Tellurium has no biological function, although fungi can incorporate it in place of sulfur and selenium into amino acids such as tellurocysteine and telluromethionine.

Tellurium generally forms compounds in which it has an oxidation state of − 2, + 4 or + 6, with the tetrapositive state being the most stable.

Tellurium has an extensive organometallic chemistry ( see organotellurium chemistry ).

Tellurium has also been used.

Oechslin followed the Astrolabium with two other astronomical watches, the Planetarium Copernicus ( 1988 ; named after the stargazing theaters called planetariums and the astronomer Copernicus ) and the Tellurium Johannes Kepler ( 1992 ; named after the element tellurium, and astronomer Johannes Kepler ).

Tellurium is among the lightest elements known to undergo alpha decay, with isotopes < sup > 106 </ sup > Te to < sup > 110 </ sup > Te being able to undergo this mode of decay.

Tellurium reacts with boiling water, or when freshly precipitated even at 50 ° C, to give the dioxide and hydrogen: Te + 2H < sub > 2 </ sub > O → TeO < sub > 2 </ sub > + 2H < sub > 2 </ sub >.

Tellurium is a semiconductor with an ( intrinsic ) electrical conductivity of around 1. 0 S • cm < sup >− 1 </ sup > and a band gap of 0. 32 to 0. 38 eV.

Tellurium forms a polymeric, amphoteric, glass-forming oxide TeO < sub > 2 </ sub >.

* Tellurium trioxide, TeO < sub > 3 </ sub >

Tellurium is the lightest element observed to commonly undergo alpha decay, with isotopes < sup > 106 </ sup > Te to < sup > 110 </ sup > Te being seen to undergo this mode of decay.

Tellurium ( or ) is a chemical element with symbol Te and atomic number 52.

Tellurium adopts a polymeric structure, consisting of zig-zag chains of Te atoms.

Tellurium is far more common in the universe as a whole than it is on Earth.

Tellurium was discovered in Transylvania ( today part of Romania ) in 1782 by Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein in a mineral containing tellurium and gold.

Tellurium is sometimes not regarded as a metalloid.

Tellurium appears as a silvery-white solid with a shiny lustre.

Tellurium shows fewer tendencies to anionic behaviour than ordinary nonmetals.

Tellurium dioxide finds application in laser and nonlinear optics.

Tellurium, which is a semiconductor in its standard state, is used mainly as a component in a very large group of type II / VI semiconducting-chalcogenides ; these compounds have applications in electro-optics and electronics.

Its surface consists of Selenium with trace amounts of Arsenic and Tellurium added ( SeAsTe ) to make the signal more stable.

He continued his studies at the University of Würzburg, completing his PhD thesis Galvanomagnetic Properties of Tellurium in Strong Magnetic Fields in 1972, and habilitation in 1978.

The chemical element Tellurium was named after Tellus by Martin Heinrich Klaproth in 1798.

Tellurium compounds are chemical compounds of the chemical element tellurium.

* D. M. Chizhikov and V. P. Shchastlivyi, 1966, Tellurium and Tellurides, Nauka Publishing, Moscow

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