Silver telluride

Silver telluride
Names
	Other names Hessite
Identifiers
CAS Number	12002-99-2 ;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
ECHA InfoCard	100.031.277
PubChem CID	6914515;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID501045482 ;
	InChI InChI=1S/2Ag.Te Key: YRXWPCFZBSHSAU-UHFFFAOYSA-N;
	SMILES [Ag][Te][Ag];
Properties
Chemical formula	Ag2Te
Molar mass	341.3364 g/mol
Appearance	grey-black crystals
Density	8.318 g/cm3
Melting point	955 °C (1,751 °F; 1,228 K)
Refractive index (nD)	3.4
Structure
Crystal structure	Monoclinic, mP12
Space group	P21/c, No. 14
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Silver telluride (Ag₂Te) is a chemical compound, a telluride of silver, also known as disilver telluride or silver(I) telluride. It forms a monoclinic crystal. In a wider sense, silver telluride can be used to denote AgTe (silver(II) telluride, a metastable compound) or Ag₅Te₃.

Silver(I) telluride occurs naturally as the mineral hessite, whereas silver(II) telluride is known as empressite.

Silver telluride is a semiconductor which can be doped both n-type and p-type. Stoichiometric Ag₂Te has n-type conductivity. On heating silver is lost from the material.

Non-stoichiometric silver telluride has shown extraordinary magnetoresistance.