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Tellurium monoxide

Tellurium monoxide
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Names
Other names
Tellurium(II) oxide
Identifiers
  • [1] 13451-17-7
Properties
TeO
Molar mass 143.60 g/mol
Related compounds
Other cations
Sulfur monoxide
Polonium monoxide
Related tellurium oxides
Tellurium dioxide
Tellurium trioxide
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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The diatomic molecule tellurium monoxide has been found as a transient species. Previous work that claimed the existence of TeO solid has not been substantiated. The coating on DVDs called tellurium suboxide may be a mixture of tellurium dioxide and tellurium metal.

Tellurium monoxide was first reported in 1883 by E. Divers and M. Shimose. It was supposedly created by the heat decomposition of tellurium sulfoxide in a vacuum, and was shown to react with hydrogen chloride in a 1913 report. Later work has not substantiated the claim that this was a pure solid compound. By 1984, the company Panasonic was working on an erasable optical disk drive containing "tellurium monoxide" (really a mixture of Te and TeO2).


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