Strontium telluride

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Crystal structure
Structural formula of strontium telluride
__ Sr 2+      __ Te 2−
General
Surname Strontium telluride
Ratio formula SrTe
Brief description

white solid

External identifiers / databases
CAS number 12040-08-3
EC number 234-915-3
ECHA InfoCard 100,031,729
PubChem 82874
Wikidata Q2357050
properties
Molar mass 215.22 g mol −1
Physical state

firmly

density

4.83 g cm −3

Melting point

1490 ° C

Refractive index

2.408

safety instructions
GHS hazard labeling
no classification available
As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions . Refractive index: Na-D line , 20 ° C

Strontium telluride is an inorganic chemical compound of strontium from the group of tellurides .

properties

Strontium telluride is a white solid. It has a cubic crystal structure with the space group Fm 3 m (space group no. 225) . At 10.9 GPa there is a phase transition to a CsCl structure with the space group Pm 3 m (No. 221) . Template: room group / 225Template: room group / 221

use

Strontium telluride can be used to make highly effective thermocouples .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f Roger Blachnik (Ed.): Pocket book for chemists and physicists . Volume III: Elements, Inorganic Compounds and Materials, Minerals . founded by Jean d'Ans, Ellen Lax. 4th, revised and revised edition. Springer, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-540-60035-3 , pp. 752 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  2. This substance has either not yet been classified with regard to its hazardousness or a reliable and citable source has not yet been found.
  3. L. Shi, Y. Duan, X. Yang, L. Qin: Structural stabilities, electronic, elastic and optical properties of SrTe under pressure: A first-principles study. In: Physica B: Condensed Matter. 406, No. 2, 2011, pp. 181-186, doi: 10.1016 / j.physb.2010.10.038
  4. Jan Oliver Löfken: Record material for more electricity from hot exhaust gases . Wissenschaft aktuell, September 20, 2012. According to Kanishka Biswas et al: High-performance bulk thermoelectrics with all-scale hierarchical architectures . In: Nature . tape 489 , no. 7416 , September 20, 2012, p. 414-418 , doi : 10.1038 / nature11439 .