Molar mass 222.86 g/mol | Appearance greyish | |
Lithium polonide is a chemical compound with the formula Li2Po. It is a polonide, a set of very chemically stable compounds of polonium.
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Production
Lithium polonide may be produced from a redox reaction between aqueous hydrogen polonide and lithium metal or from an acid-base reaction of H2Po with strong lithium-containing bases:
H2Po + 2 Li → Li2Po + H2It may also be produced by heating lithium and polonium together at 300–400 °C.
Crystal structure
Like sodium polonide, lithium polonide has the antifluorite structure.
References
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