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Preferred IUPAC name
Magnesium polonide
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| Molar mass | 233.29 g/mol |
| Appearance | greyish |
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Magnesium polonide (MgPo) is a salt of magnesium and polonium. It is a polonide, a set of very chemically stable compounds of polonium.
Magnesium polonide may be produced by heating elemental magnesium and polonium together at 300–400 °C.
Magnesium polonide has the nickeline (NiAs) structure with lattice parameters a = 434.5 pm and c = 707.7 pm. It is unusual among polonides in not being isomorphous with the corresponding sulfide, selenide and telluride; only mercury polonide (HgPo) shares this property.