Talk:Platinum(II) chloride

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If it's not PtCl2₂, what is it?

@Keresluna: well spotted that File:PtCl2.jpg is the wrong colour to be PtCl₂. It was an old sample but it was in a sealed glass ampoule, so I thought it wouldn't have gone off. By the look of it, though, it seems some moisture got in. Could it be platinum(IV) chloride that has become chloroplatinic acid or something similar?

Does anyone have samples of genuine PtCl₂ polymorphs? Greenwood and Earnshaw (2nd edition, page 1154) says α-PtCl₂ is olive-green or black, while β-PtCl₂ is dark red. Ben (talk) 09:17, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Replaced with genuine image. Keres🌕Luna ^edits! 21:51, 13 November 2024 (UTC)