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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Cd
Rb
1.2 Group Number
121
Gadolinium
0 17
2.5 Period Number
55
Lithium
2 7
2.6 Block
d block
s block
2.7 Element Family
Transition Metal
Alkali
2.8 CAS Number
74404397440177
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
2.9 Space Group Name
P63/mmc
Im_ 3m
2.10 Space Group Number
194.00229.00
Plutonium
11 229
3 Facts
3.1 Interesting Facts
  • Naturally occurring minor elements include Cadmium.
  • Cadmium is released into atmosphere to control volcanic eruption and forest fires.
  • It is used for electroplating of Steel for corrosion resistance.
  • It can absorb neutrons and used in nuclear reactor to control atomic fission.
  • Rubidium metal is 16th most common element found in the earth crust.
  • Rubidium metal also found in minerals as well as seawater.
3.2 Sources
Found As a By-product, Found in Minerals, Mining
Obtained from Lithium Production.
3.3 History
3.3.1 Who Discovered
Karl Samuel Leberecht Hermann and Friedrich Stromeyer
Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff
3.3.2 Discovery
In 1817
In 1861
3.4 Abundance
3.4.1 Abundance In Universe
2 * 10-7 %1 * 10-6 %
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
3.4.3 Abundance In Sun
~0.0000006 %~0.000003 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
3.4.5 Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %0.00 %
Gold
1.7E-07 22
4.2.4 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %0.01 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
4.2.6 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %0.00 %
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
5.2.1 Abundance In Humans
0.00 %0.00 %
Radium
1E-13 1.4
6 Uses
6.1 Uses & Benefits
  • It has very limited uses as it is a toxic metal and it can cause birth defects, cancer, etc.
  • Almost 80% of Cadmium metal is used in Nickel cadmium Batteries and now it is getting replaced with nickel hydride.
  • Rubidium's main application is in the glass manufacturing.
  • Rubidium can very easily get ionized and hence it is used for ion engines, but it is still less efficient than that of Caesium.
6.1.1 Industrial Uses
Aerospace Industry, Ammunition Industry, Chemical Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
NA
6.1.2 Medical Uses
NA
NA
6.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys, Research Purposes
6.2 Biological Properties
6.2.1 Toxicity
Toxic
Non Toxic
6.2.2 Present in Human Body
6.2.3 In Blood
0.01 Blood/mg dm-32.49 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium
0 1970
6.2.6 In Bone
1.80 p.p.m.5.00 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
7 Physical
7.1 Melting Point
320.90 °C38.89 °C
Francium
27 3410
8.3 Boiling Point
765.00 °C688.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
8.5 Appearance
8.5.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
8.5.2 Color
Silvery Bluish-Gray
Grayish White
8.5.3 Luster
Metallic
NA
8.6 Hardness
8.6.1 Mohs Hardness
2.000.30
Cesium
0.2 8.5
8.6.4 Brinell Hardness
203.00 MPa0.22 MPa
Cesium
0.14 3490
8.8.2 Vickers Hardness
NANA
Palladium
121 3430
8.9 Speed of Sound
2,310.00 m/s1,300.00 m/s
Thallium
818 16200
8.10 Optical Properties
8.10.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
8.10.3 Reflectivity
67.00 %NA
Molybdenum
58 97
8.11 Allotropes
8.11.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
8.11.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
8.11.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
9 Chemical
9.1 Chemical Formula
Cd
Rb
9.2 Isotopes
9.2.1 Known Isotopes
3429
Tennessine
0 38
9.3 Electronegativity
9.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity
1.690.82
Francium
0.7 2.54
9.3.4 Sanderson Electronegativity
1.980.31
Cesium
0.22 2.56
9.3.6 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.460.89
Cesium
0.86 1.82
9.3.8 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
1.530.69
Cesium
0.62 2.48
9.3.10 Allen Electronegativity
1.520.71
Cesium
0.659 2.7
9.4 Electropositivity
9.4.1 Pauling Electropositivity
2.313.18
Gold
1.46 3.3
9.5 Ionization Energies
9.5.1 1st Energy Level
867.80 kJ/mol403.00 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
9.5.3 2nd Energy Level
1,631.40 kJ/mol2,633.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
9.5.4 3rd Energy Level
3,616.00 kJ/mol3,860.00 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
9.5.7 4th Energy Level
NA5,080.00 kJ/mol
Thorium
2780 37066
9.5.9 5th Energy Level
NA6,850.00 kJ/mol
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
9.5.11 6th Energy Level
NA8,140.00 kJ/mol
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
9.5.13 7th Energy level
NA9,570.00 kJ/mol
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
9.5.15 8th Energy Level
NA13,120.00 kJ/mol
Hassium
8857.4 125300
9.5.17 9th Energy Level
NA14,500.00 kJ/mol
Yttrium
14110 134700
9.5.19 10th Energy Level
NA26,740.00 kJ/mol
Strontium
17100 144300
9.5.21 11th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium
19900 169988
9.5.24 12th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
22219 189368
9.5.26 13th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
26930 76015
9.5.29 14th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
29196 86450
9.5.31 15th Energy Level
NANA
Manganese
41987 97510
9.6.1 16th Energy Level
NANA
Iron
47206 109480
9.6.2 17th Energy Level
NANA
Cobalt
52737 122200
9.7.1 18th Energy Level
NANA
Nickel
58570 134810
10.1.1 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper
64702 148700
10.1.2 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
10.4.2 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
10.4.3 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
10.4.5 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
10.4.6 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
10.4.8 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
10.5.2 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
10.5.3 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
10.5.5 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
10.5.7 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
10.6.1 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
10.7 Electrochemical Equivalent
2.10 g/amp-hr3.19 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
10.9 Electron Work Function
4.22 eV2.16 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
10.12 Other Chemical Properties
Chemical Stability, Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity
11 Atomic
11.1 Atomic Number
4837
Lithium
3 117
11.3 Electron Configuration
[Kr] 4d10 5s2
[Kr] 5s1
11.4 Crystal Structure
Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP)
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
11.4.1 Crystal Lattice
11.5 Atom
11.5.1 Number of Protons
4837
Lithium
3 117
12.1.2 Number of Neutrons
6448
Lithium
4 184
12.1.4 Number of Electrons
4837
Lithium
3 117
12.3 Radius of an Atom
12.3.1 Atomic Radius
151.00 pm248.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
12.4.1 Covalent Radius
144.00 pm220.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
12.5.2 Van der Waals Radius
158.00 pm303.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
12.6 Atomic Weight
112.41 amu85.47 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
12.8 Atomic Volume
13.10 cm3/mol55.90 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
12.9 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
12.9.1 Previous Element
12.9.2 Next Element
12.10 Valence Electron Potential
30.00 (-eV)9.47 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
12.11 Lattice Constant
297.94 pm558.50 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
12.13 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
π/2, π/2, π/2
12.14 Lattice C/A Ratio
1.89NA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
13 Mechanical
13.1 Density
13.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
8.65 g/cm31.53 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
14.1.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
8.00 g/cm31.46 g/cm3
Lithium
0.512 20
14.2 Tensile Strength
62.00 MPaNA
Indium
2.5 11000
14.4 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
14.5 Vapor Pressure
14.5.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
NANA
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
14.5.3 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
NANA
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
14.6 Elasticity properties
14.6.1 Shear Modulus
19.00 GPaNA
Potassium
1.3 222
14.6.3 Bulk Modulus
42.00 GPa2.50 GPa
Cesium
1.6 462
15.2.1 Young's Modulus
50.00 GPa2.40 GPa
Cesium
1.7 528
15.4 Poisson Ratio
0.30NA
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
15.5 Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile, Malleable
Ductile
16 Magnetic
16.1 Magnetic Characteristics
16.1.1 Specific Gravity
8.651.53
Lithium
0.53 4500
16.1.2 Magnetic Ordering
Diamagnetic
Paramagnetic
16.1.3 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
16.2.1 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
16.4 Electrical Properties
16.4.1 Electrical Property
Semiconductor
Conductor
16.4.2 Resistivity
72.70 nΩ·m128.00 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
16.4.4 Electrical Conductivity
0.14 106/cm Ω0.08 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
16.4.6 Electron Affinity
0.00 kJ/mol46.90 kJ/mol
Mercury
0 222.8
17 Thermal
17.1 Specific Heat
0.23 J/(kg K)0.36 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
17.3 Molar Heat Capacity
26.02 J/mol·K31.06 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
17.4 Thermal Conductivity
96.60 W/m·K58.20 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
17.5 Critical Temperature
NA2,093.00 K
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
17.6 Thermal Expansion
30.80 µm/(m·K)90.00 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
17.7 Enthalpy
17.7.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
100.00 kJ/mol69.20 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
17.7.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
6.19 kJ/mol2.19 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
17.7.3 Enthalpy of Atomization
113.00 kJ/mol82.00 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
17.8 Standard Molar Entropy
51.80 J/mol.K76.80 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1