Magnesium polonide
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Magnesium polonide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
  • InChI=1S/Mg.Po
    Key: BJTAGGSZNCQBON-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • [Mg].[Po]
Properties
MgPo
Molar mass 233.29 g/mol
Appearance greyish[1]
Density 6.7 g/cm3 (XRD)[2]
Structure[2]
NiAs, hP4, No. 194
P63/mmc
a = 0.4345 nm, b = 0.4345 nm, c = 0.7077 nm
2
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Magnesium polonide (MgPo) is a salt of magnesium and polonium. It is a polonide, a set of very chemically stable compounds of polonium.[3]

Preparation

Magnesium polonide can be produced by heating a mixture of elemental magnesium and polonium at 300–400 °C.[1]

Structure

Magnesium polonide has the nickeline (NiAs) structure.[1][3] It is unusual among polonides in not being isomorphous with the corresponding sulfide, selenide and telluride; only mercury polonide (HgPo) shares this property.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Bagnall, K. W. (1962). "The Chemistry of Polonium". Advances in Inorganic Chemistry and Radiochemistry. New York: Academic Press. pp. 197–230. ISBN 9780120236046.
  2. ^ a b c Witteman, W. G.; Giorgi, A. L.; Vier, D. T. (1960). "The Preparation and Identification of Some Intermetallic Compounds of Polonium". Journal of Physical Chemistry. 64 (4). American Chemical Society: 434–440. doi:10.1021/j100833a014. OSTI 4190680.
  3. ^ a b Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1984). Chemistry of the Elements. Oxford: Pergamon Press. p. 899. ISBN 978-0-08-022057-4.
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