tellurium
/tɛˈljʊərɪəm
/noun [mass noun]
The chemical element of atomic number 52, a brittle, shiny, silvery-white semimetal resembling selenium and occurring mainly in small amounts in metallic sulphide ores. (Symbol: Te) Elements such as lead, tellurium, beryllium, chromium, phosphorus, and manganese have little or no effect on the corrosion resistance of coppers and binary copper-zinc alloys....
- At higher temperatures, the metal does combine with many acids, the halogens, sulfur, selenium, and tellurium.
- Lead, selenium, tellurium and sulfur are added to copper alloys to improve machinability.
Derivatives
tellurous
Origin
Early 19th century: modern Latin, from Latin tellus, tellur- 'earth', probably named in contrast to uranium.
Rhymes
- substanced
- substance-free
- substanceless
- substance P
- substand
- substandard
- substanding
- substant
- substantiability
- substantial
- substantial form
- substantialise
- substantialism
- substantialist
- substantiality
- substantialize
- substantially
- substantialness
- substantia nigra
- substantiate
- substantiation
- substantiative
- substantiator
- substantific
- substantify