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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Al
Li
1.2 Group Number
131
Gadolinium
0 17
1.3 Period Number
32
Sodium
2 7
1.5 Block
p block
s block
1.6 Element Family
Post-​Transition
Alkali
1.7 CAS Number
74299057439932
Palladium
7429905 54386242
1.9 Space Group Name
Fm_ 3m
Im_ 3m
1.10 Space Group Number
225.00229.00
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.
  • Heat capacity of Lithium is very high.
  • Lithium inflammable and highly explosive metal, hence it has to be stored properly.
2.3 Sources
By Electrolysis Process, Earth's crust, Mining
Found in Minerals, Mining
2.4 History
2.4.1 Who Discovered
Hans Christian Oersted
Johan August Arfwedson
2.5.1 Discovery
In 1825
In 1817
2.6 Abundance
2.6.1 Abundance In Universe
5 * 10-3 %6 * 10-7 %
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
2.8.1 Abundance In Sun
~0.006 %~0.00017 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
4.2.0 Abundance In Meteorites
0.91 %0.00 %
Gold
1.7E-07 22
4.4.3 Abundance In Earth's Crust
8.10 %0.00 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
4.4.6 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %0.00 %
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
4.4.8 Abundance In Humans
0.00 %0.00 %
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.
  • The main usage of Lithium is manufacturing rechargeable batteries for electronic equipment and gadgets.
  • it is also used in manufacturing non-rechargeable batteries.
5.1.1 Industrial Uses
Aerospace Industry, Ammunition Industry, Automobile Industry, Chemical Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Aerospace Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
5.1.2 Medical Uses
Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Industry, Surgical Instruments Manufacturing
NA
5.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys, Jewellery, Sculptures, Statues
Alloys
5.2 Biological Properties
5.2.1 Toxicity
Non Toxic
NA
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
5.2.6 In Bone
27.00 p.p.m.1.30 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
6 Physical
6.1 Melting Point
660.37 °C180.54 °C
Francium
27 3410
7.3 Boiling Point
2,467.00 °C1,347.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
8.3 Appearance
8.3.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
8.3.2 Color
Silvery Gray
Silvery White
8.3.3 Luster
Metallic
NA
8.4 Hardness
8.4.1 Mohs Hardness
2.750.60
Cesium
0.2 8.5
9.1.2 Brinell Hardness
160.00 MPa5.00 MPa
Cesium
0.14 3490
10.1.1 Vickers Hardness
160.00 MPaNA
Palladium
121 3430
10.4 Speed of Sound
5,000.00 m/s6,000.00 m/s
Thallium
818 16200
10.6 Optical Properties
10.6.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
10.6.2 Reflectivity
71.00 %NA
Molybdenum
58 97
10.9 Allotropes
10.9.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
10.9.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
10.9.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
11 Chemical
11.1 Chemical Formula
Al
Li
11.2 Isotopes
11.2.1 Known Isotopes
118
Tennessine
0 38
11.4 Electronegativity
11.4.1 Pauling Electronegativity
1.610.98
Francium
0.7 2.54
11.4.3 Sanderson Electronegativity
1.710.89
Cesium
0.22 2.56
11.5.4 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.470.97
Cesium
0.86 1.82
12.3.1 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
1.830.97
Cesium
0.62 2.48
12.4.2 Allen Electronegativity
1.610.91
Cesium
0.659 2.7
12.6 Electropositivity
12.6.1 Pauling Electropositivity
2.393.02
Gold
1.46 3.3
13.3 Ionization Energies
13.3.1 1st Energy Level
577.50 kJ/mol520.20 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
13.3.3 2nd Energy Level
1,816.70 kJ/mol7,298.10 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
13.4.2 3rd Energy Level
2,744.80 kJ/mol11,815.00 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
13.4.5 4th Energy Level
11,577.00 kJ/molNA
Thorium
2780 37066
13.4.6 5th Energy Level
14,842.00 kJ/molNA
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
13.5.2 6th Energy Level
18,379.00 kJ/molNA
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
13.6.3 7th Energy level
23,326.00 kJ/molNA
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
13.6.5 8th Energy Level
27,465.00 kJ/molNA
Hassium
8857.4 125300
13.6.6 9th Energy Level
31,853.00 kJ/molNA
Yttrium
14110 134700
13.6.9 10th Energy Level
38,473.00 kJ/molNA
Strontium
17100 144300
13.6.11 11th Energy Level
42,647.00 kJ/molNA
Yttrium
19900 169988
13.6.14 12th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
22219 189368
13.6.16 13th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
26930 76015
13.7.3 14th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
29196 86450
13.8.2 15th Energy Level
NANA
Manganese
41987 97510
13.8.5 16th Energy Level
NANA
Iron
47206 109480
13.8.7 17th Energy Level
NANA
Cobalt
52737 122200
13.8.9 18th Energy Level
NANA
Nickel
58570 134810
13.8.12 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper
64702 148700
13.8.14 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
13.8.16 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
13.8.18 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
13.8.20 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
13.8.21 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
13.8.24 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
13.8.26 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
13.8.28 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
13.8.31 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
13.8.33 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
13.8.35 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
13.9 Electrochemical Equivalent
0.34 g/amp-hr0.26 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
13.10 Electron Work Function
4.28 eV2.90 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
13.11 Other Chemical Properties
Chemical Stability, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes
Corrosion, Flammable, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes
14 Atomic
14.1 Atomic Number
133
Sodium
3 117
14.2 Electron Configuration
[Ne] 3s2 3p1
[He] 2s1
14.3 Crystal Structure
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
14.3.1 Crystal Lattice
14.4 Atom
14.4.1 Number of Protons
133
Sodium
3 117
14.4.5 Number of Neutrons
144
Sodium
4 184
14.4.9 Number of Electrons
133
Sodium
3 117
14.5 Radius of an Atom
14.5.1 Atomic Radius
143.00 pm152.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
14.6.1 Covalent Radius
121.00 pm128.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
14.6.3 Van der Waals Radius
184.00 pm182.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
14.7 Atomic Weight
26.98 amu6.94 amu
Sodium
6.94 294
14.9 Atomic Volume
10.00 cm3/mol13.10 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
15.2 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
15.2.1 Previous Element
15.2.2 Next Element
15.3 Valence Electron Potential
80.70 (-eV)19.00 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
15.7 Lattice Constant
404.95 pm351.00 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
15.8 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
π/2, π/2, π/2
15.9 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
16 Mechanical
16.1 Density
16.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
2.70 g/cm30.53 g/cm3
Palladium
0.534 40.7
16.1.5 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
2.38 g/cm30.51 g/cm3
Sodium
0.512 20
16.2 Tensile Strength
40.00 MPaNA
Indium
2.5 11000
16.4 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
16.5 Vapor Pressure
16.5.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
0.00 (Pa)109.00 (Pa)
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
16.6.1 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
NANA
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
16.7 Elasticity properties
16.7.1 Shear Modulus
26.00 GPa4.20 GPa
Potassium
1.3 222
16.9.1 Bulk Modulus
76.00 GPa11.00 GPa
Cesium
1.6 462
17.1.1 Young's Modulus
70.00 GPa4.90 GPa
Cesium
1.7 528
17.7 Poisson Ratio
0.35NA
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
17.9 Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile, Malleable
NA
18 Magnetic
18.1 Magnetic Characteristics
18.1.1 Specific Gravity
2.720.53
Palladium
0.53 4500
18.3.2 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Paramagnetic
18.3.3 Permeability
0.00 H/mNA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
19.1.2 Susceptibility
0.00NA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
19.2 Electrical Properties
19.2.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
Conductor
19.2.2 Resistivity
28.20 nΩ·m92.80 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
19.2.5 Electrical Conductivity
0.38 106/cm Ω0.11 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
19.4.2 Electron Affinity
42.50 kJ/mol59.60 kJ/mol
Mercury
0 222.8
20 Thermal
20.1 Specific Heat
0.90 J/(kg K)3.60 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
20.2 Molar Heat Capacity
24.20 J/mol·K24.86 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
20.5 Thermal Conductivity
237.00 W/m·K84.80 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
20.7 Critical Temperature
NA3,223.00 K
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
20.8 Thermal Expansion
23.10 µm/(m·K)46.00 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
20.12 Enthalpy
20.13.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
293.70 kJ/mol134.70 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
21.1.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
10.67 kJ/mol3.00 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
22.1.2 Enthalpy of Atomization
322.20 kJ/mol160.70 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
22.2 Standard Molar Entropy
28.30 J/mol.K29.10 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1