tellurium
chemical element with symbol Te and atomic number 52
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Summary
tellurium is a chemical element[1]. tellurium draws 5,472 Wikipedia views per month (chemical element category, ranking #68 of 144).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein[3]
- Instance of: flammable solid[4], chalcophile element[5]
- Named after: Terra[6]
- Location of discovery: Zlatna[7]
- Canonical SMILES: [Te][8]
- Element symbol: Te[9]
- Chemical formula: Te[10]
- Subclass of: period 5[11], group 16[12], p-block[13]
- Part of: period 5[14], group 16[15], metalloid[16]
- Commons category: Tellurium[17]
- Unicode character: 碲[18]
- Crystal system: trigonal crystal system[19]
- Time of discovery or invention: January 1, 1783[20]
- Point group: trigonal-trapezoidal[21]
- Space group: space group P3₁21[22]
- IPA transcription: tɛˈljʊəriəm[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tellurium[24]
- Commons gallery: Tellurium[25]
- Atomic number: 52[26]
- Mohs' hardness: 2.25[27]
- Electronegativity: 2.1[28]
- Oxidation state: -2[29], -1[30], 0[31], 1[32], 2[33], 3[34], 4[35], 5[36], 6[37]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[38], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[39], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[40], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[41], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[42]
- Has effect: tellurium exposure[43]
- Has characteristic: diamagnetism[44]
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Influence
Things named for tellurium include sylvanite[45], a mineral species[46]; tellurite[47], a mineral species[48]; tellurobismuthite[49], a mineral species[50]; and plumbotellurite[51], a mineral species[52].
Why It Matters
tellurium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] tellurium is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]
Entities named for tellurium include sylvanite[45], a mineral species[46]; tellurite[47], a mineral species[48]; tellurobismuthite[49], a mineral species[50]; and plumbotellurite[51], a mineral species[52].