A selenite fluoride is a chemical compound or salt that contains

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selenite Selenite may refer to: Substances containing selenium *A selenium-containing anion or ionic compound with the SeO32− anion: **Selenite (ion), anion is a selenium oxoanion with the chemical formula SeO32− ***Selenous acid, the conjugate acid, w ...

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tellurate In chemistry tellurate is a compound containing an oxyanion of tellurium where tellurium has an oxidation number of +6. In the naming of inorganic compounds it is a suffix that indicates a polyatomic anion with a central tellurium atom.

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Naming

A selenite fluoride compound may also be called a fluoride oxoselenate(IV) using IUPAC naming for inorganic compounds.

Production

Rare earth selenite fluorides can be produced by dissolving the rare earth selenate into molten lithium fluoride at over 800°C, whereupon the selenate loses oxygen to become selenite, and crystals of the selenite fluoride can form. Another similar method involves heating the rare earth oxide, with a rare earth fluoride and selenium dioxide with a caesium bromide flux. If glass or silica containers are used, they are eaten away by the molten flux and silicates are formed some of which may be fluoride selenite silicate compounds.

Related to these are the selenite chlorides and selenite bromides by varying the halogenide. Similar compounds by varying the chalcogen also include the sulfite fluorides and tellurite fluorides.

List

SHG= second harmonic generator

References

{{Fluorides Selenites Fluorides Mixed anion compounds