Tellurium

=Tellurium is an element and it is very special in its own way =




 * Chemical Symbol:** Te


 * Group Number:** 16


 * Period Number:** 5


 * State at Room Temperature:** Solid


 * Colour:** Silvery


 * Atomic Number:** 52


 * Atomic Mass:** 127.6


 * Atomic Details:**
 * //Particle// || //Number// ||
 * Protons || 52 ||
 * Neutrons || 76 ||
 * Electrons || 52 ||
 * Melting Point (Solid to Liquid):**450 oC


 * Boiling Point (Liquid to Gas):** 990 oC


 * Metal/Metalloid/Non-Metal:** Metalloid


 * Person who discovered it:** Franz-Joseph Mueller von Reichenstein discovered tellurium in 1782. Martin Heinrich Klaproth named the element 1798 after the Latin word //tellus// which mean "earth".




 * 5 interesting facts about tellurium:**



Tellurium is the rarest stable element in the Earth's crust.

When exposed to as little as 0.01 mg of tellurium humans develop tellurium breath which has a garlic like odor.