selenium

Summary

selenium is a chemical element^[1]. selenium draws 2,082 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #40 of 144).^[2]

Key Facts

• selenium is credited with the discovery of Jöns Jacob Berzelius^[3].
• selenium is credited with the discovery of Johan Gottlieb Gahn^[4].
• selenium's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[5].
• selenium's instance of is recorded as flammable solid^[6].
• selenium's instance of is recorded as chalcophile element^[7].
• Moon is named after selenium^[8].
• selenium is made of selenide minerals^[9].
• selenium's location of discovery is recorded as Stockholm^[10].
• selenium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Se]^[11].
• selenium's element symbol is recorded as Se^[12].
• selenium's chemical formula is recorded as Se^[13].
• selenium is a type of metalloid^[14].
• selenium is a type of group 16^[15].
• selenium is part of period 4^[16].
• selenium is part of group 16^[17].
• selenium's Commons category is recorded as Selenium^[18].
• selenium's Unicode character is recorded as 硒^[19].
• selenium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1817^[20].
• selenium's found in taxon is recorded as Hedysarum^[21].
• selenium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Selenium^[22].
• selenium's Commons gallery is recorded as Selenium^[23].
• selenium's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+34'}^[24].
• selenium's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+2.55'}^[25].
• selenium's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '-2'}^[26].
• selenium's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}^[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element^[5], flammable solid^[6], and chalcophile element^[7]. Recorded subclass of include metalloid^[14] and group 16^[15].

Origins

Moon is named after selenium^[8].

Use and Application

Part of include period 4^[16], a period^[28] and group 16^[17], a group^[29].

Influence

Things named for selenium include Selenium^[30], a test environment^[31]; cadmoselite^[32], a mineral species^[33]; and ferroselite^[34], a mineral species^[35].

Why It Matters

selenium draws 2,082 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #40 of 144).^[2] selenium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] selenium is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Entities named for selenium include Selenium^[30], a test environment^[31]; cadmoselite^[32], a mineral species^[33]; and ferroselite^[34], a mineral species^[35].