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Gadolinium compounds: digadolinium tritelluride

The gadolinium in digadolinium tritelluride formally is in the oxidation state 3.

Digadolinium tritelluride

Formula as often written: Gd₂Te₃
Hill system formula: Gd₂Te₃
CAS registry number: [12160-99-5]
Formula weight: 697.3
Class: telluride

Synonyms

digadolinium tritelluride
gadolinium(III) telluride
gadolinium telluride

Physical properties

Colour:
Appearance: crystalline solid
Melting point: 1255°C
Boiling point:
Density: 7700 kg m^-3

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in digadolinium tritelluride
Element	%
Gd	45.10
Te	54.90

Synthesis

Not available

Solid state structure

Geometry of gadolinium:
Prototypical structure: Untitled

Crystal structure of digadolinium tritelluride

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the Gd₂Te₃ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Gd₂Te₃

mass  %
677   0.0 
678   0.0 
679   0.0 
680   0.1 
681   0.2 
682   0.4 
683   0.8 
684   1.4 _
685   2.6 _
686   4.3 __
687   7.0 ____
688  10.9 _____
689  16.3 ________
690  23.4 ____________
691  32.2 ________________
692  42.9 _____________________
693  54.1 ___________________________
694  66.9 _________________________________
695  77.2 _______________________________________
696  88.8 ____________________________________________
697  92.8 ______________________________________________
698 100.0 __________________________________________________
699  91.9 ______________________________________________
700  95.9 ________________________________________________
701  72.0 ____________________________________
702  78.4 _______________________________________
703  41.5 _____________________
704  53.4 ___________________________
705  15.7 ________
706  28.6 ______________
707   2.9 _
708  10.5 _____
709   0.0 
710   2.1 _

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.
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