Te
Tellurium (Atomic Number 52)
Category: metalloid | Period 5, Group 16 | Block: p
Brittle, rare metalloid used in thin-film solar photovoltaics.
Atomic & Physical Constants
- Standard Atomic Weight:
- 127.603 u
- Standard State Phase:
- Solid
- Electron Configuration:
- 2, 8, 18, 18, 6
- Electronegativity (Pauling):
- 2.1
- Melting Point:
- 722.66 K
- Boiling Point:
- 1261 K
Historical Discovery & Real-World Applications
Industrial & Scientific Uses
Cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar panels, thermoelectric coolers
Discovery History
Discovered by Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein (1782).
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