Selenium oxidation number

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Selenium: selenium dioxide

Selenium dioxide is known by the following synonyms:

selenium dioxide
selenium(IV) oxide
selenium oxide

The oxidation number of selenium in selenium dioxide is 4.

Formula: SeO2
Hill system formula: O2Se1
CAS registry number: [7446-08-4]
Formula weight: 110.959
Class: oxide

Colour: white
Appearance: crystalline solid
Melting point: 340°C
Boiling point: 315°C
Density: 3950 kg m-3

Synthesis

Selenium(IV) dioxide is formed by the combustion of elemental selenium in a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen dioxide. The yield is about 80%. Selenium(IV) dioxide is a white crystalline material that melts at 340°C.

Solid state structure

Geometry of selenium:
Prototypical structure:

Element analysis

Element percentages in selenium dioxide

Element
28.84
Se	71.16

Isotope pattern for SeO2

THe chart below shows the calculated isotope pattern for the formula SeO2 with the most intense ion set to 100%.

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References

The data on these compounds pages are assembled and adapted from the primary literature and several other sources including the following.

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