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Tellurium dioxide (TeO 2) is a solid oxide of tellurium. It is encountered in two different forms, the yellow orthorhombic mineral tellurite, β-TeO 2, and the synthetic, colourless tetragonal (paratellurite), α-TeO 2. [2] Most of the information regarding reaction chemistry has been obtained in studies involving paratellurite, α-TeO 2. [3]
Tellurium compounds are compounds containing the element tellurium (Te). Tellurium belongs to the chalcogen (group 16) family of elements on the periodic table, which also includes oxygen, sulfur, selenium and polonium: Tellurium and selenium compounds are similar. Tellurium exhibits the oxidation states −2, +2, +4 and +6, with +4 being most ...
Due to the different size and chemical nature of Te 2− and O 2− the ions occupy different positions in the crystal structure. Some of these structures are layered. [2] Many of the crystal systems are tetragonal. One unusual structure has stacked tubes made from tellurium, with nested tubes of antimony oxide, which contain alkali metal. [3]
Note: All measurements given are in picometers (pm). For more recent data on covalent radii see Covalent radius.Just as atomic units are given in terms of the atomic mass unit (approximately the proton mass), the physically appropriate unit of length here is the Bohr radius, which is the radius of a hydrogen atom.
3 in vacuum, disproportionating into tellurium dioxide, TeO 2 and elemental tellurium upon heating. [48] [49] Since then, however, existence in the solid phase is doubted and in dispute, although it is known as a vapor fragment; the black solid may be merely an equimolar mixture of elemental tellurium and tellurium dioxide. [50]
The telluride ion is the anion Te 2− and its derivatives. It is analogous to the other chalcogenide anions, the lighter O 2−, S 2−, and Se 2−, and the heavier Po 2−. [1]In principle, Te 2− is formed by the two-e − reduction of tellurium.
Tellurite is a oxyanion of tellurium with the formula TeO 2− 3. It is the ion of tellurous acid, and is chemically related to tellurium dioxide (TeO 2), whose mineral appearance also bears the name tellurite. Tellurites are typically colorless or white salts, which in some ways are comparable to sulfite. [3]
Tellurous acid is an inorganic compound with the formula H 2 TeO 3. It is the oxoacid of tellurium(IV). [2] This compound is not well characterized. An alternative way of writing its formula is (HO) 2 TeO. In principle, tellurous acid would form by treatment of tellurium dioxide with water, that is by hydrolysis.