tellurium

Summary

tellurium is a chemical element^[1]. tellurium draws 1,504 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #68 of 144).^[2]

Key Facts

• tellurium is credited with the discovery of Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein^[3].
• tellurium's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[4].
• tellurium's instance of is recorded as flammable solid^[5].
• tellurium's instance of is recorded as chalcophile element^[6].
• Terra is named after tellurium^[7].
• tellurium's location of discovery is recorded as Zlatna^[8].
• tellurium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Te]^[9].
• tellurium's element symbol is recorded as Te^[10].
• tellurium's chemical formula is recorded as Te^[11].
• tellurium is a type of period 5^[12].
• tellurium is a type of metalloid^[13].
• tellurium is a type of group 16^[14].
• tellurium is part of period 5^[15].
• tellurium is part of group 16^[16].
• tellurium's Commons category is recorded as Tellurium^[17].
• tellurium's Unicode character is recorded as 碲^[18].
• tellurium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as January 1, 1783^[19].
• tellurium's found in taxon is recorded as Paris polyphylla var. chinensis^[20].
• tellurium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tellurium^[21].
• tellurium's Commons gallery is recorded as Tellurium^[22].
• tellurium's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+52'}^[23].
• tellurium's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+2.1'}^[24].
• tellurium's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[25].
• tellurium's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• tellurium's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element^[4], flammable solid^[5], and chalcophile element^[6]. Recorded subclass of include period 5^[12], metalloid^[13], and group 16^[14].

Origins

Terra is named after tellurium^[7].

Use and Application

Part of include period 5^[15], a period^[28] and group 16^[16], a group^[29].

Influence

Things named for tellurium include sylvanite^[30], a mineral species^[31]; tellurite^[32], a mineral species^[33]; tellurobismuthite^[34], a mineral species^[35]; and plumbotellurite^[36], a mineral species^[37].

Why It Matters

tellurium draws 1,504 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #68 of 144).^[2] tellurium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] tellurium is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]

Entities named for tellurium include sylvanite^[30], a mineral species^[31]; tellurite^[32], a mineral species^[33]; tellurobismuthite^[34], a mineral species^[35]; and plumbotellurite^[36], a mineral species^[37].