Tellurium

Tellurium Info:

Group: 6th Chalcogen

Family Name: Metalloids

Period Number: 5

Atomic Number: 52

Atomic Symbol: Te

Atomic Weight: 127.60

FUN FACTS:

Tellurium is very toxic. If someone is exposed to even a very small amount of it they will get Tellurium Breath which has a garlic odor.

Some common uses for Tellurium: Tellurium is used to color ceramics, to color glass, and is also used for thermo electrical devices.

The discoverer of Tellurium was a man named Franz muller Von Reichenstein.

Because Tellurium is toxic there are no household uses for this element.

Tellurium is silvery white and can be damaged very easily because it is very. brittle

Electron Arrangement: [Kr]5s²4d¹⁰5p⁴

Tellurium

Isolation:

It is not necessary to make Tellurium in the laboratory. There are some Tellurium ores. Most Tellurium is made as a by-product of copper refining.

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www.periodictable.com/ Elements/052/index.html

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