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Selenium
Chemistry
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Hazards
- Selenium
Miscellaneous
- Family: Colorant
- Region: None
- Mined At: Unspecified
- Raw Mineral: No
- Generic: No
Notes
A metal of the sulfur group. It is normally added in its pure form to glass batches as a coloring agent for rose or ruby glass or to act as a decolorizer against green iron.
Selenium is also introduced from sodium selenite (Na2O SeO2) or barium selenite (BaO SeO2).
Data
- Melting Point (MP): 217C
- Hardness (Moh): 4.5
Authors
- Tony Hansen (Owner)
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