碲化汞

碲化汞的化学式为HgTe，是由碲和汞元素组成的二元无机化合物。
制备
碲化汞可由相应的单质按化学计量比在高压容器内加热反应得到。产物可以在氮气流中升华提纯：
: Hg + Te —高温、高压→ HgTe

化学性质
Hg—Te键很弱，它的生成焓在−32kJ/mol左右，比碲化镉还要小。碲化汞容易被酸分解，如氢溴酸等。

参考资料

• Properties of mercury cadmium telluride, Ed. J. Brice and P. Capper, EMIS datareview, (INSPEC, IEE, London, UK, 1987).
• Properties of Narrow-Gap Cadmium-Based Compounds Ed. P. Capper (INSPEC, IEE, London, UK, 1994) ISBN 0-85296-880-9
• Tellurium and Tellurides, D. M. Chizhikov and V. P. Shchastlivyi, 1966, Nauka Publishing, Moscow
• Mercury selenide stoichiometry and phase relations in the mercury-selenium system, N. Z. Boctor and G. Kullerud, Journal of Solid State Chemistry Vol. 62, pp. 177–183 (1986)
• Total-energy study of the equation of state of HgTe and HgSe, Z. W. Lu, David Singh, and Henry Krakauer, Phys. Rev. B vol. 39, pp. 10154 (1989).
• Quantum Spin Hall Insulator State in HgTe Quantum Wells, M. Konig et al., Science 318 766 (2007).

拓展阅读

• [http://www.fiz-chemie.de/infotherm/html/molpages/03%5C06%5C/mol30632.html Thermophysical properties database] at Germany's Chemistry Information Centre, Berlin