C-type Yb2Te3O9

Abstract

The title compound, diytterbium enneaoxidotritellurate(IV), was obtained in its C-type crystal structure from the binary oxides at 1073 K using a CsCl flux. It crystallizes isotypically with C-type Tm₂Te₃O₉ and Lu₂Te₃O₉, closing this gap of knowledge.

Keywords: crystal structure; lanthanoids; oxidotellurates(IV); ytterbium.