Period 5 element Klaproth named the new element in 1798 after the Latin word for "earth", "tellus". Gold telluride minerals (responsible for the name of Telluride, Colorado) are the most notable natural gold compounds. However, they are not a commercially significant source of tellurium itself, which is normally extracted as by-product of copper and lead production. Tellurium is commercially primarily used in alloys, foremost in steel and copper to improve machinability. Applications in solar panels and as a semiconductor material also consume a considerable fraction of tellurium production. Iodine is a chemical element with the symbol I and atomic number 53. The name
Cyprus, London nearest Docklands Light Railway station is Cyprus. The station is directly outside the University campus. Cyprus, London Cyprus is an area in the Docklands area of the London Borough of Newham. It is located west of Beckton and north of the eastern end of the Royal Albert Dock. It is named after the Cyprus Estate, a housing estate built for workers at the Royal Albert Dock, which opened in 1881. The estate was named to commemorate the United Kingdom's acquisition of the island of Cyprus in 1878. It was built on one of the few pieces of land not owned