Polonium dioxide

Polonium dioxide (also known as polonium(IV) oxide) is a chemical compound with the formula PoO2. It is one of three oxides of polonium, the other two being polonium monoxide (PoO) and polonium trioxide (PoO3). It is a pale yellow crystalline solid at room temperature. Under lowered pressure (such as a vacuum), it decomposes into elemental polonium and oxygen at 500 °C. It is the most stable oxide of polonium and is an interchalcogen.

Polonium dioxide

Unit cell of cubic polonium dioxide (white = Po, yellow = O)
Names
Systematic IUPAC name
Polonium dioxide
Identifiers
ChemSpider
UNII
Properties
PoO2
Molar mass 240.98 g/mol
Appearance pale yellow crystalline solid
Density 8.9 g/cm3
Melting point 500 °C (932 °F; 773 K) (decomposes)
sublimes at 885 °C (under oxygen)
Structure
fluorite, Pearson symbol cF12
Fm3m (No 225)
a = 0.5637 nm
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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