Assertion: tellurium's rarity | /r/HasProperty | due
Facets:
value: partly
type: DEGREE
value: to its high atomic number
type: CAUSE
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.
text: Its extreme rarity in the Yird's crust, comparable tae that o platinum, is pairtly due tae
text: Its extreme rarity in the Earth's crust, comparable to that of platinum, is due partly to its high atomic number, but also to its formation of a volatile hydride which caused it to be lost to space as a gas during the hot nebular formation of the planet.
text: Its extreme rarity in the Earth's crust, comparable to that of platinum, is partly due to its high atomic number, but also due to its formation of a volatile hydride which caused the element to be lost to space as a gas during the hot nebular formation of the planet.
text: Its extreme rarity in the Yird's crust, comparable tae that o platinum, is pairtly due tae