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Rhenium compounds: rhenium ditelluride

The rhenium in rhenium ditelluride formally is in the oxidation state 4.

Rhenium ditelluride

Formula as often written: ReTe₂
Hill system formula: Re₁Te₂
CAS registry number: [12067-00-4]
Formula weight: 441.407
Class: telluride

Synonyms

rhenium ditelluride
rhenium(IV) telluride
rhenium telluride

Physical properties

Colour:
Appearance: crystalline solid
Melting point:
Boiling point:
Density: 8500 kg m^-3

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in rhenium ditelluride
Element	%
Re	42.18
Te	57.82

Synthesis

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Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the ReTe₂ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Re₁Te₂

mass  %
427   0.0 
428   0.0 
429   0.1 
430   0.1 
431   0.7 
432   0.9 
433   3.2 __
434   3.0 __
435  10.7 _____
436   8.4 ____
437  25.5 _____________
438  17.8 _________
439  49.2 _________________________
440  22.5 ___________
441  81.1 _________________________________________
442  13.5 _______
443 100.0 __________________________________________________
444   0.0 
445  79.2 ________________________________________
446   0.0 
447  32.0 ________________

References

The data on these compounds pages are assembled and adapted from the primary literature and several other sources including the following.

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R.W.G. Wyckoff, in Crystal Structures, volume 1, Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, 1963.
A.R.West in Basic solid state chemistry Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
J.D.H. Donnay, (ed.) in Crystal data determinative tables, ACA monograph number 5, American Crystallographic Association, USA, 1963.
D.R. Lide, (ed.) in Chemical Rubber Company handbook of chemistry and physics, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 77th edition, 1996.
J.W. Mellor in A comprehensive treatise on inorganic and theoretical chemistry, volumes 1-16, Longmans, London, UK, 1922-1937.
J.E. Macintyre (ed.) in Dictionary of inorganic compounds, volumes 1-3, Chapman & Hall, London, UK, 1992.