THALLIUM OLAF
HISTORY.
- Discovered by William Crookes
- Word Thallos/Thallium
- Got Slime from friend looking for tellurium
- Used a spectroscope to find element
USES
- Rat poison and insecticide
- Banned in most countrys (America)
- Used in photocells
- Photocell = object that turns light into energy
Appearance
- Highly toxic
- Very soft and easy to form into other shape
- Colorless
- Very easy to cut with knife
Symbol: Ti
Atomic number: 81
Atomic mass: 204.38
State: solid
Melting point: 578.9 F
FUN FACTS
- Thallium is fatal in doses of only 1 gram
- If you are exposed to thallium you die right away
- Animals also die when they are exposed to thallium
LITTLE QUIZ
Who found thallium
- A William Crookes
- B J J Thomsan
- C Rutherford
Is thallium banned in America
- Yes
- No
What is thalliums symbol
- T
- Tm
- Ti
CITATIONS
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