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Tellurium

powder, −200 mesh, 99.8% trace metals basis

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
Te
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
127.60
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12141913
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.23

Quality Level

Assay

99.8% trace metals basis

form

powder

resistivity

5.8-33 μΩ-cm, 20°C

particle size

−200 mesh

bp

990 °C (lit.)

mp

450 °C (lit.)

density

6.24 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

[Te]

InChI

1S/Te

InChI key

PORWMNRCUJJQNO-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Tellurium is anon-radioactive and heaviest member of the chalcogen family. It has a widerange of oxidation states, from -2 to +6. It is widely used in the fields ofmetallurgy and electronics.

Application

Tellurium can be used as a precursor to prepare:
  • Tellurium-based nanomaterials for semiconductor application, such as CdTe nanoparticles via solvothermal synthesis.
  • Quantum dot solutions for fluorometric determination of bioactive compounds.
  • Thermoelectricmaterials, such as Cu4Mn2Te4 by the melting-quenching-SPS method.
Tellurium, in combination with potassium hydroxide, mediates the quantitative pinacolization of aromatic carbonyl compounds.

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Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Aquatic Chronic 4 - Lact. - Repr. 1B - Skin Sens. 1B

Storage Class Code

6.1D - Non-combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic hazardous materials or hazardous materials causing chronic effects

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Khan, R.H. et al.
Synthetic Communications, 27, 2193-2193 (1997)
Edward R T Tiekink
Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003), 41(21), 6390-6395 (2012-01-19)
Despite being disparaged for their malodorous and toxic demeanour, compounds of selenium, a bio-essential element, and tellurium, offer possibilities as therapeutic agents. Herein, their potential use as drugs, for example, as anti-viral, anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory agents, etc., will be surveyed along
Hridyesh Kumar et al.
Carbohydrate polymers, 97(2), 327-334 (2013-08-06)
The present work describes synthesis of water soluble L-cysteine-functionalized CdTe quantum dots (QDs) with size tunable emission at different time intervals for chitosan based film. The characterization of the synthesized CdTe QDs-chitosan film was made by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR)
E C Stangherlin et al.
Toxicology, 207(2), 231-239 (2004-12-15)
The effect of single maternal subcutaneous (s.c.) injection of 0.12 mg/kg diphenyl ditelluride, (PhTe)2, diluted in canola oil at days 6, 10 or 17 of gestation were evaluated in Wistar rats. The reduction of body weight gain was statistically significant
Katja C Nowack et al.
Nature materials, 12(9), 787-791 (2013-06-19)
The quantum spin Hall (QSH) state is a state of matter characterized by a non-trivial topology of its band structure, and associated conducting edge channels. The QSH state was predicted and experimentally demonstrated to be realized in HgTe quantum wells.

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