Chemistry:Lithium telluride

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Lithium telluride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
EC Number
  • 235-229-7
Properties
Li2Te
Molar mass 141.48 g·mol−1
Appearance Light grey or light yellow crystals[1]
Melting point 1204.5°C[1]
Structure
Calcium fluoride structure (cubic)
Fm3m
a = 0.6517 nm
Related compounds
Other anions
Lithium oxide
Lithium sulfide
Lithium selenide
Lithium polonide
Other cations
Sodium telluride
Potasium telluride
Rubidium telluride
Caesium telluride
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Lithium telluride (Li2Te) is an inorganic compound of lithium and tellurium. Along with LiTe3, it is one of the two intermediate solid phases in the lithium-tellurium system.[2] It can be prepared by directly reacting lithium and tellurium in a beryllium oxide crucible at 950°C.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cunningham, P. T.; Johnson, S. A.; Cairns, E. J. (1973). "Phase Equilibria in Lithium-Chalcogen Systems". Journal of the Electrochemical Society (The Electrochemical Society) 120 (3): 328. doi:10.1149/1.2403448. ISSN 0013-4651. 
  2. Songster, J.; Pelton, A. D. (1992). "The li-te (lithium-tellurium) system". Journal of Phase Equilibria (Springer Science and Business Media LLC) 13 (3): 300–303. doi:10.1007/bf02667559. ISSN 1054-9714. 
  3. Gruen, D. M.; McBeth, R. L.; Foster, M. S.; Crouthamel, C. E. (1966). "Absorption Spectra of Alkali Metal Tellurides and of Elemental Tellurium in Molten Alkali Halides". The Journal of Physical Chemistry (American Chemical Society (ACS)) 70 (2): 472–477. doi:10.1021/j100874a024. ISSN 0022-3654.