The extractive separation of tellurium (IV) from hydrochloric acid media with tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP) in kerosene was investigated. The dependence on the extraction of tellurium species, concentrations of tellurium and TBP, extraction time and stage, organic/aqueous ratio, and interferences from coexist metallic ions were examined and are discussed. Besides, the stripping agent and strippin...

IV-VI semiconductor quaternary alloys lattice matched with BaF2 substrates have been grown by liquid phase ,epitaxy. X-ray diffraction analysis shows that liquid (Pbl-,~Sn,L)0.99(Sel--YLTe~L)0.01 solutions produce Pbt -+Sn,,Ser -rsTey, alloys lattice matched with the substrate when yL=60%, SS%, and 57%, and x,=20%, 40%, and 60%, respectively. These data, which can be used to fabricate lattice-m...

The chemistry of the chalcogen azides has been well investigated in the last years [1]. Among the various possible oxidation states of the chalcogens, selenium(IV) and tellurium(IV) possess the highest stability, and the ionic chalcogen(IV) azides [R3Te]N3 and [R3Se]N3 have been described and thoroughly characterized recently [2, 3]. In addition, the first telluronium, selenonium and sulfonium ...

A Simple, rapid and sensitive method has been developed for determination of trances of tellurium (VI) (0.096-1.250 mg/mL) based on its catalytic effect on the reduction reaction of toluidine blue by sulfide ion at pH 4. The reaction is monitored spectrophotometrically by measuring the decrease in absorbance of the dyestuff at 628 nm by the fixed time method. The detection...

The title compound, C4H8O4Te, crystallized from a solution of Te(4+) in ethyl-ene glycol. The Te(IV) atom is in a distorted seesaw coordination defined by four O atoms from two different ethyl-eneglycate ligands. The C atoms of the ethyl-eneglycate ligands are disorderd over two positions, with population parameters of 50.3 (6) and 49.7 (6)% indicating a statistical distribution. Due to the pos...

AIMS Tellurium-based devices, such as photovoltaic (PV) modules and thermoelectric generators, are expected to play an increasing role in renewable energy technologies. Tellurium, however, is one of the scarcest elements in the earth's crust, and current production and recycling methods are inefficient and use toxic chemicals. This study demonstrates an alternative, bacterially mediated telluri...

the six elements commonly known as metalloids are boron, silicon, germanium, arsenic, antimony, and tellurium. metalloid containing compounds have been used as antiprotozoal drugs. boron-based drugs, the benzoxaboroles have been exploited as potential treatments for neglected tropical diseases. arsenic has been used as a medicinal agent and arsphenamine was the main drug used to treat syphilis....

The polyhedral building blocks of the layered inorganic network in the mixed-valence title compound, (NH4)(V(IV)O2)(V(V)O2)(TeO3), are vertex-sharing V(V)O4 tetra-hedra, distorted V(IV)O6 octa-hedra and TeO3 pyramids, which are linked by V-O-V and V-O-Te bonds, forming double layers lying parallel to (100). The presumed Te(IV) lone-pairs of electrons appear to be directed inwards into cavities ...