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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Pd
La
1.2 Group Number
Tennessine
10
Rank: 8 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Gadolinium
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1.3 Period Number
Uranium
5
Rank: 3 (Overall)
6
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Lithium
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1.4 Block
d block
f block
1.5 Element Family
Transition Metal
Lanthanide
1.6 CAS Number
Roentgenium
7440053
Rank: 74 (Overall)
7439910
Rank: 87 (Overall)
Aluminium
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1.7 Space Group Name
Fm_ 3m
P63/mmc
1.8 Space Group Number
Sodium
225.00
Rank: 2 (Overall)
194.00
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Plutonium
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2 Facts
2.1 Interesting Facts
  • Palladium alloys are used for Jewelry contains (95% Palladium and 5% Ruthenium)
  • In the late 1800s, Palladium metal used have more economical value than the Platinum metal.
  • Palladium element is known as a good catalyst
  • Lanthanum metal is highly malleable, ductile and sectile.
  • If exposed to air Lanthanum metal oxidizes rapidly.
2.2 Sources
Ores of metals
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
2.3 History
2.3.1 Who Discovered
William Hyde Wollaston
Carl Gustaf Mosander
2.3.2 Discovery
In 1803
In 1838
2.4 Abundance
2.4.1 Abundance In Universe
Iron
2 * 10-7 %
Rank: 22 (Overall)
2 * 10-7 %
Rank: 22 (Overall)
Thallium
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2.4.3 Abundance In Sun
Iron
~0.0000003 %
Rank: 24 (Overall)
~0.0000002 %
Rank: 25 (Overall)
Beryllium
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2.5.1 Abundance In Meteorites
Iron
0.00 %
Rank: 51 (Overall)
0.00 %
Rank: 32 (Overall)
Gold
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3.2.2 Abundance In Earth's Crust
Aluminium
0.00 %
Rank: 48 (Overall)
0.00 %
Rank: 19 (Overall)
Radium
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3.2.3 Abundance In Oceans
Sodium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
0.00 %
Rank: 29 (Overall)
Protactinium
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3.3.3 Abundance In Humans
Calcium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Radium
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4 Uses
4.1 Uses & Benefits
  • Mostly palladium metal is used in catalytic converters. In electronic industry it is used in ceramic capacitors of mobile and computer.
  • It is used in jewellery and dental fillings and crowns.
  • It has no commercial uses, but its alloys are in high demand. Lanthanum and Nickel alloy is used for the hydrogen gas storage.
  • The best-known use for mischmetal alloy of Lanthanum is; as a ‘flints’ for cigarette lighters.
4.1.1 Industrial Uses
Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry, Electronic Industry
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
4.1.2 Medical Uses
Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Industry, Surgical Instruments Manufacturing
NA
4.1.3 Other Uses
Coinage, Bullion, Jewellery
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing
4.2 Biological Properties
4.2.1 Toxicity
Toxic
Low Toxic
4.2.2 Present in Human Body
60% Transition Metals Metals have it !
27% Lanthanide Series Metals have it !
4.2.3 In Blood
Sodium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2.4 In Bone
Calcium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
0.08 p.p.m.
Rank: 24 (Overall)
Plutonium
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5 Physical
5.1 Melting Point
Tungsten
1,554.90 °C
Rank: 22 (Overall)
920.00 °C
Rank: 49 (Overall)
Francium
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5.2 Boiling Point
Tungsten
2,963.00 °C
Rank: 33 (Overall)
3,469.00 °C
Rank: 18 (Overall)
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5.3 Appearance
5.3.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
5.3.2 Color
Silver
Silvery White
5.3.3 Luster
Metallic
NA
5.4 Hardness
5.4.1 Mohs Hardness
Chromium
4.75
Rank: 9 (Overall)
2.50
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Cesium
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5.4.3 Brinell Hardness
Osmium
320.00 MPa
Rank: 33 (Overall)
350.00 MPa
Rank: 30 (Overall)
Cesium
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5.5.2 Vickers Hardness
Tungsten
121.00 MPa
Rank: 36 (Overall)
360.00 MPa
Rank: 26 (Overall)
Palladium
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5.6 Speed of Sound
Technetium
3,070.00 m/s
Rank: 26 (Overall)
2,475.00 m/s
Rank: 37 (Overall)
Thallium
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5.8 Optical Properties
5.8.1 Refractive Index
Palladium
1.72
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Mercury
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5.8.3 Reflectivity
Silver
84.00 %
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
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5.9 Allotropes
6% Transition Metals Metals have it !
No Lanthanide Series Metals has it !
5.9.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
5.9.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
5.9.4 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
6 Chemical
6.1 Chemical Formula
Pd
La
6.2 Isotopes
6.2.1 Known Isotopes
Palladium
38
Rank: 1 (Overall)
31
Rank: 8 (Overall)
Tennessine
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6.3 Electronegativity
6.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity
Gold
2.20
Rank: 4 (Overall)
1.10
Rank: 44 (Overall)
Francium
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6.4.1 Sanderson Electronegativity
Cobalt
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cesium
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6.5.1 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
Gallium
1.35
Rank: 21 (Overall)
1.08
Rank: 31 (Overall)
Cesium
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6.6.1 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
Polonium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cesium
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7.1.2 Allen Electronegativity
Berkelium
1.59
Rank: 22 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cesium
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7.2 Electropositivity
7.2.1 Pauling Electropositivity
Francium
1.80
Rank: 49 (Overall)
2.90
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Gold
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7.4 Ionization Energies
7.4.1 1st Energy Level
Chromium
520.23 kJ/mol
Rank: 80 (Overall)
538.10 kJ/mol
Rank: 75 (Overall)
Cesium
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7.4.3 2nd Energy Level
Chromium
7,298.22 kJ/mol
Rank: 2 (Overall)
1,067.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 76 (Overall)
Ruthenium
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7.4.4 3rd Energy Level
Chromium
11,815.13 kJ/mol
Rank: 3 (Overall)
1,850.30 kJ/mol
Rank: 80 (Overall)
Osmium
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7.5.1 4th Energy Level
Chromium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
4,819.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 22 (Overall)
Thorium
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7.7.2 5th Energy Level
Chromium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
5,940.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 25 (Overall)
Dubnium
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7.7.3 6th Energy Level
Chromium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Seaborgium
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7.7.6 7th Energy level
Chromium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Bohrium
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7.8.1 8th Energy Level
Chromium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Hassium
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8.2.1 9th Energy Level
Chromium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Yttrium
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8.3.1 10th Energy Level
Chromium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Strontium
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9.1.1 11th Energy Level
Magnesium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Yttrium
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9.2.1 12th Energy Level
Magnesium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
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9.3.1 13th Energy Level
Titanium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
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9.6.2 14th Energy Level
Vanadium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
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9.6.4 15th Energy Level
Chromium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Manganese
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9.6.6 16th Energy Level
Manganese
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Iron
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9.8.3 17th Energy Level
Iron
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cobalt
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9.8.5 18th Energy Level
Cobalt
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Nickel
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9.9.1 19th Energy Level
Nickel
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Copper
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10.1.2 20th Energy Level
Zinc
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
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10.1.4 21st Energy Level
Zinc
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
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10.1.6 22nd Energy Level
Copper
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
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10.2.4 23rd Energy Level
Copper
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
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10.2.6 24th Energy Level
Iron
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
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10.2.7 25th Energy Level
Molybdenum
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
11.1.1 26th Energy Level
Molybdenum
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
11.1.2 27th Energy Level
Molybdenum
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
11.2.1 28th Energy Level
Molybdenum
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
11.2.2 29th Energy Level
Molybdenum
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
11.3.1 30th Energy Level
Molybdenum
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
11.4 Electrochemical Equivalent
Francium
1.99 g/amp-hr
Rank: 30 (Overall)
1.73 g/amp-hr
Rank: 42 (Overall)
Beryllium
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11.6 Electron Work Function
Platinum
5.12 eV
Rank: 3 (Overall)
3.50 eV
Rank: 31 (Overall)
Cesium
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11.7 Other Chemical Properties
Chemical Stability, Corrosion, Ionization, Solubility
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
12 Atomic
12.1 Atomic Number
Tennessine
46
Rank: 66 (Overall)
57
Rank: 59 (Overall)
Lithium
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12.3 Electron Configuration
[Kr] 4d10
[Xe] 5d2 6s2
12.4 Crystal Structure
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
Double Hexagonal Close Packed (DHCP)
12.4.1 Crystal Lattice
12.5 Atom
12.5.1 Number of Protons
Tennessine
46
Rank: 65 (Overall)
57
Rank: 58 (Overall)
Lithium
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12.6.1 Number of Neutrons
Flerovium
60
Rank: 48 (Overall)
82
Rank: 41 (Overall)
Lithium
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12.7.2 Number of Electrons
Tennessine
46
Rank: 65 (Overall)
57
Rank: 58 (Overall)
Lithium
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12.8 Radius of an Atom
12.8.1 Atomic Radius
Cesium
137.00 pm
Rank: 40 (Overall)
187.00 pm
Rank: 8 (Overall)
Beryllium
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12.8.3 Covalent Radius
Francium
139.00 pm
Rank: 45 (Overall)
207.00 pm
Rank: 6 (Overall)
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12.8.5 Van der Waals Radius
Francium
163.00 pm
Rank: 40 (Overall)
240.00 pm
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Zinc
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12.9 Atomic Weight
Tennessine
106.42 amu
Rank: 60 (Overall)
138.91 amu
Rank: 53 (Overall)
Lithium
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12.10 Atomic Volume
Cesium
8.90 cm3/mol
Rank: 54 (Overall)
20.73 cm3/mol
Rank: 16 (Overall)
Manganese
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12.11 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
12.11.1 Previous Element
12.11.2 Next Element
12.12 Valence Electron Potential
Platinum
33.00 (-eV)
Rank: 51 (Overall)
40.71 (-eV)
Rank: 46 (Overall)
Francium
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12.13 Lattice Constant
Manganese
389.07 pm
Rank: 25 (Overall)
377.20 pm
Rank: 28 (Overall)
Beryllium
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12.14 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
12.15 Lattice C/A Ratio
Cadmium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
1.62
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Beryllium
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13 Mechanical
13.1 Density
13.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
Hassium
12.02 g/cm3
Rank: 29 (Overall)
6.16 g/cm3
Rank: 65 (Overall)
Lithium
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13.1.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
Osmium
10.38 g/cm3
Rank: 17 (Overall)
5.94 g/cm3
Rank: 44 (Overall)
Lithium
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13.2 Tensile Strength
Iron
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Indium
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13.3 Viscosity
Mercury
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Mercury
13.4 Vapor Pressure
13.4.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
Strontium
0.00 (Pa)
Rank: 27 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cerium
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13.4.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
Chromium
0.00 (Pa)
Rank: 30 (Overall)
0.98 (Pa)
Rank: 15 (Overall)
Tungsten
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13.5 Elasticity properties
13.5.1 Shear Modulus
Osmium
44.00 GPa
Rank: 17 (Overall)
14.30 GPa
Rank: 40 (Overall)
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13.5.2 Bulk Modulus
Osmium
180.00 GPa
Rank: 9 (Overall)
27.90 GPa
Rank: 41 (Overall)
Cesium
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13.5.3 Young's Modulus
Iridium
121.00 GPa
Rank: 16 (Overall)
36.60 GPa
Rank: 42 (Overall)
Cesium
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13.6 Poisson Ratio
Gallium
0.39
Rank: 5 (Overall)
0.28
Rank: 17 (Overall)
Beryllium
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13.7 Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile, Malleable, Weldable
Ductile
14 Magnetic
14.1 Magnetic Characteristics
14.1.1 Specific Gravity
Cobalt
12.02
Rank: 21 (Overall)
6.17
Rank: 52 (Overall)
Lithium
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14.1.2 Magnetic Ordering
Diamagnetic
Paramagnetic
14.1.3 Permeability
Iron
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Bismuth
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14.1.4 Susceptibility
Iron
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Bismuth
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14.2 Electrical Properties
14.2.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
Conductor
14.2.2 Resistivity
Mercury
105.40 nΩ·m
Rank: 29 (Overall)
615.00 nΩ·m
Rank: 7 (Overall)
Thallium
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14.2.3 Electrical Conductivity
Silver
0.10 106/cm Ω
Rank: 22 (Overall)
0.01 106/cm Ω
Rank: 51 (Overall)
Plutonium
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14.2.4 Electron Affinity
Gold
54.23 kJ/mol
Rank: 17 (Overall)
48.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 23 (Overall)
Mercury
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15 Thermal
15.1 Specific Heat
Lithium
0.24 J/(kg K)
Rank: 23 (Overall)
0.19 J/(kg K)
Rank: 32 (Overall)
Americium
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15.2 Molar Heat Capacity
Americium
25.98 J/mol·K
Rank: 33 (Overall)
27.11 J/mol·K
Rank: 21 (Overall)
Beryllium
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15.3 Thermal Conductivity
Silver
71.80 W/m·K
Rank: 23 (Overall)
13.40 W/m·K
Rank: 57 (Overall)
Neptunium
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15.4 Critical Temperature
Lithium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Ytterbium
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15.5 Thermal Expansion
Cesium
11.80 µm/(m·K)
Rank: 33 (Overall)
12.10 µm/(m·K)
Rank: 32 (Overall)
Tungsten
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15.6 Enthalpy
15.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
Tungsten
376.60 kJ/mol
Rank: 19 (Overall)
399.60 kJ/mol
Rank: 17 (Overall)
Zinc
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15.6.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
Tungsten
16.74 kJ/mol
Rank: 18 (Overall)
6.20 kJ/mol
Rank: 49 (Overall)
Cesium
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15.6.3 Enthalpy of Atomization
Tungsten
393.30 kJ/mol
Rank: 22 (Overall)
431.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 16 (Overall)
Mercury
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15.7 Standard Molar Entropy
Protactinium
37.60 J/mol.K
Rank: 40 (Overall)
56.90 J/mol.K
Rank: 23 (Overall)
Beryllium
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