woelen
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Chemistry of selenium, not the well-known stuff...
I have done some experimenting with the element selenium and have written a webpage about this. The reactions are quite interesting, but I could not
find any literature, explaining what I observe. I have given my own explanation.
Comments on the explanation are welcome. If it can be backed up with literature that would be nice, if there are errors in it, then I also would like
to know so that it can be corrected.
Here follows the webpage:
http://woelen.homescience.net/science/chem/exps/se_chemistry...
I think that even without explanation this is quite interesting on its own.
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Jor
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Good to see a new webpage again.
This is a very interesting one, this is the chemistry I like!
I wonder what tellurium would do, when used instead of selenium. I might try it myself, as I have all the needed materials.
I would be very wary when performing experiments where H2Se might evolve. That stuff is mch more toxic than phosgene, HCN or even arsine!!!
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chemrox
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Have you looked at the symmetry aspects of these results? My inorganic, such as it was, was based on group theory.
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woelen
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@Jor: I also tried with Te, but that does not work. Te does not dissolve in solutions of Na2S, not even on strong boiling. I'll modify the website,
making a remark that this does not work for Te.
@chemrox: I do see the similarities of some of my results, but how should I relate this to group theory? Deeper insights are always welcome.
EDIT: Webpage is modified, a remark about the non-reactivity of tellurium is added at the end of the page.
[Edited on 10-11-08 by woelen]
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I think it would come handy to look at
Greenwood, N. N.; Earnshaw, A. Chemical Elements; 2nd edition
I remember it had a nice section about sulfur and selenium chemistry
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