Chemistry:Lithium tritelluride
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| LiTe3 | |
| Molar mass | 389.74 g·mol−1 |
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lithium telluride |
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Lithium tritelluride is an intercalary compound of lithium and tellurium with empirical formula LiTe3. It is one of three known members of the Li-Te system, the others being the raw metals and lithium telluride (Li2Te).
LiTe3 was first discovered in 1969 by researchers at the US Atomic Energy Commission.[1] Research into the compound has been primarily driven by the possibility of using molten tellurium salts to cool a nuclear reactor.[2][3]
Lithium tritelluride can be synthesized by heating a mixture of the appropriate stoichiometry. It is unstable below 304 °C; if left below that temperature, it will decompose, releasing tellurium vapor.[2][3]
Structurally, lithium tritelluride is composed of parallel graphene-like planes of tellurium. Atoms in these planes are aligned to form "vertical" columns of tellurium; the lithium ions then form columns running through the center of each tellurium hexagon.[4]
References
- ↑ Template:Cite tech report, as cited in Valentine, Cavin & Yakel 1977.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hitch, B. F.; Toth, L. M.; Brynestad, J. (1978). "The Decomposition Equilibrium of LiTe3". J. Inorg. Nucl. Chem. (Great Britain: Pergamon Press) 40: 31–34. doi:10.1016/0022-1902(78)80301-7. See also Cunningham, P. T.; Johnson, S. A.; Cairns, E. J. (March 1973). "Phase Equilibria in Chalcogen Systems III: Lithium-Tellurium". J. Electrochem. Soc. (The Electrochemical Society) 120: 328. doi:10.1149/1.2403448. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/1.2403448/pdf.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sangster, J.; Pelton, A. D. (1992). "The Li-Te (Lithium-Tellurium) System". Journal of Phase Equilibria (Springer) 13 (3): 300–303. doi:10.1007/BF02667559.
- ↑ Valentine, Diane Y.; Cavin, O. Burl; Yakel, Harry L. (1977). "On the Crystal Structure of LiTe3". Acta Crystallogr. (Wiley) B33 (5): 1389–1396. doi:10.1107/S0567740877006141.
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