Hg<sub>3</sub>(Te<sub>3</sub>O<sub>8</sub>)(SO<sub>4</sub>): a new sulfate tellurite with a novel structure and large birefringence explored from d<sup>10</sup> metal compounds
Pengfei Li, Chun‐Li Hu, Ya-Ping Gong, Fang Kong, Jiang‐Gao Mao
Abstract
Our exploration of novel inorganic solids with large birefringence in the d10 Metal-Te4+-SO42- system afforded four new sulfate tellurites, Ga2(TeO3)(SO4)(OH)2, In2(TeO3)2(SO4)(H2O), Zn4(Te3O7)2(SO4)2(H2O) and Hg3(Te3O8)(SO4). Notably, Hg3(Te3O8)(SO4) exhibits the largest birefringence at 532 nm (0.184) and 1064 nm (0.166) among the reported metal sulfate tellurites.
Topics & Concepts
SulfateChemistryMetalCrystallographyInorganic chemistryAnalytical Chemistry (journal)ChromatographyOrganic chemistryCrystal Structures and PropertiesSolid-state spectroscopy and crystallographyX-ray Diffraction in Crystallography