Tellurium, 52Te
Tellurium
Pronunciation/tɛˈljʊəriəm/ (te-LURE-ee-əm)
Appearancesilvery lustrous gray (crystalline),
brown-black powder (amorphous)
Standard atomic weight Ar°(Te)
Tellurium in the periodic table
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Se

Te

Po
antimonytelluriumiodine
Atomic number (Z)52
Groupgroup 16 (chalcogens)
Periodperiod 5
Block  p-block
Electron configuration[Kr] 4d10 5s2 5p4
Electrons per shell2, 8, 18, 18, 6
Physical properties
Phase at STPsolid
Melting point722.66 K ​(449.51 °C, ​841.12 °F)
Boiling point1261 K ​(988 °C, ​1810 °F)
Density (at 20° C)6.237 g/cm3[3]
when liquid (at m.p.)5.70 g/cm3
Heat of fusion17.49 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization114.1 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity25.73 J/(mol·K)
Vapor pressure
P (Pa) 1 10 100 1 k 10 k 100 k
at T (K)   (775) (888) 1042 1266
Atomic properties
Oxidation statescommon: −2, +2, +4, +6
−1,? 0,? +1,? +3,? +5[4]
ElectronegativityPauling scale: 2.1
Ionization energies
  • 1st: 869.3 kJ/mol
  • 2nd: 1790 kJ/mol
  • 3rd: 2698 kJ/mol
Atomic radiusempirical: 140 pm
Covalent radius138±4 pm
Van der Waals radius206 pm
Color lines in a spectral range
Spectral lines of tellurium
Other properties
Natural occurrenceprimordial
Crystal structurehexagonal[5] (hP3)
Lattice constants
Hexagonal crystal structure for tellurium
a = 445.59 pm
c = 592.75 pm (at 20 °C)[3]
Thermal expansion19.0×10−6/K (at 20 °C)[a]
Thermal conductivity1.97–3.38 W/(m⋅K)
Magnetic orderingdiamagnetic[6]
Molar magnetic susceptibility−39.5×10−6 cm3/mol (298 K)[7]
Young's modulus43 GPa
Shear modulus16 GPa
Bulk modulus65 GPa
Speed of sound thin rod2610 m/s (at 20 °C)
Mohs hardness2.25
Brinell hardness180–270 MPa
CAS Number13494-80-9
History
Namingafter Roman Tellus, deity of the Earth
DiscoveryFranz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein (1782)
First isolationMartin Heinrich Klaproth
Isotopes of tellurium
Main isotopes[8] Decay
abun­dance half-life (t1/2) mode pro­duct
120Te 0.09% stable
121Te synth 16.78 d ε 121Sb
122Te 2.55% stable
123Te 0.89% stable[9]
124Te 4.74% stable
125Te 7.07% stable
126Te 18.8% stable
127Te synth 9.35 h β 127I
128Te 31.7% 2.2×1024 y ββ 128Xe
129Te synth 69.6 min β 129I
130Te 34.1% 7.91×1020 y ββ 130Xe
 Category: Tellurium
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Te · Tellurium
Sb ←

ibox Sb

iso
52
Te  [e]
IB-Te [e]
IBisos [e]
→ I

ibox I

indexes by PT (page)
child table, as reused in {IB-Te}
Main isotopes of tellurium
Main isotopes[8] Decay
abun­dance half-life (t1/2) mode pro­duct
120Te 0.09% stable
121Te synth 16.78 d ε 121Sb
122Te 2.55% stable
123Te 0.89% stable[10]
124Te 4.74% stable
125Te 7.07% stable
126Te 18.8% stable
127Te synth 9.35 h β 127I
128Te 31.7% 2.2×1024 y ββ 128Xe
129Te synth 69.6 min β 129I
130Te 34.1% 7.91×1020 y ββ 130Xe
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Name and identifiers
Symbol etymology (11 non-trivial)
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Pronunciation
Allotropes (overview)
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Block (overview)
Natural occurrence
Phase at STP
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Spectral lines image
Electron configuration (cmt, ref)
Isotopes
Standard atomic weight
  most stable isotope
Wikidata
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Notes

  1. ^ The thermal expansion of tellurium is highly anisotropic: the parameters (at 20 °C) for each crystal axis are αa = 29.6×10−6/K, αc = −2.28×10−6/K, and αaverage = αV/3 = 19.0×10−6/K.[3]

References

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  3. ^ a b c Arblaster, John W. (2018). Selected Values of the Crystallographic Properties of Elements. Materials Park, Ohio: ASM International. ISBN 978-1-62708-155-9.
  4. ^ Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
  5. ^ Adenis, C.; Langer, V.; Lindqvist, O. (15 June 1989). "Reinvestigation of the structure of tellurium". Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications. 45 (6): 941–942. doi:10.1107/S0108270188014453.
  6. ^ Lide, D. R., ed. (2005). "Magnetic susceptibility of the elements and inorganic compounds". CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (PDF) (86th ed.). Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0486-5.
  7. ^ Weast, Robert (1984). CRC, Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Boca Raton, Florida: Chemical Rubber Company Publishing. pp. E110. ISBN 0-8493-0464-4.
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  9. ^ Alessandrello, A.; Arnaboldi, C.; Brofferio, C.; Capelli, S.; Cremonesi, O.; Fiorini, E.; Nucciotti, A.; Pavan, M.; Pessina, G.; Pirro, S.; Previtali, E.; Sisti, M.; Vanzini, M.; Zanotti, L.; Giuliani, A.; Pedretti, M.; Bucci, C.; Pobes, C. (2003). "New limits on naturally occurring electron capture of 123Te". Physical Review C. 67: 014323. arXiv:hep-ex/0211015. Bibcode:2003PhRvC..67a4323A. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.67.014323.
  10. ^ Alessandrello, A.; Arnaboldi, C.; Brofferio, C.; Capelli, S.; Cremonesi, O.; Fiorini, E.; Nucciotti, A.; Pavan, M.; Pessina, G.; Pirro, S.; Previtali, E.; Sisti, M.; Vanzini, M.; Zanotti, L.; Giuliani, A.; Pedretti, M.; Bucci, C.; Pobes, C. (2003). "New limits on naturally occurring electron capture of 123Te". Physical Review C. 67: 014323. arXiv:hep-ex/0211015. Bibcode:2003PhRvC..67a4323A. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.67.014323.