TELLURIUM

by: mara and danny

period 4
ms. martinak
 TELLURIUM
• Symbol: Te
• Atomic number: 52
• Mass number: 127.6
• Melting Point: 841.1 °F
• Boiling Point: 1813.64 °F
• Protons: 52 
• Neutrons: 76 
• Electrons: 52 
 CLASSIFICATION
• Metalloid
• State of matter at room temp: Solid
 DISCOVERY
• Franz Muller von Reichenstein 
 NAME ORIGIN
• From the Greek
word tellus (Earth) 
 USE OF ELEMENT
• coloring of glass and ceramics
• production of blasting caps for
explosives.
• addition to lead to prevent
corrosion
PICTURES
INTERESTING FACTS
• It is a relatively rare element as the rarest stable
solid element in the earth's crust.
• It is mildly toxic.
• When exposed to as little as .01 milligrams per
cubic meter of tellurium, humans develop
tellurium breath, which has a garlic order.
• It improves the machine-ability of copper and
stainless steel.
 resources
• http://www.chemicalelements
.com/elements/te.html
• http://www.mii.org/Minerals/phototellurium
.html
• http://www.webelements
.com/tellurium/uses.html