
%0 Journal Article
%A McTaggart, FK 
%A Turnbull, AG 
%T Zirconium difluoride
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1964/07/01
%V 17
%N 7
%P 727-730
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9640727
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9640727 
%X Zirconium difluoride was prepared by the action of atomic hydrogen on thin layers of zirconium tetrafluoride, at a temperature of approximately 350°. The compound is orthorhombic in structure. It is black, tends to take up oxygen in air, and ignites readily and burns to form zirconium dioxide. Disproportionation occurs at 800° with the formation of ZrF4 and zirconium, and other chemical properties are similar to those of the known dihalides of Group IVA. 
