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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Am
Hg
1.2 Group Number
NA12
Gadolinium
0 17
2.5 Period Number
76
Lithium
2 7
2.6 Block
f block
d block
2.7 Element Family
Actinide
Transition Metal
2.8 CAS Number
74403597439976
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
2.9 Space Group Name
P63/mmc
R_ 3m
2.10 Space Group Number
194.00166.00
Plutonium
11 229
2 Facts
2.1 Interesting Facts
  • Americium metal is produced by bombarding Plutonium with Neutrons.
  • Americium metal was discovered as a by-product while testing an atomic bomb (Manhattan Project).
  • At room temperature mercury is found in a liquid state.
  • A coin of pound or rupees floats in mercury.
  • Because of its low melting point and boiling point it is used in thermometers.
2.2 Sources
Obtained By Bombarding Plutonium with Neutrons
Mining, Ores of Minerals
2.3 History
2.3.1 Who Discovered
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Leon O. Morgan, Albert Ghiorso
Ancient Chinese and Indians
2.3.2 Discovery
In 1944
Before 2000 BCE
2.4 Abundance
2.4.1 Abundance In Universe
NANA
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
2.5.1 Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %~-9999 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
2.8.1 Abundance In Meteorites
NANA
Gold
1.7E-07 22
1.1.1 Abundance In Earth's Crust
NA0.05 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
3.3.1 Abundance In Oceans
NANA
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
3.6.1 Abundance In Humans
NANA
Radium
1E-13 1.4
4 Uses
4.1 Uses & Benefits
  • Americium metal is used in smoke detection alarms.
  • In the future, this metal has a potential to be used in batteries of spacecrafts.
  • It is a liquid metal at room temperature, but it is a toxic heavy metal and hence many uses of mercury are under review or phased out.
  • It is manly used as a catalysts in chemical industry.
4.1.1 Industrial Uses
NA
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
4.1.2 Medical Uses
NA
Dentistry
4.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys, Nuclear Research, Research Purposes
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Industry
4.2 Biological Properties
4.2.1 Toxicity
Toxic
Highly Toxic
4.2.2 Present in Human Body
4.2.3 In Blood
0.00 Blood/mg dm-30.01 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium
0 1970
7.2.3 In Bone
0.00 p.p.m.0.45 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
8 Physical
8.1 Melting Point
994.00 °CNA
Francium
27 3410
9.6 Boiling Point
2,607.00 °C356.58 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
10.3 Appearance
10.3.1 Physical State
Solid
Liquid
10.3.2 Color
Silvery White
Silver
10.3.3 Luster
NA
NA
10.4 Hardness
10.4.1 Mohs Hardness
NANA
Cesium
0.2 8.5
10.4.6 Brinell Hardness
NANA
Cesium
0.14 3490
11.1.1 Vickers Hardness
NANA
Palladium
121 3430
12.3 Speed of Sound
NA1,451.40 m/s
Thallium
818 16200
12.8 Optical Properties
12.8.1 Refractive Index
NA1.00
Palladium
1.000933 1.7229
12.8.2 Reflectivity
NA73.00 %
Molybdenum
58 97
12.11 Allotropes
12.11.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
12.11.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
12.11.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
13 Chemical
13.1 Chemical Formula
Am
Hg
13.2 Isotopes
13.2.1 Known Isotopes
1634
Tennessine
0 38
13.3 Electronegativity
13.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity
1.302.00
Francium
0.7 2.54
13.4.2 Sanderson Electronegativity
NA2.20
Cesium
0.22 2.56
13.5.7 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.201.44
Cesium
0.86 1.82
13.6.1 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
NA1.81
Cesium
0.62 2.48
13.6.5 Allen Electronegativity
NA1.44
Cesium
0.659 2.7
13.8 Electropositivity
13.8.1 Pauling Electropositivity
2.702.00
Gold
1.46 3.3
14.3 Ionization Energies
14.3.1 1st Energy Level
578.00 kJ/mol1,007.10 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
14.3.4 2nd Energy Level
1,158.00 kJ/mol1,810.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
14.3.7 3rd Energy Level
2,132.00 kJ/mol3,300.00 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
14.4.6 4th Energy Level
3,493.00 kJ/molNA
Thorium
2780 37066
14.4.12 5th Energy Level
NANA
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
14.4.17 6th Energy Level
NANA
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
14.4.21 7th Energy level
NANA
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
14.4.28 8th Energy Level
NANA
Hassium
8857.4 125300
14.4.36 9th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium
14110 134700
14.4.42 10th Energy Level
NANA
Strontium
17100 144300
14.6.1 11th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium
19900 169988
14.9.2 12th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
22219 189368
15.5.2 13th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
26930 76015
16.4.3 14th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
29196 86450
16.5.3 15th Energy Level
NANA
Manganese
41987 97510
16.6.2 16th Energy Level
NANA
Iron
47206 109480
16.7.4 17th Energy Level
NANA
Cobalt
52737 122200
16.9.1 18th Energy Level
NANA
Nickel
58570 134810
16.13.1 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper
64702 148700
16.17.1 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
17.2.1 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
18.1.2 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
18.2.1 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
18.3.1 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
18.5.1 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
18.5.3 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
18.6.1 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
18.7.3 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
18.8.2 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
18.8.4 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
18.9 Electrochemical Equivalent
3.02 g/amp-hr3.74 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
18.10 Electron Work Function
NA4.49 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
18.12 Other Chemical Properties
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity, Solubility
Flammability, Ionization, Solubility
19 Atomic
19.1 Atomic Number
9580
Lithium
3 117
19.2 Electron Configuration
[Rn] 5f7 7s2
[Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2
19.3 Crystal Structure
Double Hexagonal Close Packed (DHCP)
Rhombohedral (RHO)
19.3.2 Crystal Lattice
19.4 Atom
19.4.1 Number of Protons
9580
Lithium
3 117
19.5.3 Number of Neutrons
148121
Lithium
4 184
20.1.3 Number of Electrons
9580
Lithium
3 117
20.2 Radius of an Atom
20.2.1 Atomic Radius
173.00 pm151.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
20.2.4 Covalent Radius
180.00 pm132.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
20.4.1 Van der Waals Radius
244.00 pm155.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
20.5 Atomic Weight
243.00 amu200.59 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
21.2 Atomic Volume
17.86 cm3/mol14.82 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
21.3 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
21.3.1 Previous Element
21.3.2 Next Element
21.4 Valence Electron Potential
44.00 (-eV)28.20 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
21.5 Lattice Constant
346.81 pm300.50 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
21.6 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
NA
21.7 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
22 Mechanical
22.1 Density
22.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
12.00 g/cm313.53 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
23.1.3 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
NANA
Lithium
0.512 20
23.4 Tensile Strength
NANA
Indium
2.5 11000
23.5 Viscosity
NA0.00
0.001526 0.001526
23.6 Vapor Pressure
23.6.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
0.00 (Pa)NA
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
23.8.1 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
NANA
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
24.2 Elasticity properties
24.2.1 Shear Modulus
NANA
Potassium
1.3 222
24.6.2 Bulk Modulus
NANA
Cesium
1.6 462
25.1.1 Young's Modulus
NANA
Cesium
1.7 528
25.4 Poisson Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
25.5 Other Mechanical Properties
NA
NA
26 Magnetic
26.1 Magnetic Characteristics
26.1.1 Specific Gravity
13.6713.53
Lithium
0.53 4500
26.3.1 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Diamagnetic
26.3.2 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
26.4.2 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
26.5 Electrical Properties
26.5.1 Electrical Property
Unknown
Conductor
26.5.2 Resistivity
0.69 nΩ·m961.00 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
26.6.1 Electrical Conductivity
0.02 106/cm Ω0.01 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
26.7.1 Electron Affinity
NA0.00 kJ/mol
Palladium
0 222.8
27 Thermal
27.1 Specific Heat
0.11 J/(kg K)0.14 J/(kg K)
Palladium
0.11 3.6
27.3 Molar Heat Capacity
62.70 J/mol·K27.98 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
27.5 Thermal Conductivity
10.00 W/m·K8.30 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
27.9 Critical Temperature
NA1,750.00 K
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
27.10 Thermal Expansion
NA60.40 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
27.12 Enthalpy
27.12.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
NA56.90 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
28.1.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
14.39 kJ/mol2.29 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
28.1.4 Enthalpy of Atomization
268.00 kJ/mol61.50 kJ/mol
Sodium
61.5 837
28.2 Standard Molar Entropy
NA75.80 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1