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Chalcogen vs Dichalcogenide - What's the difference?

chalcogen | dichalcogenide |

In inorganic chemistry terms the difference between chalcogen and dichalcogenide

is that chalcogen is any element of group 16 of the periodic table - oxygen, sulphur, selenium, tellurium and polonium while dichalcogenide is any chalcogenide containing two atoms of chalcogen per molecule or unit cell; any compound containing two different chalcogens.

chalcogen

English

(wikipedia chalcogen)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (inorganic chemistry) Any element of group 16 of the periodic table - oxygen, sulphur, selenium, tellurium and polonium.

    • Derived terms

    * chalcogenide

    dichalcogenide

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (inorganic chemistry) Any chalcogenide containing two atoms of chalcogen per molecule or unit cell; any compound containing two different chalcogens