Chemistry:Osmium diphosphide

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Osmium diphosphide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
Properties
OsP2
Molar mass 252.18 g·mol−1
Appearance black crystals
Density 9.33 g/cm3
insoluble
Related compounds
Related compounds
Platinum diphosphide
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Osmium diphosphide is a binary inorganic compound of osmium metal and phosphorus with the chemical formula OsP
2
.

Synthesis

Osmium diphosphide can be obtained by fusion of stoichiometric amounts of osmium and red phosphorus at 500-1000 °C:

2 Os + P
4
→ 2 OsP
2

Properties

Osmium diphosphide forms black crystals of orthorhombic crystal system with space group Pnnm.[1]

Uses

Osmium diphosphide can be used as a semiconductor.[2]

References

  1. "mp-2319: P2Os (orthorhombic, Pnnm, 58)". Materials Project. https://legacy.materialsproject.org/materials/mp-2319/. 
  2. Bugaris, Daniel E.; Malliakas, Christos D.; Shoemaker, Daniel P.; Do, Dat T.; Chung, Duck Young; Mahanti, Subhendra D.; Kanatzidis, Mercouri G. (15 September 2014). "Crystal Growth and Characterization of the Narrow-Band-Gap Semiconductors OsPn 2 (Pn = P, As, Sb)" (in en). Inorganic Chemistry 53 (18): 9959–9968. doi:10.1021/ic501733z. ISSN 0020-1669. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ic501733z. Retrieved 11 March 2024.