Indium(I) iodide
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Indium(I) iodide

Indium monoiodide is a binary inorganic compound of indium metal and iodine with the chemical formula InI.

Indium(I) iodide can be obtained by reacting indium with iodine or indium(III) iodide in vacuum at 300 °C to 400 °C or with mercury(II) iodide at 350 °C.

Indium(I) iodide forms a brown-red diamagnetic solid. Its melt is black. The compound has an orthorhombic crystal structure in the space group Cmcm (space group no. 63) with the lattice parameters a = 475 pm, b = 1276 pm, c = 491 pm.

Decomposes slowly with hot water:

Reacts with water in the presence of oxygen:

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