Tantalum ditelluride
- Formula: TaTe2
 - Hill system formula: Ta1Te2
 - CAS registry number: [12067-66-2]
 - Formula weight: 436.148
 - Class: telluride
 - Colour:
 - Appearance: crystalline solid
 - Melting point:
 - Boiling point:
 - Density: 9400 kg m-3
 
The following are some synonyms of tantalum ditelluride:
- tantalum ditelluride
 - tantalum(IV) telluride
 - tantalum telluride
 
The oxidation number of tantalum in tantalum ditelluride is 4.
Synthesis
Not available
Element analysis
The table shows element percentages for TaTe2 (tantalum ditelluride).
| Element | % | 
|---|---|
| Ta | 41.49 | 
| Te | 58.51 | 
Isotope pattern for TaTe2
The chart below shows the calculated isotope pattern for the formula TaTe2 with the most intense ion set to 100%.
References
The data on these compounds pages are assembled and adapted from the primary literature and several other sources including the following.
- R.T. Sanderson in Chemical Periodicity, Reinhold, New York, USA, 1960.
 - N.N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw in Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd edition, Butterworth, UK, 1997.
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 - A.F. Trotman-Dickenson, (ed.) in Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry, Pergamon, Oxford, UK, 1973.
 - R.W.G. Wyckoff, in Crystal Structures, volume 1, Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, 1963.
 - A.R.West in Basic solid state chemistry Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
 - A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
 - J.D.H. Donnay, (ed.) in Crystal data determinative tables, ACA monograph number 5, American Crystallographic Association, USA, 1963.
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 - J.E. Macintyre (ed.) in Dictionary of inorganic compounds, volumes 1-3, Chapman & Hall, London, UK, 1992.
 
