Elements / 52
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Tellurium
Metalloid · p-block · ring O · spoke 16
Tellurium is element 52, a metalloid. It sits on ring O (period 5) on spoke 16, the chalcogens. Follow that spoke toward the center and out again to find its chemical relatives.
Properties
| Density | 6.24 g/cm³ | Terrain → |
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| Melting point | 723 K · 450 °C | Terrain → |
| Boiling point | 1,261 K · 988 °C | Terrain → |
| Electronegativity | 2.10 | Terrain → |
| First ionization energy | 869 kJ/mol | Terrain → |
| Atomic weight | 127.603 u | Terrain → |
| Crustal abundance | 0.001 ppm | Terrain → |
| Discovered | 1782 | Terrain → |
Values from open reference data; see sources. "Terrain" opens that property as a 3D landscape across the whole spiral.
Two things you might not know
- Kalgoorlie miners filled potholes with a gold ore of it; once that was realized, a second gold rush included mining the streets.
- Named for the Latin for earth; tiny exposures give people foul garlic-like breath, and it makes some of the most efficient solar panels.
Checked against en.wikipedia.org.
Spoke 16: Chalcogens
Ring O (period 5)
Play with Tellurium
Watch it fly into its seat, or raise the whole spiral into a landscape and see where it peaks.