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Platinum compounds: platinum ditelluride

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

Platinum ditelluride

Formula as often written: PtTe₂
Hill system formula: Pt₁Te₂
CAS registry number: [12038-29-8]
Formula weight: 450.278
Class: telluride

Synonyms

platinum ditelluride
platinum(IV) telluride
platinum telluride

Physical properties

Colour: grey
Appearance: crysyalline solid
Melting point: 1200°C
Boiling point:
Density:

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in platinum ditelluride
Element	%
Pt	43.32
Te	56.68

Synthesis

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Solid state structure

Geometry of platinum:
Prototypical structure: CdI2

Crystal structure of platinum ditelluride

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the PtTe₂ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Pt₁Te₂

mass  %
436   0.0 
437   0.0 
438   0.2 
439   0.4 
440   1.1 _
441   2.0 _
442   5.2 ___
443   6.9 ___
444  15.2 ________
445  19.9 __________
446  36.6 __________________
447  39.1 ____________________
448  66.8 _________________________________
449  59.1 ______________________________
450  98.4 _________________________________________________
451  66.4 _________________________________
452 100.0 __________________________________________________
453  54.1 ___________________________
454  77.2 _______________________________________
455  27.5 ______________
456  31.6 ________________
457   0.0 
458   5.9 ___

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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