Tellurium oxide

Tellurium compounds: tellurium oxide

The tellurium in tellurium oxide formally is in the oxidation state 2.

Tellurium oxide

• Formula as often written: TeO
• Hill system formula: O₁Te₁
• CAS registry number: [13451-17-7]
• Formula weight: 143.599
• Class: oxide

Synonyms

• tellurium oxide
• tellurium(II) oxide

Physical properties

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

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in tellurium oxide

Element	%
O	11.14
Te	88.86

Synthesis

transient existence

Isotope pattern

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

Formula: Te₁O₁

mass  %
136   0.3 
137   0.0 
138   7.7 ____
139   2.7 _
140  14.2 _______
141  21.1 ___________
142  56.0 ____________________________
143   0.1 
144  93.7 _______________________________________________
145   0.0 
146 100.0 __________________________________________________
147   0.0 
148   0.2 

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.
• N.N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw in Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd edition, Butterworth, UK, 1997.
• F.A. Cotton, G. Wilkinson, C.A. Murillo, and M. Bochmann, in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
• A.F. Trotman-Dickenson, (ed.) in Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry, Pergamon, Oxford, UK, 1973.
• 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.

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Tellurium	Tellure
Tellur	Telluur
Tellurio	Teluro
Tellur	Telúrio