Chemical Symbol Tl (+ Cool facts: Color, Uses and more...) 2022

Every chemical element has its own symbol to represent them. But what is the Tl element?

The answer is Thallium, whose symbol is Tl, and there's a lot of cool facts about it that most people don't know. Let me walk you through...

Thallium Overview

Chemical Symbol

Tl (Thallium)

Uses

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

State at 20 °C

solid

Description

Soft gray metal that looks like lead.

Name Origin

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

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

Learn more about the atomic number.

Atomic Mass

204,3833

Discovery

Discovered By: Sir William Crookes

Year: 1861

Location: England

Learn more about the atomic mass.

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