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Zirconium compounds: zirconium ditelluride

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

Zirconium ditelluride

Formula as often written: ZrTe₂
Hill system formula: Te₂Zr₁
CAS registry number: [32321-65-6]
Formula weight: 346.424
Class: telluride

Synonyms

zirconium ditelluride
zirconium(IV) telluride
zirconium telluride

Physical properties

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in zirconium ditelluride
Element	%
Te	73.67
Zr	26.33

Synthesis

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Solid state structure

Geometry of zirconium:
Prototypical structure:

Crystal structure of zirconium ditelluride

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the ZrTe₂ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Zr₁Te₂

mass  %
332   0.0 
333   0.0 
334   0.2 
335   0.2 
336   1.0 
337   1.6 _
338   4.7 __
339   4.4 __
340  14.0 _______
341  13.5 _______
342  31.6 ________________
343  24.4 ____________
344  59.5 ______________________________
345  31.8 ________________
346  92.5 ______________________________________________
347  24.6 ____________
348 100.0 __________________________________________________
349  19.0 __________
350  78.2 _______________________________________
351   8.0 ____
352  35.5 __________________
353   0.0 
354  14.5 _______
355   0.0 
356   1.8 _

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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R.W.G. Wyckoff, in Crystal Structures, volume 1, Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, 1963.
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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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