LOW-TEMPERATURE OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION OF LOW-DIMENSIONAL ZIRCONIUM AND HAFNIUM TELLURIDES.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0038-1098(87)90911-2

The penta-, tri- and ditellurides of zirconium and hafnium easily take up oxygen and become partly oxidized at and below room temperature. Complete oxidation of these phases to (amorphous) ZrO//2 or HfO//2 and (crystalline) Te is attained at some 320 to 5