That is literally the worst part of tellurium. Sure, it is toxic in large amounts, but it isn't cyanide levels of potency as a toxin. The mortifyingly malodorous malaise that will be released as your body odor and will keep being produced by you for months after exposure will make you wish it was toxic enough to kill you.
It's strange to think that tellurium is in the same column on the periodic table as oxygen the element that we all breathe to stay alive, those two elements seem far from similar to each other other than having 6 valence electrons!
I wouldn't try it unless you have a glove box filled withh argon. It won't just oxidize as you try to melt it but release toxic fumes and make a mess too.
I have a good idea, *don't!* It will smell absolutely revolting and ruin your social life for months if any tellurium gets on your skin, molten or not.
It won't hurt you, sure; However, what happens afterward will make you wish you never touched it in the first place... In the body, elemental tellurium and most tellurium compounds get converted into dimethyl telluride. Dimethyl telluride has been described as having an extremely intense, nauseatingly powerful garlic odor that will make you wish eternal damnation upon whoever or whatever decided that it would be a good idea for humans to be able to smell. There are other chemicals that smell of garlic, such as cacodyl, dimethyl sulfide (can also be described as cabbage-like), dimethyl disulfide, and dimethyl selenide, but dimethyl telluride is said by some to be the absolute fucking worst of any of the "garlic-smelling chemical compounds".
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Glad you were wearing gloves. Getting tellurium inside your body can make you really smelly.
That is literally the worst part of tellurium. Sure, it is toxic in large amounts, but it isn't cyanide levels of potency as a toxin. The mortifyingly malodorous malaise that will be released as your body odor and will keep being produced by you for months after exposure will make you wish it was toxic enough to kill you.
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It's strange to think that tellurium is in the same column on the periodic table as oxygen the element that we all breathe to stay alive, those two elements seem far from similar to each other other than having 6 valence electrons!
What is a good way to melt it? I want to mold it into something but learned it tends to oxidize when melted.
I wouldn't try it unless you have a glove box filled withh argon. It won't just oxidize as you try to melt it but release toxic fumes and make a mess too.
@@luciteria How about a vevor furnace with graphite crucible with good temperature control?
I have a good idea, *don't!*
It will smell absolutely revolting and ruin your social life for months if any tellurium gets on your skin, molten or not.
1:30 Tellurium is very brittle or fragile.
Is that Tellurium will break if dropping it on the floor from table/desk height?
so how much is it since you didn't include it in your video
300 Per kilogramm, the smaller the more it costs per gramm.
I heard that it hurt if you touch tellurium, Is this true?
it will hurt your social life
It won't hurt you, sure; However, what happens afterward will make you wish you never touched it in the first place...
In the body, elemental tellurium and most tellurium compounds get converted into dimethyl telluride. Dimethyl telluride has been described as having an extremely intense, nauseatingly powerful garlic odor that will make you wish eternal damnation upon whoever or whatever decided that it would be a good idea for humans to be able to smell.
There are other chemicals that smell of garlic, such as cacodyl, dimethyl sulfide (can also be described as cabbage-like), dimethyl disulfide, and dimethyl selenide, but dimethyl telluride is said by some to be the absolute fucking worst of any of the "garlic-smelling chemical compounds".