Constituent WO2 | SSHADE

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Constituent

Name: WO2
Official name: Tungsten(IV) oxide

Family: covalent network solid
Class: tridimentional covalent network solid
Compound type: oxide

Constituent abundance in material

Relevance: main - major
Arrangement: single phase
Mass fraction: 1.0
Mole fraction: 1.0

Chemical composition

Formula: $WO_2$
Chemical formula: WO2
Elemental formula: W O2
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Mole fraction	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$W$	Tungsten	element	1	0.3333333333333333	1	constituent element	main
	$O$	Oxygen	element	2	0.6666666666666666	1	constituent element	main

Composition comments: probable presence of metal-metal W-W bonds

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number
	$\geq\mid W-W \mid\leq$	2
	$\geq\mid W-O$	6

Class: tridimensional covalent networks (11)
Type: one metal and one non-metal (or metalloid) tridimensional networks (11.04)

Phase name: Distorted rutile
Phase type: crystalline

Crystallography

Crystal system: monoclinic
Crystal class: prismatic
Crystal class symbol: 2/m (C2h)
Crystal spacegroup: P2(1)/c

Texture: polycrystalline

Physical properties

Molar mass: 215.839 $g/mol$
Density: 10.72 (25°C) $g/cm^3$

Optical properties

Refringence type: biaxial
Refringence sign: unknown
Color: golden braun, bronze
Diaphaneity: opaque
Luster: metallic