Thallium(III) oxide

Thallium(III) oxide
Thallium(III) oxide
Names
Other names
thallium trioxide, thallium sesquioxide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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EC Number
  • 215-229-3
UNII
  • InChI=1S/3O.2Tl/q3*-2;2*+3 checkY
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  • [O-2].[O-2].[O-2].[Tl+3].[Tl+3]
Properties[1]
Tl2O3
Molar mass 456.76 g/mol
Appearance dark brown solid
Density 10.19 g/cm3, solid (22 °C)
Melting point 717 °C (1,323 °F; 990 K)
Boiling point 875 °C (1,607 °F; 1,148 K) (decomposes)
insoluble
+76.0·10−6 cm3/mol
Structure
Cubic, (Bixbyite) cI80[2]
Ia3 (No. 206)
Hazards
GHS labelling:[3]
GHS06: ToxicGHS08: Health hazardGHS09: Environmental hazard
Danger
H300+H330, H373, H411
P273, P301+P310+P330, P304+P340+P310, P314
NFPA 704 (fire diamond)
NFPA 704 four-colored diamondHealth 4: Very short exposure could cause death or major residual injury. E.g. VX gasFlammability 0: Will not burn. E.g. waterInstability 0: Normally stable, even under fire exposure conditions, and is not reactive with water. E.g. liquid nitrogenSpecial hazards (white): no code
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Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC):
44 mg/kg (oral, rat)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Thallium(III) oxide, also known as thallic oxide, is a chemical compound of thallium and oxygen. It occurs in nature as the rare mineral avicennite.[4] Its structure is related to that of Mn2O3 which has a bixbyite like structure. Tl2O3 is metallic with high conductivity and is a degenerate n-type semiconductor which may have potential use in solar cells.[5] A method of producing Tl2O3 by MOCVD is known.[6] Any practical use of thallium(III) oxide will always have to take account of thallium's poisonous nature. Contact with moisture and acids may form poisonous thallium compounds.

  1. ^ Weast, Robert C., ed. (1981). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (62nd ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. p. B156. ISBN 0-8493-0462-8..
  2. ^ Otto H.H.; Baltrasch R.; Brandt H.J. (1993). "Further evidence for Tl3+ in Tl-based superconductors from improved bond strength parameters involving new structural data of cubic Tl2O3". Physica C. 215 (1–2): 205. doi:10.1016/0921-4534(93)90382-Z.
  3. ^ GHS: Sigma-Aldrich 204617
  4. ^ http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/avicennite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy
  5. ^ Phillips R. J.; Shane M. J.; Switzer J. A. (1989). "Electrochemical and photoelectrochemical deposition of Thallium(III) Oxide thin films". Journal of Materials Research. 4 (4): 923. Bibcode:1989JMatR...4..923P. doi:10.1557/JMR.1989.0923. S2CID 96808351.
  6. ^ D. Berry; R. T. Holm; R. L. Mowery; N. H. Turner & M. Fatemi (1991). "Thallium(III) Oxide by Organometallic Chemical Vapor Deposition". Chemistry of Materials. 3 (1): 72–77. doi:10.1021/cm00013a019.