Aluminium(II) oxide

Aluminium(II) oxide or aluminium monoxide is a compound of aluminium and oxygen with the chemical formula AlO. It has been detected in the gas phase after explosion of aluminized grenades in the upper atmosphere[1][2][3] and in stellar absorption spectra.[4]

Aluminium(II) oxide
Names
IUPAC name
Aluminium(II) oxide
Systematic IUPAC name
Oxoalumanyl radical
Other names
Aluminium monoxide
Oxidoaluminium
Oxoaluminum
Aluminious oxide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChemSpider
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  • InChI=1S/Al.O checkY
    Key: AIRCTMFFNKZQPN-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
  • InChI=1/Al.O/rAlO/c1-2
    Key: AIRCTMFFNKZQPN-IPBSAJSUAY
  • O=[Al]
Properties
AlO
Molar mass 42.98 g/mol
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(II) oxide is one of the aluminium oxides (the most common is Aluminium oxide Al2O3), as it was the rare example of aluminium(II) compound since aluminium usually exists in its +3 oxidation state.

See also

References
  1. D. C. Tyte (1964). "Red (B2Π–A2σ) Band System of Aluminium Monoxide". Nature. 202 (4930): 383. Bibcode:1964Natur.202..383T. doi:10.1038/202383a0. S2CID 4163250.
  2. D. C. Tyte (1967). "The dissociation energy of aluminium monoxide". Proc. Phys. Soc. 92 (4): 1134–1137. Bibcode:1967PPS....92.1134T. doi:10.1088/0370-1328/92/4/339.
  3. Johnson E. R.; Low C. H. (1967). "Further spectral observations of grenade glow clouds in the lower thermosphere". Australian Journal of Physics. 20 (5): 577. Bibcode:1967AuJPh..20..577J. doi:10.1071/ph670577.
  4. Merrill, P. W.; Deutsch, A. J. & Keenan, P. C. (1962). "Absorption Spectra of M-Type Mira Variables". Astrophysical Journal. 136: 21. Bibcode:1962ApJ...136...21M. doi:10.1086/147348.


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