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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Ac
Na
1.2 Group Number
NA1
Gadolinium
0 17
1.3 Period Number
73
Lithium
2 7
1.4 Block
f block
s block
1.5 Element Family
Actinide
Alkali
1.6 CAS Number
74403487440235
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
1.7 Space Group Name
Fm_ 3m
Im_ 3m
1.8 Space Group Number
225.00229.00
Plutonium
11 229
2 Facts
2.1 Interesting Facts
Not Available
  • At room temperature Sodium metal is very soft as it can be chopped down into pieces with butter knife.
  • The most common compound of Sodium is NaCl (Salt).
2.2 Sources
Obtained by Treating Radium with Neutrons, Ores of metals
By Electrolysis Process, Mining
2.3 History
2.3.1 Who Discovered
Friedrich Oskar Giesel
Humphry Davy
2.3.2 Discovery
In 1902
In 1807
2.4 Abundance
2.4.1 Abundance In Universe
NA2 * 10-3 %
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
2.4.2 Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %~0.004 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
2.4.3 Abundance In Meteorites
NA0.55 %
Gold
1.7E-07 22
2.4.4 Abundance In Earth's Crust
NA2.30 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
2.4.5 Abundance In Oceans
NA1.10 %
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
2.4.6 Abundance In Humans
NA0.14 %
Radium
1E-13 1.4
3 Uses
3.1 Uses & Benefits
  • Actinium metal has a great source of alpha rays but it is hardly used outside research purpose.
  • In some nuclear reactors sodium is used as a heat exchanger.
  • Compound of Sodium metals called Salt (Sodium chloride) is used in Food.
3.1.1 Industrial Uses
NA
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
3.1.2 Medical Uses
NA
Pharmaceutical Industry
3.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys, Nuclear Research, Research Purposes
Alloys
3.2 Biological Properties
3.2.1 Toxicity
Toxic
Toxic
3.2.2 Present in Human Body
3.2.3 In Blood
0.00 Blood/mg dm-31,970.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium
0 1970
3.2.4 In Bone
0.00 p.p.m.10,000.00 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
4 Physical
4.1 Melting Point
1,227.00 °C97.72 °C
Francium
27 3410
4.2 Boiling Point
3,200.00 °C883.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
4.3 Appearance
4.3.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
4.3.2 Color
Silvery White
Silvery White
4.3.3 Luster
NA
Metallic
4.4 Hardness
4.4.1 Mohs Hardness
NA0.50
Cesium
0.2 8.5
4.4.2 Brinell Hardness
NA0.69 MPa
Cesium
0.14 3490
4.4.3 Vickers Hardness
NANA
Palladium
121 3430
4.5 Speed of Sound
NA3,200.00 m/s
Thallium
818 16200
4.6 Optical Properties
4.6.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
4.6.2 Reflectivity
NANA
Molybdenum
58 97
4.7 Allotropes
4.7.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
4.7.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
4.7.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
5 Chemical
5.1 Chemical Formula
Ac
Na
5.2 Isotopes
5.2.1 Known Isotopes
2917
Tennessine
0 38
5.3 Electronegativity
5.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity
1.100.93
Francium
0.7 2.54
5.3.2 Sanderson Electronegativity
NA0.56
Cesium
0.22 2.56
5.3.3 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.001.01
Cesium
0.86 1.82
5.3.4 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
NA0.91
Cesium
0.62 2.48
5.3.5 Allen Electronegativity
NA0.87
Cesium
0.659 2.7
5.4 Electropositivity
5.4.1 Pauling Electropositivity
2.903.07
Gold
1.46 3.3
5.5 Ionization Energies
5.5.1 1st Energy Level
499.00 kJ/mol495.80 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
5.5.2 2nd Energy Level
1,170.00 kJ/mol4,562.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
5.5.3 3rd Energy Level
1,900.00 kJ/mol6,910.30 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
5.5.4 4th Energy Level
4,700.00 kJ/mol9,543.00 kJ/mol
Thorium
2780 37066
5.5.5 5th Energy Level
NA13,354.00 kJ/mol
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
5.5.6 6th Energy Level
NA16,613.00 kJ/mol
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
5.5.7 7th Energy level
NA20,117.00 kJ/mol
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
5.5.8 8th Energy Level
NA25,496.00 kJ/mol
Hassium
8857.4 125300
5.5.9 9th Energy Level
NA28,932.00 kJ/mol
Yttrium
14110 134700
5.5.10 10th Energy Level
NA141,362.00 kJ/mol
Strontium
17100 144300
5.5.11 11th Energy Level
NA159,076.00 kJ/mol
Yttrium
19900 169988
5.5.12 12th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
22219 189368
5.5.13 13th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
26930 76015
5.5.14 14th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
29196 86450
5.5.15 15th Energy Level
NANA
Manganese
41987 97510
5.5.16 16th Energy Level
NANA
Iron
47206 109480
5.5.17 17th Energy Level
NANA
Cobalt
52737 122200
5.5.18 18th Energy Level
NANA
Nickel
58570 134810
5.5.19 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper
64702 148700
5.5.20 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
5.5.21 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
5.5.22 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
5.5.23 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
5.5.24 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
5.5.25 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
5.5.26 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
5.5.27 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
5.5.28 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
5.5.29 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
5.5.30 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
5.6 Electrochemical Equivalent
2.82 g/amp-hr0.86 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
5.7 Electron Work Function
NA2.75 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
5.8 Other Chemical Properties
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity, Solubility
Chemical Stability, Corrosion, Flammability, Ionization, Solubility
6 Atomic
6.1 Atomic Number
8911
Lithium
3 117
6.2 Electron Configuration
[Rn] 6d1 7s2
[Ne] 3s1
6.3 Crystal Structure
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
6.3.1 Crystal Lattice
6.4 Atom
6.4.1 Number of Protons
8911
Lithium
3 117
6.4.2 Number of Neutrons
13812
Lithium
4 184
6.4.3 Number of Electrons
8911
Lithium
3 117
6.5 Radius of an Atom
6.5.1 Atomic Radius
195.00 pm186.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
6.5.2 Covalent Radius
NA166.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
6.5.3 Van der Waals Radius
NA227.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
6.6 Atomic Weight
227.00 amu22.99 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
6.7 Atomic Volume
22.54 cm3/mol23.70 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
6.8 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
6.8.1 Previous Element
6.8.2 Next Element
6.9 Valence Electron Potential
38.60 (-eV)14.10 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
6.10 Lattice Constant
567.00 pm429.06 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
6.11 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
π/2, π/2, π/2
6.12 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
7 Mechanical
7.1 Density
7.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
10.00 g/cm30.97 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
7.1.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
NA0.93 g/cm3
Lithium
0.512 20
7.2 Tensile Strength
NANA
Indium
2.5 11000
7.3 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
7.4 Vapor Pressure
7.4.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
NANA
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
7.4.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
NANA
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
7.5 Elasticity properties
7.5.1 Shear Modulus
NA3.30 GPa
Potassium
1.3 222
7.5.2 Bulk Modulus
NA6.30 GPa
Cesium
1.6 462
7.5.3 Young's Modulus
NA10.00 GPa
Cesium
1.7 528
7.6 Poisson Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
7.7 Other Mechanical Properties
NA
NA
8 Magnetic
8.1 Magnetic Characteristics
8.1.1 Specific Gravity
10.070.97
Lithium
0.53 4500
8.1.2 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Paramagnetic
8.1.3 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
8.1.4 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
8.2 Electrical Properties
8.2.1 Electrical Property
Unknown
Conductor
8.2.2 Resistivity
NA47.70 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
8.2.3 Electrical Conductivity
NA0.21 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
8.2.4 Electron Affinity
NA52.80 kJ/mol
Mercury
0 222.8
9 Thermal
9.1 Specific Heat
0.12 J/(kg K)1.23 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
9.2 Molar Heat Capacity
27.20 J/mol·K28.23 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
9.3 Thermal Conductivity
12.00 W/m·K142.00 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
9.4 Critical Temperature
NA2,573.00 K
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
9.5 Thermal Expansion
NA71.00 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
9.6 Enthalpy
9.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
NA89.04 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
9.6.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
NA2.59 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
9.6.3 Enthalpy of Atomization
301.00 kJ/mol108.40 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
9.7 Standard Molar Entropy
56.50 J/mol.K51.30 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1