Lithium polonide is a
chemical compound
A chemical compound is a chemical substance composed of many identical molecules (or molecular entities) containing atoms from more than one chemical element held together by chemical bonds. A molecule consisting of atoms of only one ele ...
with the formula
Li2 Po. It is a
polonide
A polonide is a chemical compound of the radioactive element polonium with any element less electronegative than polonium. Polonides are usually prepared by a direct reaction between the elements at temperatures of around 300–400 °C... They a ...
, a set of very chemically stable compounds of polonium.
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Production
Lithium polonide may be produced from a
redox reaction
Redox (reduction–oxidation, , ) is a type of chemical reaction in which the oxidation states of substrate change. Oxidation is the loss of electrons or an increase in the oxidation state, while reduction is the gain of electrons or a de ...
between aqueous
hydrogen polonide and
lithium
Lithium (from el, λίθος, lithos, lit=stone) is a chemical element with the symbol Li and atomic number 3. It is a soft, silvery-white alkali metal. Under standard conditions, it is the least dense metal and the least dense solid ...
metal
[ or from an acid-base reaction of H2Po with strong lithium-containing bases:
:H2Po + 2 Li → Li2Po + H2
It may also be produced by heating lithium and polonium together at 300–400 °C.][
]
Crystal structure
Like sodium polonide
Sodium polonide is a radioactive chemical compound with the formula Na2 Po. This salt is a polonide, a set of very chemically stable compounds of polonium.. Due to the difference in electronegativity (ΔEN) between sodium and polonium (≈ 1.1 ...
, lithium polonide has the antifluorite structure.[
]
References
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Lithium compounds
Polonides
Fluorite crystal structure