Magnesium polonide explained

Magnesium polonide (MgPo) is a salt of magnesium and polonium. It is a polonide, a set of very chemically stable compounds of polonium.

Preparation

Magnesium polonide can be produced by heating a mixture of elemental magnesium and polonium at 300–400 °C.[1]

Structure

Magnesium polonide has the nickeline (NiAs) structure.[1] It is unusual among polonides in not being isomorphous with the corresponding sulfide, selenide and telluride; only mercury polonide (HgPo) shares this property.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Advances in Inorganic Chemistry and Radiochemistry . The Chemistry of Polonium . Bagnall . K. W. . 1962 . . New York . 9780120236046 . 197–230 .