Lithium telluride

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| CASNo = 12136-59-3

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| SMILES = [Li][Te][Li]

| InChI = 1S/2Li.Te

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| Formula = |Li=2|Te=1

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| Appearance = Light grey or light yellow crystals

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| MeltingPt = 1204.5°C{{cite journal | last1=Cunningham | first1=P. T. | last2=Johnson | first2=S. A. | last3=Cairns | first3=E. J. | title=Phase Equilibria in Lithium-Chalcogen Systems | journal=Journal of the Electrochemical Society | publisher=The Electrochemical Society | volume=120 | issue=3 | year=1973 | issn=0013-4651 | doi=10.1149/1.2403448 | page=328}}

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| Structure_ref ={{cite journal|title=Gitterstruktur der Oxyde, Sulfide, Selenide und Telluride des Lithiums, Natriums und Kaliums|first1=E.|last1=Zintl|author-link1=Eduard Zintl|first2=A.|last2=Harder|first3=B.|last3=Dauth|trans-title=Crystal structure of the oxides, selenides and tellurides of lithium, sodium, and potassium|journal=Zeitschrift für Elektrochemie und angewandte physikalische Chemie|language=de|doi=10.1002/bbpc.19340400811|date=August 1934|volume=40|issue=8|page=588-593|s2cid=94213844 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bbpc.19340400811|url-access=subscription}}

| CrystalStruct = Calcium fluoride structure (cubic)

| SpaceGroup = Fm{{overline|3}}m

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| LattConst_a = 0.6517 nm

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| OtherAnions = Lithium oxide
Lithium sulfide
Lithium selenide
Lithium polonide

| OtherCations = Sodium telluride
Potasium telluride
Rubidium telluride
Caesium telluride

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Lithium telluride (Li₂Te) is an inorganic compound of lithium and tellurium. Along with LiTe₃, it is one of the two intermediate solid phases in the lithium-tellurium system.{{cite journal | last1=Songster | first1=J. | last2=Pelton | first2=A. D. | title=The li-te (lithium-tellurium) system | journal=Journal of Phase Equilibria | publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC | volume=13 | issue=3 | year=1992 | issn=1054-9714 | doi=10.1007/bf02667559 | pages=300–303| s2cid=97799347 }} It can be prepared by directly reacting lithium and tellurium in a beryllium oxide crucible at 950°C.{{cite journal | last1=Gruen | first1=D. M. | last2=McBeth | first2=R. L. | last3=Foster | first3=M. S. | last4=Crouthamel | first4=C. E. | title=Absorption Spectra of Alkali Metal Tellurides and of Elemental Tellurium in Molten Alkali Halides | journal=The Journal of Physical Chemistry | publisher=American Chemical Society (ACS) | volume=70 | issue=2 | year=1966 | issn=0022-3654 | doi=10.1021/j100874a024 | pages=472–477}}