32+ Copper And Tellurium Reaction Pictures. Astm specification b301 has 0.5% tellurium. Tellurium improves machinability of copper.
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Tellurium does not react with water under normal conditions. Luckily copper doesn't oxidize in a catastrophic exothermic chain reaction (it doesn't properly burn with flames etc) since the copper oxide layers are compact and quite impermeable to oxygen but nevertheless the oxides will continue to grow as you increase temperature or holding time in. You get an alloy of copper and tellurium? Tellurium copper is an alloy of copper and tellurium.