| Compound Description | Grayish-white, lustrous, brittle, crystalline solid; dark-gray to brown, amorphous powder with metallic characteristics. Used as a coloring agent in chinaware, porcelains, enamels, glass; producing black finish on silverware; semiconductor devices and research; manufacturing special alloys of marked electrical resistance. Improves mechanical properties of lead; powerful carbide stabilizer in cast iron, tellurium vapor in "daylight" lamps, vulcanization of rubber. Blasting caps. Semiconductor research. Tellurium atom is a chalcogen and a metalloid atom.Tellurium is a natural product found in Paris polyphylla var. chinensis with data available.Tellurium is an element with atomic symbol Te, atomic number 52, and atomic weight 127.6.Tellurium is a mineral with formula of Te. The IMA symbol is Te.An element that is a member of the chalcogen family. It has the atomic symbol Te, atomic number 52, and atomic weight 127.60. It has been used as a coloring agent and in the manufacture of electrical equipment. Exposure may cause nausea, vomiting, and CNS depression. |
