Terbium monoselenide is an inorganic compound, with the chemical formula of TbSe. It is one of the selenides of terbium.Pribyl'skaya, N. Yu.; Orlova, I. G.; Shkabura, O. N.; Eliseev, A. A. Synthesis and study of the physicochemical properties of terbium selenides. Zhurnal Neorganicheskoi Khimii, 1985. 30 (3): 603-606. It is a yellow-red solid.
Preparation Terbium monoselenide can be prepared by reacting terbium and selenium:Olcese, Giorgio L. Structure and magnetic properties of MX compounds from terbium and metalloids of the Groups V and VI. Atti Accad. Nazi. Lincei Rend. Classe Sci. Fis. Mat. e Nat., 1961. 30: 195-200.
Properties
Terbium monoselenide has the sodium chloride crystal structure, with space group Fm3m.
Reactions It can undergo a peritectic reaction in thallium monoselenide to generate TlTbSe2:Guseinov, G. D.; Kerimova, E. M.; Agamaliev, D. G.; Nadzhafov, A. I. The phase diagram of the system thallium monoselenide-terbium monoselenide. zvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Neorganicheskie Materialy, 1987. 23 (10): 1632-1634.
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