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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Al
Cu
1.2 Group Number
1311
Gadolinium
0 17
1.4 Period Number
34
Lithium
2 7
1.7 Block
p block
d block
1.8 Element Family
Post-​Transition
Transition Metal
1.9 CAS Number
74299057440508
Palladium
7429905 54386242
1.10 Space Group Name
Fm_ 3m
Fm_ 3m
1.11 Space Group Number
225.00225.00
Plutonium
11 229
2 Facts
2.1 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.
  • Copper rarely found in its pure form in nature.
  • Copper Sulfate is mostly used in agricultural poison and as an algicide in water purification system.
2.2 Sources
By Electrolysis Process, Earth's crust, Mining
Found in Minerals
2.3 History
2.3.1 Who Discovered
Hans Christian Oersted
Unknown
2.3.2 Discovery
In 1825
In Middle East (9000 BCE)
2.4 Abundance
2.4.1 Abundance In Universe
5 * 10-3 %6 * 10-6 %
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
2.5.1 Abundance In Sun
~0.006 %~0.00007 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
2.6.2 Abundance In Meteorites
0.91 %0.01 %
Gold
1.7E-07 22
2.6.4 Abundance In Earth's Crust
8.10 %0.01 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
3.2.2 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %0.00 %
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
3.3.2 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.
  • It is use for coinage and bullion.
  • Most of copper element is used in manufacturing electrical and electronic equipments such as wirings and components. It is also used in construction and industrial machine.
4.1.1 Industrial Uses
Aerospace Industry, Ammunition Industry, Automobile Industry, Chemical Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Chemical Industry, Electronic Industry
4.1.2 Medical Uses
Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Industry, Surgical Instruments Manufacturing
NA
4.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys, Jewellery, Sculptures, Statues
Alloys, Coinage, Jewellery
4.2 Biological Properties
4.2.1 Toxicity
Non Toxic
Non Toxic
4.2.2 Present in Human Body
4.2.3 In Blood
0.39 Blood/mg dm-31.01 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium
0 1970
4.2.5 In Bone
27.00 p.p.m.26.00 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
5 Physical
5.1 Melting Point
660.37 °C1,084.62 °C
Francium
27 3410
5.2 Boiling Point
2,467.00 °C2,562.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
5.5 Appearance
5.5.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
5.5.2 Color
Silvery Gray
Copper
5.5.3 Luster
Metallic
NA
5.6 Hardness
5.6.1 Mohs Hardness
2.753.00
Cesium
0.2 8.5
5.6.4 Brinell Hardness
160.00 MPa235.00 MPa
Cesium
0.14 3490
5.6.6 Vickers Hardness
160.00 MPa343.00 MPa
Palladium
121 3430
5.7 Speed of Sound
5,000.00 m/s3,810.00 m/s
Thallium
818 16200
5.8 Optical Properties
5.8.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
5.8.3 Reflectivity
71.00 %90.00 %
Molybdenum
58 97
5.9 Allotropes
5.9.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
5.9.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
5.9.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
6 Chemical
6.1 Chemical Formula
Al
Cu
6.2 Isotopes
6.2.1 Known Isotopes
1129
Tennessine
0 38
6.3 Electronegativity
6.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity
1.611.90
Francium
0.7 2.54
6.3.3 Sanderson Electronegativity
1.711.98
Cesium
0.22 2.56
6.3.5 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.471.75
Cesium
0.86 1.82
6.3.7 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
1.831.49
Cesium
0.62 2.48
6.3.9 Allen Electronegativity
1.611.85
Cesium
0.659 2.7
6.4 Electropositivity
6.4.1 Pauling Electropositivity
2.392.10
Gold
1.46 3.3
6.5 Ionization Energies
6.5.1 1st Energy Level
577.50 kJ/mol745.50 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
6.5.3 2nd Energy Level
1,816.70 kJ/mol1,957.90 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
6.5.4 3rd Energy Level
2,744.80 kJ/mol3,555.00 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
6.5.6 4th Energy Level
11,577.00 kJ/mol5,536.00 kJ/mol
Thorium
2780 37066
6.5.8 5th Energy Level
14,842.00 kJ/mol7,700.00 kJ/mol
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
6.5.9 6th Energy Level
18,379.00 kJ/mol9,900.00 kJ/mol
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
6.5.11 7th Energy level
23,326.00 kJ/mol13,400.00 kJ/mol
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
6.5.12 8th Energy Level
27,465.00 kJ/mol16,000.00 kJ/mol
Hassium
8857.4 125300
6.5.14 9th Energy Level
31,853.00 kJ/mol19,200.00 kJ/mol
Yttrium
14110 134700
6.5.16 10th Energy Level
38,473.00 kJ/mol22,400.00 kJ/mol
Strontium
17100 144300
6.5.18 11th Energy Level
42,647.00 kJ/mol25,600.00 kJ/mol
Yttrium
19900 169988
6.5.19 12th Energy Level
NA35,600.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum
22219 189368
6.5.21 13th Energy Level
NA38,700.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum
26930 76015
6.5.23 14th Energy Level
NA42,000.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum
29196 86450
6.5.25 15th Energy Level
NA46,700.00 kJ/mol
Manganese
41987 97510
6.5.27 16th Energy Level
NA50,200.00 kJ/mol
Iron
47206 109480
6.5.29 17th Energy Level
NA53,700.00 kJ/mol
Cobalt
52737 122200
6.5.31 18th Energy Level
NA61,100.00 kJ/mol
Nickel
58570 134810
6.5.32 19th Energy Level
NA64,702.00 kJ/mol
Zinc
64702 148700
6.6.1 20th Energy Level
NA163,700.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum
80400 171200
6.6.2 21st Energy Level
NA174,100.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum
87000 179100
6.7.1 22nd Energy Level
NA184,900.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum
93400 184900
6.7.2 23rd Energy Level
NA198,800.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum
98420 198800
7.1.1 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
7.1.2 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
7.4.2 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
7.4.3 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
7.4.5 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
7.4.6 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
7.4.8 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
7.5 Electrochemical Equivalent
0.34 g/amp-hr1.19 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
7.7 Electron Work Function
4.28 eV4.65 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
7.8 Other Chemical Properties
Chemical Stability, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes
Chemical Stability, Corrosion, Ionization, Solubility
8 Atomic
8.1 Atomic Number
1329
Lithium
3 117
8.3 Electron Configuration
[Ne] 3s2 3p1
[Ar] 3d10 4s1
8.4 Crystal Structure
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
8.4.1 Crystal Lattice
8.5 Atom
8.5.1 Number of Protons
1329
Lithium
3 117
8.6.1 Number of Neutrons
1435
Lithium
4 184
8.6.2 Number of Electrons
1329
Lithium
3 117
8.9 Radius of an Atom
8.9.1 Atomic Radius
143.00 pm128.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
8.10.1 Covalent Radius
121.00 pm132.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
8.12.1 Van der Waals Radius
184.00 pm140.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
9.2 Atomic Weight
26.98 amu63.55 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
9.3 Atomic Volume
10.00 cm3/mol7.10 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
9.5 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
9.5.1 Previous Element
9.5.2 Next Element
9.6 Valence Electron Potential
80.70 (-eV)34.00 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
9.8 Lattice Constant
404.95 pm361.49 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
9.10 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
π/2, π/2, π/2
9.11 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
10 Mechanical
10.1 Density
10.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
2.70 g/cm38.96 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
10.2.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
2.38 g/cm38.02 g/cm3
Lithium
0.512 20
10.3 Tensile Strength
40.00 MPaNA
Indium
2.5 11000
10.4 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
10.5 Vapor Pressure
10.5.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
0.00 (Pa)1.53 (Pa)
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
10.6.1 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
NANA
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
11.2 Elasticity properties
11.2.1 Shear Modulus
26.00 GPa48.00 GPa
Potassium
1.3 222
11.2.4 Bulk Modulus
76.00 GPa140.00 GPa
Cesium
1.6 462
11.2.6 Young's Modulus
70.00 GPa120.00 GPa
Cesium
1.7 528
11.4 Poisson Ratio
0.350.34
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
11.5 Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile, Malleable
Ductile, Malleable
12 Magnetic
12.1 Magnetic Characteristics
12.1.1 Specific Gravity
2.728.89
Lithium
0.53 4500
12.1.3 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Diamagnetic
12.1.4 Permeability
0.00 H/m1.256629 * 10-6 H/m
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
12.1.5 Susceptibility
0.00-9.63 * 10-6
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
13.2 Electrical Properties
13.2.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
Conductor
13.2.2 Resistivity
28.20 nΩ·m16.78 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
13.3.1 Electrical Conductivity
0.38 106/cm Ω0.60 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
13.4.1 Electron Affinity
42.50 kJ/mol222.80 kJ/mol
Mercury
0 222.8
14 Thermal
14.1 Specific Heat
0.90 J/(kg K)0.38 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
14.3 Molar Heat Capacity
24.20 J/mol·K24.44 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
14.4 Thermal Conductivity
237.00 W/m·K401.00 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
14.6 Critical Temperature
NANA
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
14.7 Thermal Expansion
23.10 µm/(m·K)16.50 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
14.8 Enthalpy
14.8.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
293.70 kJ/mol283.70 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
14.8.3 Enthalpy of Fusion
10.67 kJ/mol7.11 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
14.8.4 Enthalpy of Atomization
322.20 kJ/mol338.90 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
14.10 Standard Molar Entropy
28.30 J/mol.K33.20 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1