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Compare two chemical elements side by side across 19 atomic and physical properties.

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Property Te Tellurium Po Polonium
Atomic Number 52 lower 84 lower
Symbol Te different Po different
Name Tellurium different Polonium different
Atomic Mass 127.6 lower 208.9824 lower
Category Metalloids same value Metalloids same value
Period 5 lower 6 lower
Group 16 same value 16 same value
Block p-Block same value p-Block same value
Standard State Solid same value Solid same value
Electronegativity 2.1 higher 2 higher
Atomic Radius 206 higher 197 higher
Ionization Energy 9.01 higher 8.417 higher
Electron Affinity 1.971 higher 1.9 higher
Oxidation States +6, +4, -2 different +4, +2 different
Melting Point 722.66 K (449.51 °C) higher 527 K (253.85 °C) higher
Boiling Point 1261 K (987.85 °C) higher 1235 K (961.85 °C) higher
Density 6.232 lower 9.32 lower
Electron Configuration [Kr]5s2 4d10 5p4 different [Xe]6s2 4f14 5d10 6p4 different
Year Discovered 1782 different 1898 different

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