Osmium ditelluride

Osmium compounds: osmium ditelluride

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

Osmium ditelluride

• Formula as often written: OsTe₂
• Hill system formula: Os₁Te₂
• CAS registry number: [12166-21-1]
• Formula weight: 445.43
• Class: telluride

Synonyms

• osmium ditelluride
• osmium(IV) telluride
• osmium telluride

Physical properties

• Colour:
• Appearance:
• Melting point:
• Boiling point:
• Density:

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in osmium ditelluride

Element	%
Os	42.71
Te	57.29

Synthesis

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Solid state structure

• Geometry of osmium: 6 coordinate: octahedral
• Prototypical structure:

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the OsTe₂ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Os₁Te₂

mass  %
430   0.0 
431   0.0 
432   0.1 
433   0.2 
434   0.6 
435   1.0 
436   2.7 _
437   3.8 __
438   8.4 ____
439  10.7 _____
440  21.9 ___________
441  22.0 ___________
442  43.4 ______________________
443  37.3 ___________________
444  70.3 ___________________________________
445  44.8 ______________________
446  92.6 ______________________________________________
447  33.9 _________________
448 100.0 __________________________________________________
449  11.1 ______
450  71.3 ____________________________________
451   0.0 
452  28.3 ______________

References

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

• R.T. Sanderson in Chemical Periodicity, Reinhold, New York, USA, 1960.
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• 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.
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• J.W. Mellor in A comprehensive treatise on inorganic and theoretical chemistry, volumes 1-16, Longmans, London, UK, 1922-1937.
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