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Tantalum telluride

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Formula
  
TaTe2

Density
  
9.4 g/cm³

Molar mass
  
436.15 g/mol

Tantalum telluride

Tantalum telluride (TaTe2) is a chemical compound of tantalum and tellurium. It is unusual in that it forms dodecagonal chalcogenide quasicrystals, a formation that cannot occur in a normal crystal because it does not result in a periodic crystal lattice.

References

Tantalum telluride Wikipedia