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THE formation of a white solid which accompanies the main product tellurium hexafluoride when fluorine is passed over tellurium has often been noticed but its composition has not been settled (Moissan1, Prideaux2). Yost and Claussen3 showed that the same or a similar substance is formed by heating the hexafluoride with tellurium in sealed glass tubes, but they were unable to identify the product, which they state is probably the difluoride, TeF2.
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Moissan, Ann. Chim. Phys., 24 (6), 239 (1891).
Prideaux, J. Chem. Soc., 89, 320 (1906).
Yost and Claussen, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 55, 885 (1933).
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HARTLEY, G., HENRY, T. & WHYTLAW-GRAY, R. Tellurium Tetrafluoride. Nature 142, 952 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142952a0
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