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| Other names
Tellurium(II) oxide | |
| Identifiers | |
3D model (JSmol) |
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PubChem CID |
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CompTox Dashboard (EPA) |
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| Properties | |
| TeO | |
| Molar mass | 143.60 g/mol |
| Related compounds | |
Other cations |
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 decompositionoftellurium 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]
