a Swartz reaction.

After distilling the reaction product, because of heat of the oil bath and the used vaccum, the antimony-trifluoride what has a boiling point 376 °C distilled/sublimed out from the gunk at the bottom of the flask. It will be great to clean it out, since upon contact with water it generates sone extremely toxic hydrogen fluoride, but it still looks great!

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9:30 pm • 7 November 2014 • 283 notes • View comments