Caesium telluride
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| IUPAC name
Caesium telluridocaesium | |
| Other names
Cesium telluride; dicaesium telluride | |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.032.137 |
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| 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).
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Caesium telluride or Caesium telluridocaesium is an inorganic salt with a chemical formula Cs2Te. Caesium telluride is used to make photo cathodes.
Caesium telluride is the photoemissive material used in many laser-driven radio frequency (RF) electron guns like in the TESLA Test Facility (TTF).