Ytterbium telluride

Ytterbium compounds: ytterbium telluride

The ytterbium in ytterbium telluride formally is in the oxidation state 2.

Ytterbium telluride

• Formula as often written: YbTe
• Hill system formula: Te₁Yb₁
• CAS registry number: [12125-58-5]
• Formula weight: 300.64
• Class: telluride

Synonyms

• ytterbium telluride
• ytterbium(II) telluride

Physical properties

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

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in ytterbium telluride

Element	%
Te	42.44
Yb	57.56

Synthesis

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Solid state structure

• Geometry of ytterbium:
• Prototypical structure: NaCl (rock salt)

Isotope pattern

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

Formula: Yb₁Te₁

mass  %
290   0.0 
291   0.1 
292   0.5 
293   2.1 _
294   4.5 __
295   7.7 ____
296  18.5 _________
297  26.9 _____________
298  41.1 _____________________
299  50.1 _________________________
300  73.5 _____________________________________
301  54.6 ___________________________
302 100.0 __________________________________________________
303  27.4 ______________
304  74.3 _____________________________________
305   0.0 
306  21.6 ___________

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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