Input interpretation
sulfur (chemical element) | antimony (chemical element) | tellurium (chemical element)
Periodic table location
Periodic table location
Images
Images
Basic elemental properties
| sulfur | antimony | tellurium atomic symbol | S | Sb | Te atomic number | 16 | 51 | 52 short electronic configuration | [Ne]3s^23p^4 | [Kr]5s^24d^105p^3 | [Kr]5s^24d^105p^4 Aufbau diagram | 3p 3s | 5p 4d 5s | 5p 4d 5s block | p | p | p group | 16 | 15 | 16 period | 3 | 5 | 5 atomic mass | 32.06 u | 121.76 u | 127.6 u half-life | (stable) | (stable) | (stable)
Thermodynamic properties
| sulfur | antimony | tellurium phase at STP | solid | solid | solid melting point | 115.21 °C | 630.63 °C | 449.51 °C boiling point | 444.72 °C | 1587 °C | 988 °C critical temperature | 1314 K | | critical pressure | 20.7 MPa | | molar heat of fusion | 1.73 kJ/mol | 19.7 kJ/mol | 17.5 kJ/mol molar heat of vaporization | 9.8 kJ/mol | 68 kJ/mol | 48 kJ/mol specific heat at STP | 705 J/(kg K) | 207 J/(kg K) | 201 J/(kg K) (properties at standard conditions)
Material properties
| sulfur | antimony | tellurium density | 1.96 g/cm^3 | 6.697 g/cm^3 | 6.24 g/cm^3 liquid density | 1.819 g/cm^3 | 6.53 g/cm^3 | 5.7 g/cm^3 molar volume | 16.36 cm^3/mol | 18.18 cm^3/mol | 20.45 cm^3/mol Mohs hardness | 2 (≈ gypsum) | 3 (≈ calcite) | 2.25 (between gypsum and calcite) Brinell hardness | | 294 MPa | 180 MPa bulk modulus | 7.7 GPa | 42 GPa | 65 GPa shear modulus | | 20 GPa | 16 GPa Young's modulus | | 55 GPa | 43 GPa ultimate tensile strength | | 11 MPa | 11 MPa refractive index | 1.001111 | | 1.000991 sound speed | | 3420 m/s | 2610 m/s thermal expansion | | 1.1×10^-5 K^(-1) | thermal conductivity | 0.205 W/(m K) | 24 W/(m K) | 3 W/(m K) (properties at standard conditions)
Electromagnetic properties
| sulfur | antimony | tellurium electrical type | insulator | conductor | semiconductor resistivity | 1×10^15 Ω m (ohm meters) | 4×10^-7 Ω m (ohm meters) | 1×10^-4 Ω m (ohm meters) electrical conductivity | 1×10^-15 S/m (siemens per meter) | 2.5×10^6 S/m (siemens per meter) | 10000 S/m (siemens per meter) magnetic type | diamagnetic | diamagnetic | diamagnetic volume magnetic susceptibility | -1.22×10^-5 | -7.3×10^-5 | -2.43×10^-5 mass magnetic susceptibility | -6.2×10^-9 m^3/kg (cubic meters per kilogram) | -1.09×10^-8 m^3/kg (cubic meters per kilogram) | -3.9×10^-9 m^3/kg (cubic meters per kilogram) molar magnetic susceptibility | -1.99×10^-10 m^3/mol (cubic meters per mole) | -1.327×10^-9 m^3/mol (cubic meters per mole) | -4.98×10^-10 m^3/mol (cubic meters per mole) work function | | (4.55 to 4.7) eV | 4.95 eV (Polycrystalline) threshold frequency | | (1.1×10^15 to 1.136×10^15) Hz (hertz) | 1.197×10^15 Hz (hertz) color | (yellow) | (silver) | (silver) refractive index | 1.001111 | | 1.000991
Reactivity
| sulfur | antimony | tellurium valence | 6 | 5 | 6 electronegativity | 2.58 | 2.05 | 2.1 electron affinity | 200 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 103.2 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 190.2 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) first ionization energy | 999.6 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 834 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 869.3 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) ionization energies | 999.6 kJ/mol | 2252 kJ/mol | 3357 kJ/mol | 4556 kJ/mol | 7004.3 kJ/mol | 8495.8 kJ/mol | 27107 kJ/mol | 31719 kJ/mol | 36621 kJ/mol | 43177 kJ/mol | 834 kJ/mol | 1594.9 kJ/mol | 2440 kJ/mol | 4260 kJ/mol | 5400 kJ/mol | 10400 kJ/mol | 869.3 kJ/mol | 1790 kJ/mol | 2698 kJ/mol | 3610 kJ/mol | 5668 kJ/mol | 6820 kJ/mol | 13200 kJ/mol
Reactivity
Atomic properties
| sulfur | antimony | tellurium term symbol | ^3P_2 | ^4S_(3/2) | ^3P_2 atomic radius | 100 pm | 145 pm | 140 pm covalent radius | 105 pm | 139 pm | 138 pm van der Waals radius | 180 pm | | 206 pm (electronic ground state properties)
Abundances
| sulfur | antimony | tellurium universe abundance | 0.05 mass% | 4×10^-8 mass% | 9×10^-7 mass% solar abundance | 0.04 mass% | 1×10^-7 mass% | meteorite abundance | 4 mass% | 1.2×10^-5 mass% | 2.1×10^-4 mass% crust abundance | 0.042 mass% | 2×10^-5 mass% | 9.9×10^-8 mass% ocean abundance | 0.093 mass% | 2×10^-8 mass% | human abundance | 0.2 mass% | | universe molar abundance | 0.002 mol% | 4×10^-10 mol% | 9×10^-9 mol% solar molar abundance | 9.9×10^-4 mol% | 9.9×10^-10 mol% | meteorite molar abundance | 2.2 mol% | 2×10^-6 mol% | 3×10^-5 mol% ocean molar abundance | 0.018 mol% | 1×10^-9 mol% | crust molar abundance | 0.027 mol% | 3×10^-6 mol% | 2×10^-8 mol% human molar abundance | 0.039 mol% | |