Description
Grayish-white, lustrous, brittle, crystalline solid; dark-gray to brown, amorphous powder with metallic characteristics. Used as a coloring agent in chinaware, porcelains, enamels, glass; producing black finish on silverware; semiconductor devices and research; manufacturing special alloys of marked electrical resistance. Improves mechanical properties of lead; powerful carbide stabilizer in cast iron, tellurium vapor in "daylight" lamps, vulcanization of rubber. Blasting caps. Semiconductor research. (EPA, 1998);DARK GREY-TO-BROWN AMORPHOUS POWDER, WITH METAL CHARACTERISTICS OR SILVERY-WHITE, LUSTROUS CRYSTALLINE SOLID.;Odorless, dark-gray to brown, amorphous powder or grayish-white, brittle solid.;Odorless, dark-gray to brown, amorphous powder or grayish-white, brittle solid.
Color Form
Grayish-white, lustrous, brittle, crystalline solid, hexagonal, rhombohedral structure;Dark-gray to brown, amorphous powder with metal characteristics