A selenate selenite is a chemical compound or salt that contains
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 ...
and
selenate anion
An ion () is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge.
The charge of an electron is considered to be negative by convention and this charge is equal and opposite to the charge of a proton, which is considered to be positive by convent ...
s (SeO
32- and SeO
42-). These are
mixed anion compounds
Mixed anion compounds, heteroanionic materials or mixed anion materials are chemical compounds containing cations and more than one kind of anion. The compounds contain a single phase, rather than just a mixture.
Use in materials science
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. Some have third anions.
Naming
A selenate selenite compound may also be called a selenite selenate.
Production
One way to produce a selenate selenite compound is to evaporate a water solution of selenate and selenite compounds.
Properties
On heating, selenate selenites lose SeO
2 and O
2 and yield selenites, and ultimately metal oxides.
Related
Related to these are the
sulfate sulfites and
tellurate tellurites. They can be classed as mixed valent compounds.
List
References
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