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Chromium compounds: dichromium tritelluride

The chromium in dichromium tritelluride formally is in the oxidation state 3.

Dichromium tritelluride

Formula as often written: Cr₂Te₃
Hill system formula: Cr₂Te₃
CAS registry number: [12053-39-3]
Formula weight: 486.792
Class: telluride

Synonyms

dichromium tritelluride
chromium(III) telluride
chromium telluride

Physical properties

Colour:
Appearance: crystalline solid
Melting point: 1300°C
Boiling point:
Density: 7000 kg m^-3

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in dichromium tritelluride
Element	%
Cr	21.36
Te	78.64

Synthesis

Not available

Solid state structure

Geometry of chromium:
Prototypical structure:

Crystal structure of dichromium tritelluride

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the Cr₂Te₃ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Cr₂Te₃

mass  %
470   0.0 
471   0.0 
472   0.1 
473   0.2 
474   0.6 
475   0.8 
476   2.1 _
477   2.8 _
478   6.3 ___
479   7.3 ____
480  15.8 ________
481  15.9 ________
482  32.6 ________________
483  28.3 ______________
484  56.0 ____________________________
485  40.6 ____________________
486  81.9 _________________________________________
487  42.2 _____________________
488 100.0 __________________________________________________
489  33.2 _________________
490  93.8 _______________________________________________
491  20.0 __________
492  59.6 ______________________________
493  12.5 ______
494  22.2 ___________
495   4.5 __
496   1.3 _
497   0.1 
498   0.0

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.
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.
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