Tellurium
ALDRICH/266418 - powder, −200 mesh, 99.8% trace metals basis
CAS Number: 13494-80-9
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): Te
Molecular Weight: 127.60
EC Number: 236-813-4
MDL Number: MFCD00134062
Linear Formula: Te
Product Type: Chemical
| assay | 99.8% trace metals basis |
| bp | 990 °C (lit.) |
| density | 6.24 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.) |
| form | powder |
| InChI | 1S/Te |
| InChI key | PORWMNRCUJJQNO-UHFFFAOYSA |
| mp | 450 °C (lit.) |
| particle size | −200 mesh |
| Quality Level | 100 ![]() |
| resistivity | 5.8-33 μΩ-cm, 20°C |
| SMILES string | [Te] |
| 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. |
| Application: | Tellurium, in combination with potassium hydroxide, mediates the quantitative pinacolization of aromatic carbonyl compounds. |
| 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. |
| Packaging: | 25, 100, 500 g in poly bottle |
| Symbol | ![]() GHS07,GHS08 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H317 - H332 - H360D - H413 |
| Precautionary statements | P202 - P273 - P280 - P302 + P352 - P304 + P340 + P312 - P308 + P313 |
| Hazard Codes | T |
| Risk Statements | 61-20-43-53 |
| Safety Statements | 53-7-20/21-36/37/39-46-61 |
| RIDADR | NONH for all modes of transport |
| WGK Germany | WGK 2 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| Purity | 99.8% trace metals basis |
| bp | 990 °C (lit.) |
| mp | 450 °C (lit.) |
| Density | 6.24 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.) |
| UNSPSC | 12141913 |



