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Atomic Number: 52
Te
Te

Tellurium

127.6000 u

Category

metalloid

State at Room Temperature

solid

Electron Configuration

1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁶ 4s² 3d¹⁰ 4p⁶ 5s² 4d¹⁰ 5p⁴

Valence Electrons

6

Lewis Dot:••••••

Electronegativity

2.1

Pauling scale

Oxidation States

-2+2+4+6

Melting Point

722.66 K

449.51°C

Boiling Point

1261 K

987.85°C

Density

6.24

g/cm³

Position in Table

Group 16Period 5p-block

Discovery

Historical Information

Discovered byFranz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein
Year1782

Common Uses

Applications & Industries

Solar panels, thermoelectric devices, metallurgy, electronics

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