Assertion: tellurium | /r/HasProperty | lost as gas
Facets:
value: to space
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Its extreme rarity in the Earth's crust, comparable to that of platinum, is due partly to its formation of a volatile hydride that caused tellurium to be lost to space as a gas during the hot nebular formation of Earth, and partly to tellurium's low affinity for oxygen, which causes it to bind preferentially to other chalcophiles in dense minerals that sink into the core.