Tantalum telluride

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Tantalum telluride
Systematic name tantalum(IV) telluride
Other names tantalum ditelluride
tantalum telluride
Molecular formula TaTe2
Molar mass 436.15 g/mol
CAS number [12067-66-2]
Density 9.4 g/cm3
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Tantalum telluride is a chemical compound of tantalum and tellurium. It is unusual in that it forms dodecagonal chalcogenide quasicrystals, a formation that cannot occur in a normal crystal because it does not result in a periodic crystal lattice.

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