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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Ca
Mo
1.2 Group Number
26
Gadolinium
0 17
1.3 Period Number
45
Lithium
2 7
1.11 Block
s block
d block
1.12 Element Family
Alkaline Earth
Transition Metal
1.13 CAS Number
74407027439987
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
1.18 Space Group Name
Fm_ 3m
Im_ 3m
1.19 Space Group Number
225.00229.00
Plutonium
11 229
3 Facts
3.1 Interesting Facts
  • Calcium ranks 5th rank in the list of earth’s abundance Percentage.
  • It is found in the compound state.
  • Gypsum or calcium sulfate is used as plaster and plaster of paris.
  • Molybdenum is highly reactive metal, hence not found free in nature .
  • Till 18th century Molybdenum element were often mistaken as a carbon or Lead.
3.2 Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
3.3 History
3.3.1 Who Discovered
Humphry Davy
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
3.3.2 Discovery
In 1808
In 1778
3.4 Abundance
3.4.1 Abundance In Universe
7 * 10-3 %5 * 10-7 %
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
4.4.3 Abundance In Sun
~0.007 %~0.0000009 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
5.4.4 Abundance In Meteorites
1.10 %0.00 %
Gold
1.7E-07 22
5.4.8 Abundance In Earth's Crust
5.00 %0.00 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
5.4.15 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %0.00 %
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
5.4.18 Abundance In Humans
1.40 %0.00 %
Radium
1E-13 1.4
6 Uses
6.1 Uses & Benefits
  • It is used as a reducing agent while preparing metals like thorium and uranium. It is also used as an alloying agent for metals such as aluminum, copper & lead.
  • Calcium carbonate or lime stone is used in cement.
  • Its alloys are used to make engine parts, drills, saw blade, etc.
  • Lubricant additive made up of Molybdenum disulfide is commonly used in the industry. It is also used as a catalyst.
6.1.1 Industrial Uses
Chemical Industry
Aerospace Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
6.1.2 Medical Uses
Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Industry
NA
6.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys
6.2 Biological Properties
6.2.1 Toxicity
Non Toxic
Toxic
6.2.2 Present in Human Body
6.2.3 In Blood
60.50 Blood/mg dm-30.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium
0 1970
7.2.7 In Bone
170,000.00 p.p.m.0.70 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
8 Physical
8.1 Melting Point
839.00 °C2,617.00 °C
Francium
27 3410
10.2 Boiling Point
1,484.00 °C4,612.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
11.4 Appearance
11.4.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
11.4.2 Color
Gray
Gray
11.4.3 Luster
NA
Metallic
11.5 Hardness
11.5.1 Mohs Hardness
1.755.50
Cesium
0.2 8.5
13.1.1 Brinell Hardness
170.00 MPa1,370.00 MPa
Cesium
0.14 3490
13.3.2 Vickers Hardness
NA1,400.00 MPa
Palladium
121 3430
14.3 Speed of Sound
3,810.00 m/s5,400.00 m/s
Thallium
818 16200
14.11 Optical Properties
14.11.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
14.12.3 Reflectivity
NA58.00 %
Silver
58 97
14.13 Allotropes
14.13.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
14.13.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
14.13.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
15 Chemical
15.1 Chemical Formula
Ca
Mo
15.2 Isotopes
15.2.1 Known Isotopes
1925
Tennessine
0 38
16.3 Electronegativity
16.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity
1.002.16
Francium
0.7 2.54
16.3.2 Sanderson Electronegativity
0.951.15
Cesium
0.22 2.56
16.7.3 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.041.30
Cesium
0.86 1.82
16.8.3 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
1.08NA
Cesium
0.62 2.48
17.4.2 Allen Electronegativity
1.032.16
Cesium
0.659 2.7
18.3 Electropositivity
18.3.1 Pauling Electropositivity
3.001.84
Gold
1.46 3.3
18.4 Ionization Energies
18.4.1 1st Energy Level
589.80 kJ/mol684.30 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
18.7.2 2nd Energy Level
1,145.40 kJ/mol1,560.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
18.7.3 3rd Energy Level
4,912.40 kJ/mol2,618.00 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
18.11.2 4th Energy Level
6,491.00 kJ/mol4,480.00 kJ/mol
Thorium
2780 37066
18.12.3 5th Energy Level
8,153.00 kJ/mol5,257.00 kJ/mol
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
18.14.3 6th Energy Level
10,496.00 kJ/mol6,640.80 kJ/mol
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
19.1.2 7th Energy level
12,270.00 kJ/mol12,125.00 kJ/mol
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
19.1.6 8th Energy Level
14,206.00 kJ/mol13,860.00 kJ/mol
Hassium
8857.4 125300
19.1.9 9th Energy Level
18,191.00 kJ/mol15,835.00 kJ/mol
Yttrium
14110 134700
19.2.3 10th Energy Level
20,385.00 kJ/mol17,980.00 kJ/mol
Strontium
17100 144300
19.5.1 11th Energy Level
57,110.00 kJ/mol20,190.00 kJ/mol
Yttrium
19900 169988
19.6.5 12th Energy Level
63,410.00 kJ/mol22,219.00 kJ/mol
Copper
22219 189368
19.6.9 13th Energy Level
70,110.00 kJ/mol26,930.00 kJ/mol
Vanadium
26930 76015
19.7.3 14th Energy Level
78,890.00 kJ/mol29,196.00 kJ/mol
Iron
29196 86450
19.7.6 15th Energy Level
86,310.00 kJ/mol52,490.00 kJ/mol
Manganese
41987 97510
19.8.3 16th Energy Level
94,000.00 kJ/mol55,000.00 kJ/mol
Iron
47206 109480
19.9.3 17th Energy Level
104,900.00 kJ/mol61,400.00 kJ/mol
Cobalt
52737 122200
19.9.6 18th Energy Level
111,711.00 kJ/mol67,700.00 kJ/mol
Nickel
58570 134810
19.10.1 19th Energy Level
NA74,000.00 kJ/mol
Copper
64702 148700
19.10.5 20th Energy Level
NA80,400.00 kJ/mol
Zinc
80400 171200
20.1.2 21st Energy Level
NA87,000.00 kJ/mol
Zinc
87000 179100
20.1.4 22nd Energy Level
NA93,400.00 kJ/mol
Copper
93400 184900
20.1.9 23rd Energy Level
NA98,420.00 kJ/mol
Copper
98420 198800
20.1.10 24th Energy Level
NA104,400.00 kJ/mol
Iron
104400 195200
20.1.12 25th Energy Level
NA121,900.00 kJ/mol
121900 121900
20.1.13 26th Energy Level
NA127,700.00 kJ/mol
127700 127700
20.1.14 27th Energy Level
NA133,800.00 kJ/mol
133800 133800
20.1.15 28th Energy Level
NA139,800.00 kJ/mol
139800 139800
20.1.16 29th Energy Level
NA148,100.00 kJ/mol
148100 148100
20.1.17 30th Energy Level
NA154,500.00 kJ/mol
154500 154500
20.2 Electrochemical Equivalent
0.75 g/amp-hr0.89 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
20.4 Electron Work Function
2.87 eV4.60 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
20.5 Other Chemical Properties
Chemical Stability, Flammability, Ionization, Solubility
Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
21 Atomic
21.1 Atomic Number
2042
Lithium
3 117
21.2 Electron Configuration
[Ar] 4s2
[Kr] 4d5 5s1
21.3 Crystal Structure
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
21.3.1 Crystal Lattice
21.4 Atom
21.4.1 Number of Protons
2042
Lithium
3 117
22.3.1 Number of Neutrons
2054
Lithium
4 184
22.4.2 Number of Electrons
2042
Lithium
3 117
22.6 Radius of an Atom
22.6.1 Atomic Radius
197.00 pm139.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
22.6.6 Covalent Radius
176.00 pm154.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
22.7.6 Van der Waals Radius
231.00 pm200.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
22.9 Atomic Weight
40.08 amu95.95 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
22.12 Atomic Volume
29.90 cm3/mol9.40 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
22.14 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
22.14.1 Previous Element
22.14.2 Next Element
22.15 Valence Electron Potential
29.00 (-eV)88.60 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
23.3 Lattice Constant
558.84 pm314.70 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
23.4 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
π/2, π/2, π/2
23.5 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
25 Mechanical
25.1 Density
25.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
1.55 g/cm310.28 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
25.2.1 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
1.38 g/cm39.33 g/cm3
Lithium
0.512 20
25.6 Tensile Strength
NA324.00 MPa
Indium
2.5 11000
26.2 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
26.6 Vapor Pressure
26.6.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
25.50 (Pa)NA
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
26.6.3 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
NA0.00 (Pa)
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
26.7 Elasticity properties
26.7.1 Shear Modulus
7.40 GPa126.00 GPa
Potassium
1.3 222
26.9.2 Bulk Modulus
17.00 GPa230.00 GPa
Cesium
1.6 462
26.9.7 Young's Modulus
20.00 GPa329.00 GPa
Cesium
1.7 528
26.12 Poisson Ratio
0.310.31
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
26.15 Other Mechanical Properties
NA
Ductile, Weldable
27 Magnetic
27.1 Magnetic Characteristics
27.1.1 Specific Gravity
4.5810.22
Lithium
0.53 4500
27.2.1 Magnetic Ordering
Diamagnetic
Paramagnetic
27.2.2 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
27.5.1 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
27.8 Electrical Properties
27.8.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
Semiconductor
27.8.2 Resistivity
33.60 nΩ·m53.40 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
27.11.1 Electrical Conductivity
0.30 106/cm Ω0.19 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
28.1.2 Electron Affinity
2.37 kJ/mol71.90 kJ/mol
Mercury
0 222.8
30 Thermal
30.1 Specific Heat
0.63 J/(kg K)0.25 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
30.4 Molar Heat Capacity
25.93 J/mol·K24.06 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
31.4 Thermal Conductivity
201.00 W/m·K138.00 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
31.8 Critical Temperature
NANA
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
31.11 Thermal Expansion
22.30 µm/(m·K)4.80 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
31.14 Enthalpy
31.14.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
150.00 kJ/mol594.10 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
31.16.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
8.54 kJ/mol27.61 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
31.16.6 Enthalpy of Atomization
184.00 kJ/mol653.00 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
31.19 Standard Molar Entropy
41.60 J/mol.K28.70 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1