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Lithium compounds: dilithium telluride

The lithium in dilithium telluride formally is in the oxidation state 1.

Dilithium telluride

Formula as often written: Li₂Te
Hill system formula: Li₂Te₁
CAS registry number: [12136-59-3]
Formula weight: 141.482
Class: telluride

Synonyms

dilithium telluride
lithium(I) telluride
lithium telluride

Physical properties

Colour: white
Appearance: crystalline solid
Melting point: 1204°C
Boiling point:
Density:

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in dilithium telluride
Element	%
Li	9.81
Te	90.19

Synthesis

One way to make lithium telluride is to react lithium metal in liquid ammonia with with contolled amounts of tellurium.

2Li(NH₃) + Te → Li₂Te

Solid state structure

Geometry of lithium: 4 coordinate: tetrahedral
Prototypical structure: Na2O (antifluorite)

Crystal structure of dilithium telluride

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the Li₂Te unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Li₂Te₁

mass  %
133   0.0 
134   0.3 
135   1.3 _
136   8.2 ____
137   5.1 ___
138  18.1 _________
139  30.2 _______________
140  56.7 ____________________________
141  15.2 ________
142  94.4 _______________________________________________
143  16.2 ________
144 100.0 __________________________________________________

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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A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
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