Chemical Symbol for Thallium☢️ (+ Color, Uses, State and more...) rev. 2022

Each chemical element has its own symbol and Thallium is no different.

However there's a lot of cool facts about Thallium (Tl) that most people don't know. Check this out:

Thallium Overview

Chemical Symbol

Tl (Thallium)

Description

Soft gray metal that looks like lead.

Sources

Found in iron pyrites. Also in crookesite, hutchinsonite and lorandite. Most is recovered from the byproducts of lead and zinc refining.

Atomic Number

81

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Atomic Mass

204,3833

Name Origin

Greek: thallos (green twig), for a bright green line in its spectrum.

Uses

Its compounds are used in rat and ant poisons. Also for detecting infrared radiation.

State at 20 °C

solid

Discovery

Discovered By: Sir William Crookes

Year: 1861

Location: England

Learn more about the atomic mass.

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