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• Chemical properties

  It appears as colorless or pale orange crystal with irritating odor. It has a relative density of 2.822, melting temperature of 56 °C, the boiling point of 191.7 ℃ and the evaporation heat of 38 Kj/mol. It is soluble in ether, benzene, chloroform, carbon disulfide, concentrated sulfuric acid. It can be slowly hydrolyzed to phosphoric acid and HBr in water.;

• Toxicity

  It has similar toxicity to the phosphorus oxychloride. It can react with water, emitting a white smoke-like, irritant and corrosive hydrogen bromide gas which has strong irritation to the eyes, mucous membranes and skin. The patients having inhaled of the vapor or smoke should be sent away from the contaminated area for rest and keeping warm. If eyes are irritated, rinse with water. Upon severe cases, send for medical treatment. Upon skin contact, first rinse with water, and then thoroughly wash with soap. If burned, go for medical treatment. Upon mistakenly administration, immediately gargle and immediately go to the hospital for treatment.;

• Application

  During the chemical process, it can be used as an intermediate and used as the raw materials for manufacturing the bromine flame retardant.;

• Preparation

  Phosphorus oxychloride method: take phosphorus oxychloride as raw material and aluminum trichloride as the catalyst, upon heating at about 80 ℃, introduce hydrogen bromide gas for reaction, generating tribromo phosphorus. The reaction is:
  POC13 + 3HBr → POBr3 + 3HCl ↑
  The produced hydrogen chloride gas during the reaction, after being absorbed by water, can produce dilute hydrochloric acid.
  Phosphorus tribromide method: to a round bottom flask equipped with a reflow condenser, add the mixture of phosphorus pentabromide and phosphorus pentoxide (250 g of PBr5/about 30 g of P2O5) and heat slowly to 150 ° C. Phosphorus pentoxide is a bit more than the phosphorus pentabromide in stoichiometry. At this time, one the one hand, pay attention to expel the bromine out; on the other hand, make sure that the reaction is completed within 5h.
  Then, 10 g of bromine and equivalent amount of phosphorus pentoxide were added to the melt and refluxed at 150 ° C for several hours. This is because it takes time for the intermediate product, phosphorus tribromide, to be oxidized to phosphorus pentabromide and transited to tribromonic phosphorus. The resultant was subjected to vacuum distillation under reduced pressure. After removing the initial distillate and the phosphorus tribromide contained therein, the trapping was carried out. The receiver is cooled with ice brine to generate tribromo phosphorus. Its reaction is:
  3PBr5 + P2O5 → 5POBr3;

• Category

  corrosive items;

• Flammability and Hazardous characteristics

  It is subject to decomposition upon coming across water, generating toxic hydrogen bromide gas.;

• Storage characteristics warehouse

  ventilated, low temperature and dry; it should be stored separately from combustible product.;

• Fire extinguishing agent

  Dry powder;

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