The following tungsten fluorides have been synthesized by simple addition reactions or by reduction with tungstenmetal at elevated temperature: KWF
7, K
2WF
8, MWF
6 (M = K, Na, Rb, Cs), K
2WF
7, M
3WF
8 (M = K, Na, Rb),and K
3WF
6. The compounds were characterized by their Raman spectra and by cyclic voltammetry in the moltenFLINAK eutectic melt (46.5, 11.5, and 42.0 mol % of LiF, NaF, and KF, respectively) at 475-800
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C. X-raycrystal structures are reported for two new compounds K
2WF
7 and K
3WF
6. The crystals of K
2WF
7 wereorthorhombic, space group
Pnma (No. 62) with
a = 9.800(2) Å,
b = 5.7360(11) Å,
c = 11.723(2) Å, and
Z =4. Crystals of K
3WF
6 were cubic, space group
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(No. 225) with
a = b = c = 8.9160(10) Å,
Z = 4.Electrodeposition of tungsten metal on Pt from FLINAK, prepared by the addition of WF
6 gas and metallictungsten to the melt, is suggested to result from reduction of an equilibrium mixture of WF
83- and WF
63-.