:Polonium monoxide
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| ImageFile = File:Polonium_monoxide.png
| SystematicName = Polonium monoxide
|Section1 = {{Chembox Identifiers
| StdInChI = 1S/O.Po/q-2;+2
| SMILES = [Po+2].[O-2]
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|Section2 = {{Chembox Properties
| Formula = PoO
| MolarMass = 224.98 g/mol
| Appearance = black solid{{Holleman&Wiberg|page=594}}{{cite book |title=Advances in Inorganic Chemistry and Radiochemistry |chapter=The Chemistry of Polonium |last1=Bagnall |first1=K. W. |year=1962 |publisher=Academic Press |location=New York |isbn=9780120236046 |pages=197–230 |accessdate=June 15, 2012 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8qePsa3V8GQC}}
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Polonium monoxide (also known as polonium(II) oxide) is a chemical compound with the formula {{chem2|PoO|auto=yes}}. It is one of three oxides of polonium, the other two being polonium dioxide ({{chem2|PoO2}}) and polonium trioxide ({{chem2|PoO3}}). It is an interchalcogen.
Appearance and preparation
Polonium monoxide is a black solid. It is formed during the radiolysis of polonium sulfite ({{chem2|PoSO3}}) and polonium selenite ({{chem2|PoSeO3}}).
Chemistry
On contact with oxygen or water, both polonium monoxide and its related hydroxide (polonium(II) hydroxide, {{chem2|Po(OH)2}}) are oxidized quickly to polonium dioxide.
References
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