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Te


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in X-Ray info 		Te, 52
tellurium (English)
tellure, m. (French)
Tellur, n. (German)
tellur (Russian)
tellur (Swedish)

Symbol, numberTe, 52 (semiconductor), Group: 16; 6A
Weight127.60
In Nature
Discovered1783, by Franz Joseph Müller von Reichenstein (Transylvania)
Density  [kg/m3]6240 [293 K] (solid)   5797 [723 K] (liquid)   
Molar volume20.45 cm3
Melting Temperature722.7 K   (449.7 °C)   Enthalpy: 50.63 kJ/mol
Boiling Temperature1263.0 K   (990 °C)   Enthalpy: 13.5 kJ/mol
Electrical resistance4.36E-3 [298 K] Wm
ThermalConductivity: 2.35 [300 K] W/Km     Expansion: 16.75E-6 /K
Ionisation [kJ/mol]
  M-->  M+--> M2+--> M3+--> M4+--> M5+--> M6+--> M7+--> M8+--> M9+-->M10+
Thermodynamics
State DfH° DfG° S° CpH H°298.15-H°0
[kJ/mol] [J/Kmol] [kJ/mol]
Isotopes
Mass In nature Half-life Spin m/mN NMM Decay
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