Determination of the Enthalpies of Formation of DyI2 and DyI3 and estimation of the Dy3+/Dy2+ standard aqueous electrode potential

DyI₂ and Dy_3I were synthesized by literature techniques. Their enthalpies of solution were determined and their enthalpies of formation calculated to be Δ_fH°(DyI₂, s, 298 K) = ?(394 ± 16) kJ· mol^?1 and Δ_fH°(DyI₃, s, 298 K) = ?(616 ± 10) kJ· mol^?1. With appropriate literature and estimated enthalpies of solution and standard entropies, the E°(Dy³⁺/Dy²⁺, aq) was calculated to be ?(2.6 ± 0.2) V. A comparison is made of the enthalpies of reduction of DyI₃ to DyI₂ and of DyCl₃ to DyCl₂.