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Caesium monoxide or caesium oxide is an chemical compound with the chemical formula Cs 2O. It is the simplest and most common oxide of the caesium. It forms yellow-orange hexagonal crystals.[1]
Uses
Caesium oxide is used in photocathodes to detect infrared signals in devices such as image intensifiers, vacuum photodiodes, photomultipliers, and TV camera tubes[3]
L. R. Koller described the first modern photoemissive surface in 1929–1930 as a layer of caesium on a layer of caesium oxide on a layer of silver.[4] It is a good electron emitter; however, its high vapor pressure limits its usefulness.[5]
Reactions
Elemental magnesium reduces caesium oxide to elemental caesium, forming magnesium oxide as a side-product:[6][7]
Cs 2O + Mg → 2 Cs + MgO
Cs 2O is hygroscopic, forming the corrosive CsOH on contact with water.
References
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↑Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1984). Chemistry of the Elements. Oxford: Pergamon Press. pp. 97–100. ISBN 978-0-08-022057-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=OezvAAAAMAAJ&q=0-08-022057-6&dq=0-08-022057-6&source=bl&ots=m4tIRxdwSk&sig=XQTTjw5EN9n5z62JB3d0vaUEn0Y&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UoAWUN7-EM6ziQfyxIDoCQ&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBA..
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↑Boolchand, Punit, ed. (2000), Insulating and Semiconducting Glasses, World Scientific, p. 855, ISBN 978-981-02-3673-1, Bibcode: 2000isg..book.....B, https://books.google.com/books?id=QK2f4eVh7qgC&q="cesium+oxide"+OR+"caesium+oxide"&pg=PA855
↑Turner Jr., Francis M., ed. (1920), The Condensed Chemical Dictionary, New York: Chemical Catalog Co., p. 121, https://books.google.com/books?id=y8y0XE0nsYEC&q="cesium+oxide"+OR+"caesium+oxide"&pg=PA121
↑Arora, M.G. (1997), S-Block Elements, New Delhi: Anmol Publications, p. 13, ISBN 978-81-7488-562-3, https://books.google.com/books?id=QR3TCaKaykEC&q="Bromine+dioxide"&pg=PA256