Rubidium hydride

Rubidium hydride is a chemical compound. It contains rubidium and hydride ions. Its chemical formula is RbH. It is a strong reducing agent and will react with water, air and chlorine violently. It is made by disproportionating hydrogen by reacting hydrogen with rubidium hydroxide. This process also produces rubidium oxide. It is normally made by reacting rubidium and hydrogen.

Rubidium hydride[1]
Names
IUPAC name
Rubidium hydride
Other names
Rubidium(I) hydride
Identifiers
  • 13446-75-8
3D model (JSmol)
PubChem CID
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
SMILES
  • [H-].[Rb+]
Properties
RbH
Molar mass 86.476 g/mol
Appearance white cubic crystals
Density 2.60 g/cm3
Melting point Decomposes at 170°C
reacts
Structure
cubic, cF8
Space group
 Fm3m, No. 225
Thermochemistry
Std enthalpy of
formation ΔfHo298		 -52.3 kJ/mol
Related compounds
Other anions Rubidium oxide
Rubidium chloride
Other cations Lithium hydride
Sodium hydride
Potassium hydride
Caesium hydride
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

References
  1. Lide, David R. (1998), Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (87 ed.), Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, pp. 4–79, ISBN 0-8493-0594-2


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