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Lithium polonide

Lithium polonide is a chemical compound with the formula Li<sub>2</sub>Po. It is a polonide, a set of very chemically stable compounds of polonium.

Production

Lithium polonide may be produced from a redox reaction between aqueous polonium hydride and lithium metal or from an acid-base reaction of H<sub>2</sub>Po with strong lithium-containing bases:

H<sub>2</sub>Po + 2 Li → Li<sub>2</sub>Po + H<sub>2</sub>

It may also be produced by heating lithium and polonium together at 300–400 °C.

Crystal structure

Like sodium polonide, lithium polonide has the antifluorite structure.

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