Te	Z =  52	◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊	Tellurium
			From the Latin "Tellus", meaning "Earth"
(AM) Atomic Mass	127.6  amu	♦	Oxidation States	+2, +4, +6, -2
(BP) Boiling Point	989.8  °C	♦	(MP) Melting Point	449.5  °C
(ρ) Density	6.24  g/cm3	♦	Crystal Structure	Hexagonal
( χ ) Electronegativity	2.1	♦	(AR) Atomic Radius	1.35  Å
Physical State	Solid	♦	(C) Heat Capacity	0.202  J/g °C
Electronic-Config	[Kr]  4d10  5s2  5p4	♦	(I1) First Ionization E	869.23  kJ/mol
(ΔHvap) Heat of Vaporization	114.1  kJ/mol	♦	(ΔHfus) Heat of Fusion	17.49  kJ/mol
Year of Discovery	1782	♦	Location of Discovery	Romania
(E°) Standard Potential	Te ⇔ Te2- (-1.143 V)
Stable isotopes	120Te,  122Te,  124Te,  125Te,  126Te
Discovered/Synthesized by	Franz Joseph Müller von Reichenstein
Natural Source	Isolated by the recoverey in processing copper ores
Common Uses	Alloys, semiconductors, photocopiers, computer disk, thermo-electric coolers and generators
Other Info	Only element that easily forms minerals with gold Te-128 has the longest half-life of any unstable isotope
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