Caesium telluride

Caesium telluride or Caesium telluridocaesium is an inorganic salt with a chemical formula Cs2Te. Caesium telluride is used to make photo cathodes.

Caesium telluride
Names
IUPAC name
Caesium telluridocaesium
Other names
Cesium telluride; dicaesium telluride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.032.137
EC Number
  • 235-364-1
PubChem CID
  • InChI=1S/2Cs.Te
    Key: LZDVDTNBLCLMGQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
  • [Cs] [Te] [Cs]
Properties
Cs2Te
Molar mass 393.4
Appearance Crystalline solid
Boiling point 395.717128
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Caesium telluride is the photoemissive material used in many laser-driven radio frequency (RF) electron guns like in the TESLA Test Facility (TTF).

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