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Other names
Tellurium(II) oxide
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3D model (
JSmol)
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ChemSpider | |
PubChem
CID
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UNII | |
CompTox Dashboard (
EPA)
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Properties | |
TeO | |
Molar mass | 143.60 g/mol |
Related compounds | |
Other
cations
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Sulfur monoxide Polonium monoxide |
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. [2] Previous work that claimed the existence of TeO solid has not been substantiated. [3] The coating on DVDs called tellurium suboxide may be a mixture of tellurium dioxide and tellurium metal. [4]
Tellurium monoxide was first reported in 1883 by E. Divers and M. Shimose. [5] It was supposedly created by the thermal decomposition of tellurium sulfoxide in a vacuum,[ citation needed] and was shown to react with hydrogen chloride in a 1913 report. [6] Later work has not substantiated the claim that this was a pure solid compound. [2] By 1984, the company Panasonic was working on an erasable optical disk drive containing "tellurium monoxide" (really a mixture of Te and TeO2). [7]