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
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- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1984). Chemistry of the Elements. Oxford: Pergamon Press. p. 899. ISBN 978-0-08-022057-4.