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Antimony compounds: diantimony tritelluride

The antimony in diantimony tritelluride formally is in the oxidation state 3.

Diantimony tritelluride

Formula as often written: Sb₂Te₃
Hill system formula: Sb₂Te₃
CAS registry number: [1327-50-0]
Formula weight: 626.32
Class: telluride

Synonyms

diantimony tritelluride
antimony(III) telluride
antimony telluride

Physical properties

Colour: gray
Appearance: crystalline solid
Melting point: 620°C
Boiling point:
Density: 6520 kg m^-3

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in diantimony tritelluride
Element	%
Sb	38.88
Te	61.12

Synthesis

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Solid state structure

Geometry of antimony:
Prototypical structure:

Crystal structure of diantimony tritelluride

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the Sb₂Te₃ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Sb₂Te₃

mass  %
608   0.0 
609   0.0 
610   0.0 
611   0.1 
612   0.2 
613   0.3 
614   0.9 
615   1.1 _
616   2.9 _
617   3.3 __
618   8.0 ____
619   8.0 ____
620  18.7 _________
621  15.7 ________
622  36.3 __________________
623  25.3 _____________
624  59.7 ______________________________
625  30.8 _______________
626  84.7 __________________________________________
627  25.9 _____________
628 100.0 __________________________________________________
629  12.9 ______
630  91.3 ______________________________________________
631   2.7 _
632  59.2 ______________________________
633   0.0 
634  23.8 ____________
635   0.0 
636   4.3 __

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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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.
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