Mixed-anion compounds
Mixed-anion compounds, heteroanionic materials or mixed-anion materials are
Use in materials science
By having more than one anion, many more compounds can be made, and properties tuned to desirable values.[3] In terms of optics, properties include
Thermal properties can include
For electrical properties, electric conductivity,
Production
Many of the non-metals that could make mixed-anion compounds may have greatly varying volatilities. This makes it more difficult to combine the elements together. Compounds may be produced in a solid state reaction, by heating solids together, either in a vacuum or a gas. Common gases used include, oxygen, hydrogen, ammonia, chlorine, fluorine, hydrogen sulfide, or carbon disulfide.
Kinds
Elemental
- pnictochalcogenides
- oxybismuthides
- chalcohalides or chalcogenide halides[6]
- oxysulfides, oxyselenides
- oxyhydrides
- halopnictides
H | |||||||||||||||||
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B | BH | B | |||||||||||||||
C | CH |
CB | C | ||||||||||||||
N | NH |
NB | NC | N | |||||||||||||
O | OH | OB | OC | ON | O | ||||||||||||
F | FH |
FB | FC | FN |
FO | F | |||||||||||
Si | SiH | SiB | SiC | SiN | SiO | SiF | Si | ||||||||||
P | PH | PB | PC | PN | PO |
PF | PSi | P | |||||||||
S | SH | SB | SC | SN | SO | SF | SSi | SP | S | ||||||||
Cl | ClH | ClB | ClC | ClN |
ClO | ClF | ClSi | ClP |
ClS | Cl | |||||||
Ge | GeH | GeB | GeC | GeN | GeO | GeF | GeSi | GeP | GeS | GeCl | Ge | ||||||
As | AsH | AsB | AsC | AsN | AsO |
AsF | AsSi | AsP | AsS | AsCl | AsGe | As | |||||
Se | SeH |
SeB | SeC | SeN | SeO |
SeF | SeSi | SeP | SeS |
SeCl | SeGe | SeAs | Se | ||||
Br | BrH | BrB | BrC |
BrN | BrO | BrF | BrSi | BrP |
BrS | BrCl | BrGe | BrAs |
BrSe | Br | |||
Sb | SbH | SbB | SbC | SbN | SbO | SbF | SbSi | SbP | SbS | SbCl | SbGe | SbAs | SbSe | SbBr | Sb | ||
Te | TeH |
TeB | TeC | TeN | TeO | TeF | TeSi | TeP | TeS | TeCl | TeGe | TeAs |
TeSe | TeBr | TeSb | Te | |
I | IH | IB | IC |
IN |
IO | IF | ISi | IP |
IS | ICl | IGe | IAs |
ISe | IBr | ISb | ITe
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I |
Bi | BiH | BiB | BiC | BiN | BiO |
BiF | BiSi | BiP | BiS | BiCl | BiGe | BiAs | BiSe | BiBr | BiSb | BiTe | BiI |
Molecular anions
- borohydride-chloride[8]
- disulfide dithioorthovanadate[9]
Oxyanions
- carbonate fluorides, carbonate chlorides, carbonate bromides
- phosphates, including fluoride phosphates, chloride phosphate, phosphate molybdates, phosphate arsenates
- borates
- sulfide borates[6]
- borate carbonates, borate nitrates, borate sulfates, borate phosphates
- borate acetates
- Condensed borates: borosulfates, boroselenates, borotellurates, boroantimonates, borophosphates, boroselenites
- sulfates
- selenite fluorides
- iodate fluorides
- Silicates
Fluoroanions
Mixed valency and oligomers
Some elements can form several kinds of anions, and compounds may exist with more than one. Examples include the iodate periodates,[10] sulfite sulfates, selenate selenites, tellurite tellurates, nitrate nitrites, phosphate phosphites, and arsenate arsenites.
These kinds also include different oligomeric forms such as phosphates or fluorotitanates, such as [Ti4F20]4- and [TiF5]−.[11]