Tantalum telluride
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| Names | |
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| IUPAC name
tantalum(IV) telluride | |
| Other names
tantalum ditelluride tantalum telluride | |
| Identifiers | |
| 12067-66-2 | |
| EC number | 235-083-4 |
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| Jmol-3D images | Image |
| PubChem | 82911 |
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| Properties | |
| TaTe2 | |
| Molar mass | 436.145 g/mol |
| Density | 9.4 g/cm3 |
| Structure | |
| Crystal structure | Monoclinic, mS18 |
| Space group | C2/m, No. 12 |
| Except where noted otherwise, data is given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C (77 °F), 100 kPa) | |
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Tantalum telluride (TaTe2) 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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