Tellurium example sentences

The change from metallic to non-metallic character is not abrupt as shown by the thick zig-zag line in Figureure The elements (e.g., silicon, germanium, arsenic, antimony and tellurium) bordering this line and running diagonally across the Periodic Table show properties that are characteristic of both metals and nonmetals.For example, iodine with lower atomic weight than that of tellurium (Group I) was placed in Group along with fluorine, chlorine, bromine because of similarities in properties (Figureure 1).