Chem. Obs. [f. TELLUR-IUM + -ANE 2 a.] Davy’s name for tellurium chloride.
1812. Sir H. Davy, Chem. Philos., 410. When tellurium is burnt in chlorine an easily fusible substance is formed, which rises in vapour at a strong heat, and crystallizes…. It appears this compound, or tellurane, consists of 2 in weight of metal to 1.83 of chlorine.
