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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Al
Cf
1.2 Group Number
13NA
Gadolinium
0 17
2.5 Period Number
37
Lithium
2 7
2.8 Block
p block
f block
2.9 Element Family
Post-​Transition
Actinide
2.10 CAS Number
74299057440713
Palladium
7429905 54386242
2.12 Space Group Name
Fm_ 3m
P63/mmc
2.13 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.
  • Californium metal is very harmful and highly radioactive.
  • Californium metal is the heaviest metal.
3.2 Sources
By Electrolysis Process, Earth's crust, Mining
Made by Bombarding Curium with Helium Ions
3.3 History
3.3.1 Who Discovered
Hans Christian Oersted
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
3.3.2 Discovery
In 1825
In 1950
3.4 Abundance
3.4.1 Abundance In Universe
5 * 10-3 %NA
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
3.4.5 Abundance In Sun
~0.006 %~-9999 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
3.7.1 Abundance In Meteorites
0.91 %NA
Gold
1.7E-07 22
3.7.4 Abundance In Earth's Crust
8.10 %NA
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
3.8.2 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %NA
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
4.2.2 Abundance In Humans
0.00 %NA
Radium
1E-13 1.4
5 Uses
5.1 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.
  • Californium metal has a very strong neutron emitter. It is used as a metal detector.
  • It also used as an identifier to check Water and oil layers in oil wells.
5.1.1 Industrial Uses
Aerospace Industry, Ammunition Industry, Automobile Industry, Chemical Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Chemical Industry
5.1.2 Medical Uses
Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Industry, Surgical Instruments Manufacturing
NA
5.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys, Jewellery, Sculptures, Statues
Alloys, Nuclear Research
5.2 Biological Properties
5.2.1 Toxicity
Non Toxic
Toxic
5.2.2 Present in Human Body
5.2.3 In Blood
0.39 Blood/mg dm-30.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium
0 1970
7.1.2 In Bone
27.00 p.p.m.0.00 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
8 Physical
8.1 Melting Point
660.37 °C900.00 °C
Francium
27 3410
8.4 Boiling Point
2,467.00 °C1,470.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
9.2 Appearance
9.2.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
9.2.2 Color
Silvery Gray
Silver
9.2.3 Luster
Metallic
NA
9.3 Hardness
9.3.1 Mohs Hardness
2.753.00
Cesium
0.2 8.5
9.3.9 Brinell Hardness
160.00 MPaNA
Cesium
0.14 3490
10.2.3 Vickers Hardness
160.00 MPaNA
Palladium
121 3430
6.8 Speed of Sound
5,000.00 m/sNA
Thallium
818 16200
7.2 Optical Properties
7.2.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
7.2.3 Reflectivity
71.00 %NA
Molybdenum
58 97
7.6 Allotropes
7.6.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
7.6.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
7.6.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
8 Chemical
8.1 Chemical Formula
Al
Cf
8.2 Isotopes
8.2.1 Known Isotopes
1120
Tennessine
0 38
8.4 Electronegativity
8.4.1 Pauling Electronegativity
1.611.30
Francium
0.7 2.54
8.5.2 Sanderson Electronegativity
1.71NA
Cesium
0.22 2.56
8.7.2 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.471.20
Cesium
0.86 1.82
8.8.3 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
1.83NA
Cesium
0.62 2.48
8.8.7 Allen Electronegativity
1.61NA
Cesium
0.659 2.7
8.10 Electropositivity
8.10.1 Pauling Electropositivity
2.392.70
Gold
1.46 3.3
8.12 Ionization Energies
8.12.1 1st Energy Level
577.50 kJ/mol608.00 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
8.13.2 2nd Energy Level
1,816.70 kJ/mol1,206.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
8.15.1 3rd Energy Level
2,744.80 kJ/mol2,267.00 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
8.16.1 4th Energy Level
11,577.00 kJ/mol3,599.00 kJ/mol
Thorium
2780 37066
8.17.1 5th Energy Level
14,842.00 kJ/molNA
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
9.1.3 6th Energy Level
18,379.00 kJ/molNA
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
9.1.4 7th Energy level
23,326.00 kJ/molNA
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
9.1.7 8th Energy Level
27,465.00 kJ/molNA
Hassium
8857.4 125300
9.2.1 9th Energy Level
31,853.00 kJ/molNA
Yttrium
14110 134700
9.2.3 10th Energy Level
38,473.00 kJ/molNA
Strontium
17100 144300
9.4.3 11th Energy Level
42,647.00 kJ/molNA
Yttrium
19900 169988
9.4.6 12th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
22219 189368
9.5.3 13th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
26930 76015
9.5.6 14th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
29196 86450
9.5.10 15th Energy Level
NANA
Manganese
41987 97510
9.5.13 16th Energy Level
NANA
Iron
47206 109480
9.6.4 17th Energy Level
NANA
Cobalt
52737 122200
10.1.2 18th Energy Level
NANA
Nickel
58570 134810
10.1.5 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper
64702 148700
10.2.2 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
11.1.1 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
11.2.3 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
11.2.4 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
11.5.2 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
11.5.4 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
11.5.6 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
12.1.1 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
12.1.3 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
12.2.1 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
12.2.2 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
12.5 Electrochemical Equivalent
0.34 g/amp-hr3.12 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
12.7 Electron Work Function
4.28 eVNA
Cesium
2.14 5.65
12.9 Other Chemical Properties
Chemical Stability, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes
Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity, Solubility
13 Atomic
13.1 Atomic Number
1398
Lithium
3 117
13.4 Electron Configuration
[Ne] 3s2 3p1
[Rn] 5f10 7s2
13.5 Crystal Structure
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
Double Hexagonal Close Packed (DHCP)
13.5.1 Crystal Lattice
13.6 Atom
13.6.1 Number of Protons
1398
Lithium
3 117
13.7.2 Number of Neutrons
14153
Lithium
4 184
13.9.2 Number of Electrons
1398
Lithium
3 117
13.12 Radius of an Atom
13.12.1 Atomic Radius
143.00 pm186.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
1.1.2 Covalent Radius
121.00 pmNA
Beryllium
96 260
1.2.1 Van der Waals Radius
184.00 pmNA
Zinc
139 348
2.2 Atomic Weight
26.98 amu251.00 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
2.5 Atomic Volume
10.00 cm3/molNA
Manganese
1.39 71.07
1.3 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
1.3.1 Previous Element
1.3.2 Next Element
1.4 Valence Electron Potential
80.70 (-eV)44.50 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
1.9 Lattice Constant
404.95 pm338.00 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
2.9 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
2.10 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
3 Mechanical
3.1 Density
3.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
2.70 g/cm315.10 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
3.6.3 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
2.38 g/cm3NA
Lithium
0.512 20
4.5 Tensile Strength
40.00 MPaNA
Indium
2.5 11000
4.6 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
4.7 Vapor Pressure
4.7.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
0.00 (Pa)NA
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
4.7.5 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
NANA
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
4.8 Elasticity properties
4.8.1 Shear Modulus
26.00 GPaNA
Potassium
1.3 222
5.2.4 Bulk Modulus
76.00 GPaNA
Cesium
1.6 462
6.1.4 Young's Modulus
70.00 GPaNA
Cesium
1.7 528
2.2 Poisson Ratio
0.35NA
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
3.5 Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile, Malleable
Malleable, Sectile
4 Magnetic
4.1 Magnetic Characteristics
4.1.1 Specific Gravity
2.7215.10
Lithium
0.53 4500
4.5.2 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Paramagnetic
4.5.3 Permeability
0.00 H/mNA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
4.7.2 Susceptibility
0.00NA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
5.4 Electrical Properties
5.4.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
Unknown
5.4.2 Resistivity
28.20 nΩ·mNA
Thallium
0.18 961
2.4.2 Electrical Conductivity
0.38 106/cm ΩNA
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
2.6.4 Electron Affinity
42.50 kJ/molNA
Mercury
0 222.8
4 Thermal
4.1 Specific Heat
0.90 J/(kg K)NA
Americium
0.11 3.6
4.4 Molar Heat Capacity
24.20 J/mol·KNA
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
4.9 Thermal Conductivity
237.00 W/m·KNA
Neptunium
6.3 429
5.3 Critical Temperature
NANA
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
6.3 Thermal Expansion
23.10 µm/(m·K)NA
Tungsten
4.5 97
7.4 Enthalpy
7.4.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
293.70 kJ/molNA
Zinc
7.32 799.1
2.3.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
10.67 kJ/molNA
Cesium
2.1 35.23
2.5.2 Enthalpy of Atomization
322.20 kJ/molNA
Mercury
61.5 837
2.12 Standard Molar Entropy
28.30 J/mol.KNA
Beryllium
9.5 198.1