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Tellurium
127.603
Basic Information
Bohr Model
Descriptive Numbers
Mass
Periodic Position
Classification
Abundance
Color
Atomic Radius
Temperature
Density
Heat
Speed of Sound
Magnetic Properties
Elasticity
Hardness
Etymology
Discovery & Isolation
Production & Use
Radioactivity
Electron Affinity
Dipole Polarity
Lattice
Electron & Quantum
List of Compounds
Static

Interactive
CAS Number
13494-80-9
CID Number
CID6327182
DOT Number
2811
RTECS Number
RTECSWY2625000
Mendeleev Number
102
Pettifor Number
92
Space Group Number
152
Glawe Number
94
Atomic Mass
127.603 Da
Uncertainty
0.03
X Position
16
Y Position
5
Period
5
Group
16
Block
p
Category
Metalloid
Geochemical
Semi-Volatile
Goldschmidt
Chalcophilic
Electrical Type
Semiconductor
Earth Crust
1e-9 g
Solar System
0.0000049 mole ratio to silicon
Meteorites
0.00021 %
Jmol
#D47A00
Molcas Gv
#D47A00
CPK
#FF1493
Empirical
140
Calculated
123
Van Der Waals
206
Bonding
206
Batsanov
210
Rahm
242
Dreiding
423
Uff
447
Mm3
244
Alvarez
199
Bragg
133
Covalent (Single Bound)
135
Covalent (Triple Bound)
121
Covalent (Cordero)
138
Covalent (Pyykko)
136
Covalent (Pyykko Double)
128
Covalent (Pyykko Triple)
121
Mendeleev
137
C12
160
Melting/Freeze (USE)
722.66 °K
Melting/Freeze (WEL)
722.66 °K
Melting/Freeze (CRC)
722.51 °K
Melting/Freeze (LNG)
722.8 °K
Boiling/Density (USE)
1261 °K
Boiling/Density (WEL)
1261 °K
Boiling/Density (CRC)
1261 °K
Boiling/Density (LNG)
1262.9 °K
Boiling/Density (Zhang)
1263 °K
Autoignition Point
613 °K
STP
6.24 kg/cm³
Solid (WEL)
6240 kg/cm³
Solid (CRC)
6240 kg/cm³
Solid (LNG)
6240 kg/cm³
Liquid (CR2)
5700 kg/cm³
Molar Volume
20.46 cm³/mol
Atomic Volume
20.5 cm³
Heat Of Fusion USE
17.91 kJ/mol
Heat Of Fusion CRC
17.49 kJ/mol
Heat Of Fusion LNG
17.49 kJ/mol
Heat Of Fusion WEL
17.5 kJ/mol
Evaporation USE
49.8 kJ/mol
Evaporation CRC
114.1 kJ/mol
Evaporation LNG
114.1 kJ/mol
Evaporation WEL
48 kJ/mol
Evaporation Zhang
114 kJ/mol
Molar Heat
25.73 J/molK
Heat Capacity USE
0.201 J/gK
Heat Capacity CRC
25.73 J/gK
Heat Capacity LNG
25.7 J/gK
Heat Capacity WEL
25.7 J/gK
Thermal Conductivity
14.3 W/m*K
Adiabatic Index
N/A
Extensional
2610 m/s
Order
Diamagnetic
Susceptibility
-3.9e-9 m3/kg
Shear Modulus
16 GPa
Bulk Modulus
65 GPa
Youngs Modulus
43 GPa
Mohs
2.25
Brinell
180–270
Description
It is a silvery, group 16 member, semi-metal element. It has eight natural and nine radioactive isotopes.
Language Of Origin
Latin
Origin Of Word
From the Latin word tellus, meaning world
Meaning
The world
Etymological Description
It comes from the Latin word tellus meaning "World".
Observed/Predicted By
F.-J.M. from Reichenstein
Observed/Discovery Year
1782
Discovery Location
Isolated Sample By
H. Klaproth
Sources
It is obtained as a by-product of copper and lead refining.
Uses
It improves the machining quality of copper and stainless steel products and is used in painting glass and ceramics. It is also found in thermoelectric devices. Some is used in the rubber industry and is a key ingredient in the manufacture of detonators.
Half Life
Stable
Lifetime
Stable
Neutron Mass Absorption
0.0013
Neutron Cross Section
5.4
Electron Affinity (eV)
1.970876
Electron Affinity (kJ/mol)
190.161
Electron Affinity (pauling)
2.1
Electron Affinity (allen)
12.76
Electron Affinity (ghosh)
0.2056992
Accepted
38
Uncertainty
4
C6 GB
471
C6 Coefficient
445
Constant Internal Default Radius
4.45
Constant
445.72, 445.72, 592.9
Strucutre
HEX
Angles
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
Oxidation States
−2,−1,1,2,3,4,5,6
Electron Configuration
1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d10 4p6 5s2 4d10 5p4
Quantum Number
a burden
Electron Configuration Semantic
[Kr] 4d10 5s2 5p4
Shells-0
2
Shells-1
8
Shells-2
18
Shells-3
18
Shells-4
6
Ionization Energies-0
869.3
Ionization Energies-1
1790
Ionization Energies-2
2698
Ionization Energies-3
3610
Ionization Energies-4
5668
Ionization Energies-5
6820
Ionization Energies-6
13200
1-10 of 88 compounds
| Formula | Names |
|---|---|
| Te | tellurium aurum paradoxum metallic tellurium metallum problematum |
| Ag2Te | silver telluride disilver telluride silver(1+) telluride silver; tellurium |
| As2Te3 | arsenic(III) telluride arsenic telluride arsenic; tellurium diarsenic tritelluride |
| BaTe | barium telluride |
| BeTe | beryllium telluride |
| TeBr2 | tellurium dibromide tellurous bromide |
| TeBr4 | tellurium tetrabromide |
| CaTe | calcium telluride calcium monotelluride |
| CdTe | cadmium telluride cadmium monotelluride tellanylidenecadmium telluroxocadmium |
| TeCl4 | tellurium tetrachloride |