Europium (II) chloride is awhite to pale pink solid with orthorhombic crystal structure. It is a stablematerial that is hygroscopic in nature. It can be prepared simply by reducingEuropium (III) chloride with hydrogen gas at high temperatures. It has atunable luminescence.
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Europium(II) chloride can be used as:
A dopant to prepare phosphor materials for energy-efficient solid-state lighting.[1]
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 49, 088001-088001 (2010)
Europium-activated orthophosphate phosphors for energy-efficient solid-state lighting: a review
KN Shinde and SJ Dhoble
Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences, 39, 459-479 (2014)
Europium (II) compounds: simple synthesis of a molecular complex in water and coordination polymers with 2, 2?-bipyrimidine-mediated ferromagnetic interactions
Gael Zucchi, et al
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England), 46, 9143-9145 (2010)
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