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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Am
Pd
1.2 Group Number
NA10
Gadolinium
0 17
1.3 Period Number
75
Lithium
2 7
1.4 Block
f block
d block
1.5 Element Family
Actinide
Transition Metal
1.6 CAS Number
74403597440053
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
1.7 Space Group Name
P63/mmc
Fm_ 3m
1.8 Space Group Number
194.00225.00
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).
  • Palladium alloys are used for Jewelry contains (95% Palladium and 5% Ruthenium)
  • In the late 1800s, Palladium metal used have more economical value than the Platinum metal.
  • Palladium element is known as a good catalyst
2.2 Sources
Obtained By Bombarding Plutonium with Neutrons
Ores of metals
2.3 History
2.3.1 Who Discovered
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Leon O. Morgan, Albert Ghiorso
William Hyde Wollaston
2.3.2 Discovery
In 1944
In 1803
2.4 Abundance
2.4.1 Abundance In Universe
NA2 * 10-7 %
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
2.8.1 Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %~0.0000003 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
2.10.1 Abundance In Meteorites
NA0.00 %
Gold
1.7E-07 22
3.4.2 Abundance In Earth's Crust
NA0.00 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
3.4.5 Abundance In Oceans
NANA
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
3.4.8 Abundance In Humans
NANA
Radium
1E-13 1.4
5 Uses
5.1 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.
  • Mostly palladium metal is used in catalytic converters. In electronic industry it is used in ceramic capacitors of mobile and computer.
  • It is used in jewellery and dental fillings and crowns.
5.1.1 Industrial Uses
NA
Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry, Electronic Industry
5.1.2 Medical Uses
NA
Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Industry, Surgical Instruments Manufacturing
5.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys, Nuclear Research, Research Purposes
Coinage, Bullion, Jewellery
5.2 Biological Properties
5.2.1 Toxicity
Toxic
Toxic
5.2.2 Present in Human Body
5.2.3 In Blood
0.00 Blood/mg dm-3NA
Plutonium
0 1970
6.1.1 In Bone
0.00 p.p.m.NA
Plutonium
0 170000
7 Physical
7.1 Melting Point
994.00 °C1,554.90 °C
Francium
27 3410
7.4 Boiling Point
2,607.00 °C2,963.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
7.6 Appearance
7.6.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
7.6.2 Color
Silvery White
Silver
7.6.3 Luster
NA
Metallic
7.7 Hardness
7.7.1 Mohs Hardness
NA4.75
Cesium
0.2 8.5
7.9.2 Brinell Hardness
NA320.00 MPa
Cesium
0.14 3490
8.3.2 Vickers Hardness
NA121.00 MPa
Gold
121 3430
8.4 Speed of Sound
NA3,070.00 m/s
Thallium
818 16200
8.5 Optical Properties
8.5.1 Refractive Index
NA1.72
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
8.6.2 Reflectivity
NA84.00 %
Molybdenum
58 97
8.8 Allotropes
8.8.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
8.8.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
8.8.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
9 Chemical
9.1 Chemical Formula
Am
Pd
9.2 Isotopes
9.2.1 Known Isotopes
1638
Tennessine
0 38
9.3 Electronegativity
9.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity
1.302.20
Francium
0.7 2.54
9.3.4 Sanderson Electronegativity
NANA
Cesium
0.22 2.56
9.3.7 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.201.35
Cesium
0.86 1.82
9.3.10 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
NANA
Cesium
0.62 2.48
9.3.13 Allen Electronegativity
NA1.59
Cesium
0.659 2.7
9.4 Electropositivity
9.4.1 Pauling Electropositivity
2.701.80
Gold
1.46 3.3
9.5 Ionization Energies
9.5.1 1st Energy Level
578.00 kJ/mol520.23 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
9.5.2 2nd Energy Level
1,158.00 kJ/mol7,298.22 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
9.5.4 3rd Energy Level
2,132.00 kJ/mol11,815.13 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
9.5.6 4th Energy Level
3,493.00 kJ/molNA
Thorium
2780 37066
9.5.9 5th Energy Level
NANA
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
9.5.11 6th Energy Level
NANA
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
9.5.14 7th Energy level
NANA
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
9.5.16 8th Energy Level
NANA
Hassium
8857.4 125300
9.5.18 9th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium
14110 134700
9.5.21 10th Energy Level
NANA
Strontium
17100 144300
9.5.23 11th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium
19900 169988
9.5.26 12th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
22219 189368
9.5.28 13th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
26930 76015
9.6.1 14th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
29196 86450
9.7.1 15th Energy Level
NANA
Manganese
41987 97510
9.7.2 16th Energy Level
NANA
Iron
47206 109480
10.1.1 17th Energy Level
NANA
Cobalt
52737 122200
10.4.2 18th Energy Level
NANA
Nickel
58570 134810
10.4.3 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper
64702 148700
10.4.5 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
10.4.7 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
10.4.8 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
10.5.2 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
10.5.4 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
10.5.6 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
10.5.7 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
10.6.1 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
10.6.2 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
10.6.3 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
10.6.4 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
10.7 Electrochemical Equivalent
3.02 g/amp-hr1.99 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
10.8 Electron Work Function
NA5.12 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
10.9 Other Chemical Properties
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity, Solubility
Chemical Stability, Corrosion, Ionization, Solubility
11 Atomic
11.1 Atomic Number
9546
Lithium
3 117
11.2 Electron Configuration
[Rn] 5f7 7s2
[Kr] 4d10
11.3 Crystal Structure
Double Hexagonal Close Packed (DHCP)
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
11.3.1 Crystal Lattice
11.4 Atom
11.4.1 Number of Protons
9546
Lithium
3 117
11.4.2 Number of Neutrons
14860
Lithium
4 184
11.4.3 Number of Electrons
9546
Lithium
3 117
11.5 Radius of an Atom
11.5.1 Atomic Radius
173.00 pm137.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
11.5.2 Covalent Radius
180.00 pm139.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
11.5.3 Van der Waals Radius
244.00 pm163.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
11.7 Atomic Weight
243.00 amu106.42 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
11.11 Atomic Volume
17.86 cm3/mol8.90 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
11.14 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
11.14.1 Previous Element
11.14.2 Next Element
11.15 Valence Electron Potential
44.00 (-eV)33.00 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
1.3 Lattice Constant
346.81 pm389.07 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
1.4 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
π/2, π/2, π/2
1.5 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
2 Mechanical
2.1 Density
2.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
12.00 g/cm312.02 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
2.2.1 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
NA10.38 g/cm3
Lithium
0.512 20
2.5 Tensile Strength
NANA
Indium
2.5 11000
2.6 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
2.7 Vapor Pressure
2.7.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
0.00 (Pa)0.00 (Pa)
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
2.8.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
NA0.00 (Pa)
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
2.9 Elasticity properties
2.9.1 Shear Modulus
NA44.00 GPa
Potassium
1.3 222
2.9.3 Bulk Modulus
NA180.00 GPa
Cesium
1.6 462
2.9.5 Young's Modulus
NA121.00 GPa
Cesium
1.7 528
2.12 Poisson Ratio
NA0.39
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
3.3 Other Mechanical Properties
NA
Ductile, Malleable, Weldable
4 Magnetic
4.1 Magnetic Characteristics
4.1.1 Specific Gravity
13.6712.02
Lithium
0.53 4500
4.1.4 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Diamagnetic
4.1.5 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
4.1.8 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
4.3 Electrical Properties
4.3.1 Electrical Property
Unknown
Conductor
4.3.2 Resistivity
0.69 nΩ·m105.40 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
4.3.4 Electrical Conductivity
0.02 106/cm Ω0.10 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
4.3.7 Electron Affinity
NA54.23 kJ/mol
Mercury
0 222.8
5 Thermal
6.1 Specific Heat
0.11 J/(kg K)0.24 J/(kg K)
Sodium
0.11 3.6
6.3 Molar Heat Capacity
62.70 J/mol·K25.98 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
6.5 Thermal Conductivity
10.00 W/m·K71.80 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
6.7 Critical Temperature
NANA
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
6.9 Thermal Expansion
NA11.80 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
6.11 Enthalpy
6.11.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
NA376.60 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
6.11.3 Enthalpy of Fusion
14.39 kJ/mol16.74 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
6.12.3 Enthalpy of Atomization
268.00 kJ/mol393.30 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
6.13 Standard Molar Entropy
NA37.60 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1