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Aluminium vs Beryllium

1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Al
Be
1.2 Group Number
132
Gadolinium
0 17
1.4 Period Number
32
Lithium
2 7
1.6 Block
p block
s block
1.7 Element Family
Post-​Transition
Alkaline Earth
1.8 CAS Number
74299057440417
Palladium
7429905 54386242
2.2 Space Group Name
Fm_ 3m
P63/mmc
2.3 Space Group Number
225.00194.00
Plutonium
11 229
3 Facts
3.1 Interesting Facts
  • Aluminum’s abundance percentage is more as it is found in more than 260 minerals.
  • Pure Aluminum always reacts with oxygen rapidly.
  • It is a good conductor of heat and electricity and used in transmission lines.
  • Beryllium is best anti corrosion metal.
  • Beryllium is the lightest metal and still it is stronger than steel.
  • It also finds various applications in Nuclear reactors as a reflector.
3.2 Sources
By Electrolysis Process, Earth's crust, Mining
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals
3.3 History
3.4.1 Who Discovered
Hans Christian Oersted
Louis Nicolas Vauquelin
3.4.2 Discovery
In 1825
In 1797
3.6 Abundance
3.6.1 Abundance In Universe
5 * 10-3 %1 * 10-7 %
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
3.7.2 Abundance In Sun
~0.006 %~0.00000001 %
Palladium
1E-08 0.1
3.7.4 Abundance In Meteorites
0.91 %0.00 %
Gold
1.7E-07 22
3.7.5 Abundance In Earth's Crust
8.10 %0.00 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
3.7.7 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %0.00 %
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
3.8.2 Abundance In Humans
0.00 %0.00 %
Radium
1E-13 1.4
4 Uses
4.1 Uses & Benefits
  • Aluminum is used in a various products; for example, cans, foils, kitchen utensils, window frames, beer kegs and aero plane parts, automobile parts, etc.
  • Its alloys with copper or nickel are used in manufacturing Gyroscopes, springs, electrical contact and non sparking tools.
  • Beryllium Alloys are used as a material for aircraft, missiles, spacecraft and satellite.
4.1.2 Industrial Uses
Aerospace Industry, Ammunition Industry, Automobile Industry, Chemical Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Aerospace Industry, Ammunition Industry, Automobile Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
4.1.3 Medical Uses
Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Industry, Surgical Instruments Manufacturing
NA
4.1.4 Other Uses
Alloys, Jewellery, Sculptures, Statues
Alloys
4.2 Biological Properties
4.2.1 Toxicity
Non Toxic
Toxic
4.2.2 Present in Human Body
4.2.3 In Blood
0.39 Blood/mg dm-30.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium
0 1970
4.2.5 In Bone
27.00 p.p.m.0.00 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
5 Physical
5.1 Melting Point
660.37 °C1,278.00 °C
Francium
27 3410
5.2 Boiling Point
2,467.00 °C2,970.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
5.4 Appearance
5.4.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
5.4.2 Color
Silvery Gray
White Gray
5.4.3 Luster
Metallic
Metallic
5.5 Hardness
5.5.1 Mohs Hardness
2.755.50
Cesium
0.2 8.5
5.7.1 Brinell Hardness
160.00 MPa590.00 MPa
Cesium
0.14 3490
5.8.1 Vickers Hardness
160.00 MPa1,670.00 MPa
Palladium
121 3430
5.11 Speed of Sound
5,000.00 m/s12,890.00 m/s
Thallium
818 16200
6.2 Optical Properties
6.2.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
6.2.2 Reflectivity
71.00 %NA
Molybdenum
58 97
6.3 Allotropes
6.3.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
6.3.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
6.3.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
7 Chemical
7.1 Chemical Formula
Al
Be
7.2 Isotopes
7.2.1 Known Isotopes
119
Tennessine
0 38
7.4 Electronegativity
7.4.1 Pauling Electronegativity
1.611.57
Francium
0.7 2.54
7.5.1 Sanderson Electronegativity
1.711.81
Cesium
0.22 2.56
7.6.2 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.471.47
Cesium
0.86 1.82
7.6.4 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
1.831.54
Cesium
0.62 2.48
7.7.2 Allen Electronegativity
1.611.58
Cesium
0.659 2.7
7.8 Electropositivity
7.8.1 Pauling Electropositivity
2.392.43
Gold
1.46 3.3
7.9 Ionization Energies
7.9.1 1st Energy Level
577.50 kJ/mol899.50 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
7.9.3 2nd Energy Level
1,816.70 kJ/mol1,757.10 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
7.9.4 3rd Energy Level
2,744.80 kJ/mol14,848.70 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
7.10.1 4th Energy Level
11,577.00 kJ/mol21,006.60 kJ/mol
Thorium
2780 37066
8.1.2 5th Energy Level
14,842.00 kJ/molNA
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
8.1.4 6th Energy Level
18,379.00 kJ/molNA
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
8.1.6 7th Energy level
23,326.00 kJ/molNA
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
8.1.8 8th Energy Level
27,465.00 kJ/molNA
Hassium
8857.4 125300
8.2.3 9th Energy Level
31,853.00 kJ/molNA
Yttrium
14110 134700
8.2.4 10th Energy Level
38,473.00 kJ/molNA
Strontium
17100 144300
8.2.6 11th Energy Level
42,647.00 kJ/molNA
Yttrium
19900 169988
8.2.8 12th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
22219 189368
9.1.1 13th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
26930 76015
9.2.1 14th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
29196 86450
9.2.2 15th Energy Level
NANA
Manganese
41987 97510
9.3.1 16th Energy Level
NANA
Iron
47206 109480
9.4.1 17th Energy Level
NANA
Cobalt
52737 122200
9.5.1 18th Energy Level
NANA
Nickel
58570 134810
9.5.2 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper
64702 148700
9.6.2 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
9.6.3 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
9.6.5 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
9.6.6 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
9.6.8 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
9.6.9 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
9.7.1 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
9.7.2 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
9.7.3 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
9.7.4 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
9.7.5 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
9.8 Electrochemical Equivalent
0.34 g/amp-hr0.17 g/amp-hr
Palladium
0.16812 8.3209
9.9 Electron Work Function
4.28 eV4.98 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
9.10 Other Chemical Properties
Chemical Stability, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes
Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes
10 Atomic
10.1 Atomic Number
134
Lithium
3 117
10.2 Electron Configuration
[Ne] 3s2 3p1
[He] 2s2
10.3 Crystal Structure
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP)
10.3.1 Crystal Lattice
10.4 Atom
10.4.1 Number of Protons
134
Lithium
3 117
10.4.2 Number of Neutrons
145
Lithium
4 184
10.4.3 Number of Electrons
134
Lithium
3 117
10.5 Radius of an Atom
10.5.1 Atomic Radius
143.00 pm112.00 pm
Palladium
112 265
10.5.2 Covalent Radius
121.00 pm96.00 pm
Palladium
96 260
10.5.3 Van der Waals Radius
184.00 pm153.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
10.6 Atomic Weight
26.98 amu9.01 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
10.7 Atomic Volume
10.00 cm3/mol5.00 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
10.8 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
10.8.1 Previous Element
10.8.2 Next Element
10.9 Valence Electron Potential
80.70 (-eV)82.00 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
10.10 Lattice Constant
404.95 pm228.58 pm
Palladium
228.58 891.25
10.11 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
π/2, π/2, π/2
10.12 Lattice C/A Ratio
NA1.57
Cadmium
1.567 1.886
11 Mechanical
11.1 Density
11.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
2.70 g/cm31.85 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
11.1.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
2.38 g/cm31.69 g/cm3
Lithium
0.512 20
11.2 Tensile Strength
40.00 MPaNA
Indium
2.5 11000
11.3 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
11.4 Vapor Pressure
11.4.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
0.00 (Pa)0.00 (Pa)
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
11.4.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
NANA
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
11.5 Elasticity properties
11.5.1 Shear Modulus
26.00 GPa132.00 GPa
Potassium
1.3 222
11.5.2 Bulk Modulus
76.00 GPa130.00 GPa
Cesium
1.6 462
11.5.3 Young's Modulus
70.00 GPa287.00 GPa
Cesium
1.7 528
11.6 Poisson Ratio
0.350.03
Iron
0.032 0.47
11.7 Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile, Malleable
NA
12 Magnetic
12.1 Magnetic Characteristics
12.1.1 Specific Gravity
2.721.85
Lithium
0.53 4500
12.1.2 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Diamagnetic
12.1.3 Permeability
0.00 H/mNA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
12.1.4 Susceptibility
0.00NA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
12.2 Electrical Properties
12.2.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
Semiconductor
12.2.2 Resistivity
28.20 nΩ·m36.00 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
12.2.3 Electrical Conductivity
0.38 106/cm Ω0.31 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
12.2.4 Electron Affinity
42.50 kJ/mol0.00 kJ/mol
Mercury
0 222.8
13 Thermal
13.1 Specific Heat
0.90 J/(kg K)1.82 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
13.2 Molar Heat Capacity
24.20 J/mol·K16.44 J/mol·K
Palladium
16.443 62.7
13.3 Thermal Conductivity
237.00 W/m·K200.00 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
13.4 Critical Temperature
NANA
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
13.5 Thermal Expansion
23.10 µm/(m·K)11.30 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
13.6 Enthalpy
13.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
293.70 kJ/mol294.70 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
13.6.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
10.67 kJ/mol11.72 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
13.6.3 Enthalpy of Atomization
322.20 kJ/mol326.40 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
13.7 Standard Molar Entropy
28.30 J/mol.K9.50 J/mol.K
Palladium
9.5 198.1