Americium

Zinc

Americium Zinc Comparison

Americium

Zinc

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1 Periodic Table

1.1 Symbol

1.2 Group Number

NA12

0 17

2.2 Period Number

2 7

2.3 Block

f block

d block

2.4 Element Family

Actinide

Transition Metal

2.5 CAS Number

74403597440666

7429905 54386242

2.7 Space Group Name

P63/mmc

2.8 Space Group Number

194.00194.00

11 229

3 Facts

3.1 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).

Zinc metal found (obtain) in many forms like granules, foil, dust and in a powder form.
The leading producers of Zinc metal are Australia, Canada, China, U.S.A and Peru.

3.2 Sources

Obtained By Bombarding Plutonium with Neutrons

Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals

3.3 History

3.3.1 Who Discovered

Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Leon O. Morgan, Albert Ghiorso

Indian metallurgists

3.3.2 Discovery

In 1944

Before 1000 BCE

3.4 Abundance

3.4.1 Abundance In Universe

NA3 * 10^-5 %

5E-09 0.11

3.4.3 Abundance In Sun

~-9999 %~0.0002 %

1E-08 0.1

3.4.4 Abundance In Meteorites

NA0.02 %

1.7E-07 22

3.4.6 Abundance In Earth's Crust

NA0.01 %

9.9E-12 8.1

3.5.1 Abundance In Oceans

NA0.00 %

2E-23 1.1

3.5.2 Abundance In Humans

NA0.00 %

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 mainly used for Galvanizing other metals.
It is also used for manufacturing die-casting and it is very essential for automobile industry.

4.1.1 Industrial Uses

Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry

4.1.2 Medical Uses

Pharmaceutical Industry

4.1.3 Other Uses

Alloys, Nuclear Research, Research Purposes

Alloys

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-37.00 Blood/mg dm-3

0 1970

4.2.5 In Bone

0.00 p.p.m.170.00 p.p.m.

0 170000

6 Physical

6.1 Melting Point

994.00 °C419.58 °C

27 3410

6.3 Boiling Point

2,607.00 °C907.00 °C

147 5660

6.4 Appearance

6.4.1 Physical State

Solid

6.4.2 Color

Silvery White

Silvery Gray

6.4.3 Luster

Metallic

6.5 Hardness

6.5.1 Mohs Hardness

NA2.50

0.2 8.5

6.5.3 Brinell Hardness

NA327.00 MPa

0.14 3490

6.5.5 Vickers Hardness

NANA

121 3430

6.6 Speed of Sound

NA3,850.00 m/s

818 16200

6.7 Optical Properties

6.7.1 Refractive Index

NA1.00

1.000933 1.7229

6.7.2 Reflectivity

NA80.00 %

58 97

6.9 Allotropes

✔ ✘

6.9.1 α Allotropes

Not Available

6.9.2 β Allotropes

Not Available

6.9.3 γ Allotropes

Not Available

7 Chemical

7.1 Chemical Formula

7.2 Isotopes

7.2.1 Known Isotopes

1625

0 38

7.4 Electronegativity

7.4.1 Pauling Electronegativity

1.301.65

0.7 2.54

7.4.3 Sanderson Electronegativity

NA2.23

0.22 2.56

7.4.6 Allred Rochow Electronegativity

1.201.66

0.86 1.82

7.4.8 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity

NA1.65

0.62 2.48

7.4.10 Allen Electronegativity

NA1.59

0.659 2.7

7.5 Electropositivity

7.5.1 Pauling Electropositivity

2.702.35

1.46 3.3

7.6 Ionization Energies

7.6.1 1st Energy Level

578.00 kJ/mol906.40 kJ/mol

375.7 26130

7.6.3 2nd Energy Level

1,158.00 kJ/mol1,733.30 kJ/mol

710.2162 28750

7.6.5 3rd Energy Level

2,132.00 kJ/mol3,833.00 kJ/mol

1600 34230

7.6.7 4th Energy Level

3,493.00 kJ/mol5,731.00 kJ/mol

2780 37066

7.6.9 5th Energy Level

NA7,970.00 kJ/mol

4305.2 97510

7.6.10 6th Energy Level

NA10,400.00 kJ/mol

5715.8 105800

7.6.12 7th Energy level

NA12,900.00 kJ/mol

7226.8 114300

7.6.14 8th Energy Level

NA16,800.00 kJ/mol

8857.4 125300

7.6.16 9th Energy Level

NA19,600.00 kJ/mol

14110 134700

7.6.18 10th Energy Level

NA23,000.00 kJ/mol

17100 144300

7.6.20 11th Energy Level

NA26,400.00 kJ/mol

19900 169988

7.6.22 12th Energy Level

NA29,990.00 kJ/mol

22219 189368

7.6.24 13th Energy Level

NA40,490.00 kJ/mol

26930 76015

7.6.26 14th Energy Level

NA43,800.00 kJ/mol

29196 86450

7.6.28 15th Energy Level

NA47,300.00 kJ/mol

41987 97510

7.6.30 16th Energy Level

NA52,300.00 kJ/mol

47206 109480

7.6.33 17th Energy Level

NA55,900.00 kJ/mol

52737 122200

7.6.35 18th Energy Level

NA59,700.00 kJ/mol

58570 134810

7.6.37 19th Energy Level

NA67,300.00 kJ/mol

64702 148700

7.6.39 20th Energy Level

NA171,200.00 kJ/mol

80400 171200

7.6.41 21st Energy Level

NA179,100.00 kJ/mol

87000 179100

7.6.43 22nd Energy Level

NANA

93400 184900

7.6.45 23rd Energy Level

NANA

98420 198800

7.7.1 24th Energy Level

NANA

104400 195200

7.7.2 25th Energy Level

NANA

121900 121900

7.8.1 26th Energy Level

NANA

127700 127700

7.8.2 27th Energy Level

NANA

133800 133800

8.1.1 28th Energy Level

NANA

139800 139800

8.1.2 29th Energy Level

NANA

148100 148100

8.1.3 30th Energy Level

NANA

154500 154500

8.5 Electrochemical Equivalent

3.02 g/amp-hr1.22 g/amp-hr

0.16812 8.3209

8.6 Electron Work Function

NA4.33 eV

2.14 5.65

8.7 Other Chemical Properties

Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity, Solubility

Anti Corrosion, Chemical Stability, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes

9 Atomic

9.1 Atomic Number

9530

3 117

9.3 Electron Configuration

[Rn] 5f⁷ 7s²

[Ar] 3d¹⁰ 4s²

9.4 Crystal Structure

Double Hexagonal Close Packed (DHCP)

Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP)

9.4.1 Crystal Lattice

9.5 Atom

9.5.1 Number of Protons

9530

3 117

9.5.3 Number of Neutrons

14835

4 184

9.6.1 Number of Electrons

9530

3 117

9.8 Radius of an Atom

9.8.1 Atomic Radius

173.00 pm134.00 pm

112 265

9.8.2 Covalent Radius

180.00 pm122.00 pm

96 260

9.10.1 Van der Waals Radius

244.00 pm139.00 pm

139 348

9.11 Atomic Weight

243.00 amu65.38 amu

6.94 294

9.13 Atomic Volume

17.86 cm3/mol9.20 cm3/mol

1.39 71.07

10.2 Adjacent Atomic Numbers

10.2.1 Previous Element

10.2.2 Next Element

10.3 Valence Electron Potential

44.00 (-eV)38.90 (-eV)

8 392.42

10.4 Lattice Constant

346.81 pm266.49 pm

228.58 891.25

10.5 Lattice Angles

π/2, π/2, 2 π/3

10.6 Lattice C/A Ratio

NANA

1.567 1.886

11 Mechanical

11.1 Density

11.1.1 Density At Room Temperature

12.00 g/cm³7.14 g/cm³

0.534 40.7

11.3.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)

NA6.57 g/cm3

0.512 20

11.4 Tensile Strength

NANA

2.5 11000

11.6 Viscosity

NANA

0.001526 0.001526

11.7 Vapor Pressure

11.7.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K

0.00 (Pa)NA

2.47E-11 121

11.7.3 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K

NANA

2.62E-10 774

11.8 Elasticity properties

11.8.1 Shear Modulus

NA43.00 GPa

1.3 222

11.9.1 Bulk Modulus

NA70.00 GPa

1.6 462

12.1.2 Young's Modulus

NA108.00 GPa

1.7 528

12.2 Poisson Ratio

NA0.25

0.032 0.47

12.4 Other Mechanical Properties

13 Magnetic

13.1 Magnetic Characteristics

13.1.1 Specific Gravity

13.676.90

0.53 4500

13.1.2 Magnetic Ordering

Paramagnetic

Diamagnetic

13.1.3 Permeability

NANA

1.25643E-06 0.0063

13.1.5 Susceptibility

NANA

-0.000166 200000

13.2 Electrical Properties

13.2.1 Electrical Property

Unknown

Conductor

13.2.2 Resistivity

0.69 nΩ·m59.00 nΩ·m

0.18 961

14.1.1 Electrical Conductivity

0.02 10⁶/cm Ω0.17 10⁶/cm Ω

0.00666 0.63

14.2.1 Electron Affinity

NA0.00 kJ/mol

0 222.8

15 Thermal

15.1 Specific Heat

0.11 J/(kg K)0.39 J/(kg K)

0.11 3.6

15.3 Molar Heat Capacity

62.70 J/mol·K25.47 J/mol·K

16.443 62.7

15.5 Thermal Conductivity

10.00 W/m·K116.00 W/m·K

6.3 429

15.7 Critical Temperature

NANA

26.3 3223

15.8 Thermal Expansion

NA30.20 µm/(m·K)

4.5 97

15.9 Enthalpy

15.9.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization

NA7.32 kJ/mol

7.32 799.1

15.9.2 Enthalpy of Fusion

14.39 kJ/mol7.32 kJ/mol

2.1 35.23

15.10.1 Enthalpy of Atomization

268.00 kJ/mol129.70 kJ/mol

61.5 837

15.11 Standard Molar Entropy

NA41.60 J/mol.K

9.5 198.1

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