The Oxygen Family

Elements in the oxygen family

• oxygen
• polonium
• selenium
• sulfur
• tellurium

Interesting Facts:

• Oxygen is one of the most common elements; what we breath and what makes up most of earth's crust.
• Oxygen is very reactive and reacts to almost everything to form compounds around us.
• Marie Curie found a very rare element that is very radioactive; Polonium.

"Real" World

• Oxygen is found in the air and earth's crust.
• Another common element is sulfur, which is used in things like gunpowder and fireworks.
• Tellurium is a element used to make things like steal and copper to make them more pliable.

Tellurium

Tellurium Properties

• silver/gray-white
• looks like crystal rocks or dimonds.
• brittle and can easily break.

Tellurium as an Element

• Atomic Number: 52
• Atomic Mass: 127.60
• Semi-metallic
• Density: 6240 kg m^-3. This element would float in water.

"Real" World Tellurium

• Tellurium is used today in the art of tinted glass.
• Tellurium is a coloring agent with pottery and ceramics.
• Tellurium is used to help make metal and copper more pliable.

Tellurium Facts

• Tellurium was named after earth and was found in a gold ore.
• Tellurium is compounded with negitive charges and positive.
• Tellurium, like sulfur can have a "garlic" like smell.

Historic Facts

• Another man who continued Tellurium's discoverer's work, was who Tellurium was named after and means "earth".
• Tellurium was discovered in Romania in 1783 in a gold ore.