Holmium(III) selenide is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Ho2Se3.
Preparation
Holmium(III) selenide can be obtained from the reaction of holmium and selenium (in the presence of iodine):
It can also be prepared by reacting holmium oxide and hydrogen selenide at high temperature.Guittard, Micheline; Benacerraf, A.; Flahaut, J. Selenides L2Se3 and L2Se4 of rare earth elements. Ann. Chim. (Paris), 1964. 9 (1-2): 25-34. CAN61: 38017.
Properties
Holmium(III) selenide can form orthorhombic AgHoSe2 in the binary system of silver selenide.Julien-Pouzol, M.; Guittard, M. Crystallochemical study of the ternary silver-rare earth-sulfur or selenium compounds situated along the silver chalcogenide-lanthanide(III) chalcogenide binary systems. Annales de Chimie (Paris, France), 1973. 8 (2): 139-145. .
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