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Shows the position of Tellurium on the periodic chart.
Tellurium's symbol on the Periodic Table
What does it look, feel, taste, or smell like?
Tellurium is a silver-white metalloid. Tellurium compounds generally smell awful. If a human being is exposed to tellurium, even in very small amounts — keeping in mind, tellurium is toxic, so people shouldn't be exposed to it, even in very small amounts — their body metabolizes it so that their breath then smells so horrible that, reportedly, lab workers exposed to tellurium had to be given a leave of absence till it worked out of their system.
How was it discovered?
Where did its name come from?
Did You Know?
- First interesting fact.
- Another interesting fact.
- Yet another interesting fact.
Where is it found?
What are its uses?
Is it dangerous?
Yes. Tellurium is mildly toxic, so people should be very careful when handling it.
References
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