chlorine vs sulfur vs tellurium

chlorine (chemical element) | sulfur (chemical element) | tellurium (chemical element)

Periodic table location

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| chlorine | sulfur | tellurium atomic symbol | Cl | S | Te atomic number | 17 | 16 | 52 short electronic configuration | [Ne]3s^23p^5 | [Ne]3s^23p^4 | [Kr]5s^24d^105p^4 Aufbau diagram | 3p 3s | 3p 3s | 5p 4d 5s block | p | p | p group | 17 | 16 | 16 period | 3 | 3 | 5 atomic mass | 35.45 u | 32.06 u | 127.6 u half-life | (stable) | (stable) | (stable)

| chlorine | sulfur | tellurium phase at STP | gas | solid | solid melting point | -101.5 °C | 115.21 °C | 449.51 °C boiling point | -34.04 °C | 444.72 °C | 988 °C critical temperature | 416.9 K | 1314 K | critical pressure | 7.991 MPa | 20.7 MPa | molar heat of fusion | 3.2 kJ/mol | 1.73 kJ/mol | 17.5 kJ/mol molar heat of vaporization | 10.2 kJ/mol | 9.8 kJ/mol | 48 kJ/mol specific heat at STP | 478.2 J/(kg K) | 705 J/(kg K) | 201 J/(kg K) adiabatic index | 7/5 | | (properties at standard conditions)

| chlorine | sulfur | tellurium density | 0.003214 g/cm^3 | 1.96 g/cm^3 | 6.24 g/cm^3 liquid density | | 1.819 g/cm^3 | 5.7 g/cm^3 molar volume | 11030 cm^3/mol | 16.36 cm^3/mol | 20.45 cm^3/mol Mohs hardness | | 2 (≈ gypsum) | 2.25 (between gypsum and calcite) Brinell hardness | | | 180 MPa bulk modulus | 1.1 GPa | 7.7 GPa | 65 GPa shear modulus | | | 16 GPa Young's modulus | | | 43 GPa ultimate tensile strength | | | 11 MPa refractive index | 1.000773 | 1.001111 | 1.000991 sound speed | 206 m/s | | 2610 m/s thermal conductivity | 0.0089 W/(m K) | 0.205 W/(m K) | 3 W/(m K) (properties at standard conditions)

| chlorine | sulfur | tellurium electrical type | insulator | insulator | semiconductor resistivity | 100 Ω m (ohm meters) | 1×10^15 Ω m (ohm meters) | 1×10^-4 Ω m (ohm meters) electrical conductivity | 0.01 S/m (siemens per meter) | 1×10^-15 S/m (siemens per meter) | 10000 S/m (siemens per meter) magnetic type | diamagnetic | diamagnetic | diamagnetic volume magnetic susceptibility | -2.31×10^-8 | -1.22×10^-5 | -2.43×10^-5 mass magnetic susceptibility | -7.2×10^-9 m^3/kg (cubic meters per kilogram) | -6.2×10^-9 m^3/kg (cubic meters per kilogram) | -3.9×10^-9 m^3/kg (cubic meters per kilogram) molar magnetic susceptibility | -5.11×10^-10 m^3/mol (cubic meters per mole) | -1.99×10^-10 m^3/mol (cubic meters per mole) | -4.98×10^-10 m^3/mol (cubic meters per mole) work function | | | 4.95 eV (Polycrystalline) threshold frequency | | | 1.197×10^15 Hz (hertz) color | (yellow) | (yellow) | (silver) refractive index | 1.000773 | 1.001111 | 1.000991

| chlorine | sulfur | tellurium valence | 5 | 6 | 6 electronegativity | 3.16 | 2.58 | 2.1 electron affinity | 349 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 200 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 190.2 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) first ionization energy | 1251.2 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 999.6 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 869.3 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) ionization energies | 1251.2 kJ/mol | 2298 kJ/mol | 3822 kJ/mol | 5158.6 kJ/mol | 6542 kJ/mol | 9362 kJ/mol | 11018 kJ/mol | 33604 kJ/mol | 38600 kJ/mol | 43961 kJ/mol | 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 | 869.3 kJ/mol | 1790 kJ/mol | 2698 kJ/mol | 3610 kJ/mol | 5668 kJ/mol | 6820 kJ/mol | 13200 kJ/mol

Reactivity

| chlorine | sulfur | tellurium term symbol | ^2P_(3/2) | ^3P_2 | ^3P_2 atomic radius | 100 pm | 100 pm | 140 pm covalent radius | 102 pm | 105 pm | 138 pm van der Waals radius | 175 pm | 180 pm | 206 pm (electronic ground state properties)

| chlorine | sulfur | tellurium universe abundance | 1×10^-4 mass% | 0.05 mass% | 9×10^-7 mass% solar abundance | 8×10^-4 mass% | 0.04 mass% | meteorite abundance | 0.037 mass% | 4 mass% | 2.1×10^-4 mass% crust abundance | 0.017 mass% | 0.042 mass% | 9.9×10^-8 mass% ocean abundance | 2 mass% | 0.093 mass% | human abundance | 0.12 mass% | 0.2 mass% | universe molar abundance | 4×10^-6 mol% | 0.002 mol% | 9×10^-9 mol% solar molar abundance | 3×10^-5 mol% | 9.9×10^-4 mol% | meteorite molar abundance | 0.016 mol% | 2.2 mol% | 3×10^-5 mol% ocean molar abundance | 0.35 mol% | 0.018 mol% | crust molar abundance | 0.0099 mol% | 0.027 mol% | 2×10^-8 mol% human molar abundance | 0.021 mol% | 0.039 mol% |