Sulfur elemental tellurium

Nickel—Iron and Cobalt—Iron Alloys. Selenium improves the machinabifity of Ni—Ee and Co—Ee alloys which are used for electrical appfications. Neither sulfur nor tellurium are usefiil additives because these elements cause hot britdeness. The addition of 0.4—0.5% selenium promotes a columnar crystal stmcture on solidification, doubling the coercive force of cobalt—iron-titanium alloy permanent magnets produced with an equiaxial grain stmcture. 

Although it is only slowly oxidized in moist air at ambient temperature, cadmium forms a fume of brown-colored cadmium oxide [1306-19-0] CdO, when heated in air. Other elements which react readily with cadmium metal upon heating include the halogens, phosphoms, selenium, sulfur, and tellurium. The standard reduction potential for the reaction... 

The magnetic criterion is particularly valuable because it provides a basis for differentiating sharply between essentially ionic and essentially electron-pair bonds Experimental data have as yet been obtained for only a few of the interesting compounds, but these indicate that oxides and fluorides of most metals are ionic. Electron-pair bonds are formed by most of the transition elements with sulfur, selenium, tellurium, phosphorus, arsenic and antimony, as in the sulfide minerals (pyrite, molybdenite, skutterudite, etc.). The halogens other than fluorine form electron-pair bonds with metals of the palladium and platinum groups and sometimes, but not always, with iron-group metals. 

In the anion electrochemical series, sulfur, being the less noble element compared to its heavier congeners, occupies an intermediate position between iodine and selenium [(+)F, Cl, Br, I, S, Se, Te(-)]. Selenium, regarded as a metalloid, is a relatively noble element. Tellurium is rather an amphoteric element it can enter into solution in the form of both cations and anions. Regarded as a metal, i.e., with respect to its cations, tellurium occupies a position between copper and mercury. Regarded as a metalloid, i.e., with respect to its anions, it is located on the extreme right of the above series. 

Reactivity toward White Phosphorus, Elemental Sulfur, and Tellurium... 

The oxidation of the phosphasilenes 12a and 15a with elemental sulfur and tellurium led the corresponding chalcogen heterocycles 23 (Eqs. 7,... 

The latter do not yield l,3-dichalcogen-2,4-phosphasilacyclobutanes if they are treated with excess elemental sulfur and tellurium. Compound 23a has been characterized by its 31P-NMR spectrum, which shows a singlet signal at 8 = -126.0, and by l25Te satellites with /(P,Te) = 222 Hz. The composition of 23b,c was proved by mass spectrometry and their... 

Reaction of germylenes with elemental chalcogens (sulfur, selenium, tellurium) also allowed the synthesis of stable >Ge = E species. This was first exemplified by the isolation of terminal chalcogenido complexes of germanium 170152 and 171-173153 (Scheme 34). Stabilization in these cases is achieved by intramolecular complexation of the metal atom by Lewis bases. 

The element combines with many nonmetals upon heating, forming its binary salts. It combines with halogens when heated, forming the corresponding halides. Heating with phosphorus, sulfur, and tellurium produces phosphide, CdsP2 sulfide, CdS and teUuride, CdTe salts, respectively. 

Tellurium metal, its alloys, minerals or the teUurides may be dissolved in warm concentrated sulfuric acid or cold fuming sulfuric acid to form a red color, the intensity of which is proportional to the tellurium content in the substance. When this red solution is poured into water, black elemental tellurium metal precipitates out of solution. Oxidized tellurium does not respond to this test. 

Toxicity Variable. The hydrides of phosphorus, arsenic, sulfur, selenium, tellurium and boron which are highly toxic, produce local irritation and destroy red blood cells. They are particularly dangerous because of their volatility and ease of entry into the body. The hydrides of the alkali metals, alkaline earths, aluminum, zirconium and titanium react with moisture to evolve hydrogen and leave behind the hydroxide of the metallic element. This hydroxide is usually caustic. See also sodium hydroxide... 

Sulfur, selenium, tellurium and polonium constitute the heavier elements of group VIB of the periodic table and are sometimes referred to as the chalcogens, chalcogenins, chalcogenides or chalconides. Developments in the understanding and interest in the chemistry of these elements have been reviewed at appropriate intervals during the past 20 years.1-8... 

Sulfur, Selenium, Tellurium and Polonium Table 1 Compounds of Group VI Elements and their Stereochemistries... 

The group 6A elements are oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium, and polonium. As shown in Table 19.7, their properties exhibit the usual periodic trends. Both oxygen and sulfur are typical nonmetals. Selenium and tellurium are primarily non-metallic in character, though the most stable allotrope of selenium, gray selenium, is a lustrous semiconducting solid. Tellurium is also a semiconductor and is usually classified as a semimetal. Polonium, a radioactive element that occurs in trace amounts in uranium ores, is a silvery white metal. 

Elemental tellurium and bis[di-t-butylphosphano]sulfur diimide in tetrahydrofuran at — 20° produced a dark-brown compound that quickly deposited tellurium from a solution at room temperature. Data from field-desorption mass spectrometry and 31P-NMR spectroscopy suggest an eight-membered ring with a tritelluro group as the structure for this brown compound2. 

The reaction of elemental tellurium with cesium 3-cow io-3-cobaltabis[decahydro-l,2-dicarba-c/o.vo-dodecaborate] in acetic anhydride/sulfuric acid and the methylation of the resulting product with dimethyl sulfate produced 8,8 -methylielluro-3-commo-3-cobaltabis[l,2-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane in low yield3. 

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