1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
1.2 Group Number
1.4 Period Number
1.7 Block
1.8 Element Family
Alkaline Earth
Transition Metal
1.9 CAS Number
74407027440166
7429905
54386242
1.11 Space Group Name
1.12 Space Group Number
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.
- Rhodium is the rarest element out of all non-radioactive metals on the earth .
- Rhodium is one of the most durable and hard metal, which also have high reflectance.
3.2 Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Earth's crust, Found As a By-product, Found in Minerals, Mining
3.3 History
3.3.1 Who Discovered
Humphry Davy
William Hyde Wollaston
3.3.2 Discovery
3.4 Abundance
3.4.1 Abundance In Universe
7 * 10-3 %6 * 10-8 %
5E-09
0.11
3.4.5 Abundance In Sun
~0.007 %~0.0000002 %
1E-08
0.1
3.7.2 Abundance In Meteorites
3.7.5 Abundance In Earth's Crust
3.8.4 Abundance In Oceans
3.8.7 Abundance In Humans
4 Uses
4.1 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.
- Rhodium metal is mainly used in catalytic converters for cars as it reduces nitrogen oxides in exhaust gases.
- It is used as an industrial catalyst for nitric acid, acetic acid, hydrogenation reaction, etc.
4.1.2 Industrial Uses
Chemical Industry
Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
4.1.3 Medical Uses
Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Industry
NA
4.1.4 Other Uses
4.2 Biological Properties
4.2.1 Toxicity
5.1.1 Present in Human Body
5.1.2 In Blood
60.50 Blood/mg dm-3NA
0
1970
5.1.9 In Bone
170,000.00 p.p.m.NA
0
170000
6 Physical
6.1 Melting Point
839.00 °C1,966.00 °C
27
3410
6.2 Boiling Point
1,484.00 °C3,727.00 °C
147
5660
7.2 Appearance
7.2.1 Physical State
7.2.2 Color
7.2.3 Luster
7.3 Hardness
7.3.1 Mohs Hardness
8.2.1 Brinell Hardness
170.00 MPa980.00 MPa
0.14
3490
8.6.2 Vickers Hardness
8.9 Speed of Sound
3,810.00 m/s4,700.00 m/s
818
16200
8.10 Optical Properties
8.10.1 Refractive Index
8.10.4 Reflectivity
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
9.2 Isotopes
9.2.1 Known Isotopes
9.4 Electronegativity
9.4.1 Pauling Electronegativity
9.5.1 Sanderson Electronegativity
9.5.3 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
9.5.5 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
9.5.6 Allen Electronegativity
9.7 Electropositivity
9.7.1 Pauling Electropositivity
9.8 Ionization Energies
9.8.1 1st Energy Level
589.80 kJ/mol719.70 kJ/mol
375.7
26130
9.8.2 2nd Energy Level
1,145.40 kJ/mol1,740.00 kJ/mol
710.2162
28750
9.9.1 3rd Energy Level
4,912.40 kJ/mol2,997.00 kJ/mol
1600
34230
9.9.2 4th Energy Level
6,491.00 kJ/molNA
2780
37066
9.9.3 5th Energy Level
8,153.00 kJ/molNA
4305.2
97510
9.11.1 6th Energy Level
10,496.00 kJ/molNA
5715.8
105800
9.12.1 7th Energy level
12,270.00 kJ/molNA
7226.8
114300
9.12.2 8th Energy Level
14,206.00 kJ/molNA
8857.4
125300
9.12.3 9th Energy Level
18,191.00 kJ/molNA
14110
134700
9.14.1 10th Energy Level
20,385.00 kJ/molNA
17100
144300
10.1.2 11th Energy Level
57,110.00 kJ/molNA
19900
169988
10.1.3 12th Energy Level
63,410.00 kJ/molNA
22219
189368
10.1.5 13th Energy Level
70,110.00 kJ/molNA
26930
76015
10.1.6 14th Energy Level
78,890.00 kJ/molNA
29196
86450
10.2.1 15th Energy Level
86,310.00 kJ/molNA
41987
97510
10.4.2 16th Energy Level
94,000.00 kJ/molNA
47206
109480
10.4.3 17th Energy Level
104,900.00 kJ/molNA
52737
122200
10.4.5 18th Energy Level
111,711.00 kJ/molNA
58570
134810
10.5.2 19th Energy Level
10.5.3 20th Energy Level
10.5.5 21st Energy Level
10.5.6 22nd Energy Level
10.5.8 23rd Energy Level
10.5.9 24th Energy Level
10.6.1 25th Energy Level
10.6.2 26th Energy Level
11.1.2 27th Energy Level
11.1.5 28th Energy Level
11.1.6 29th Energy Level
11.1.8 30th Energy Level
11.3 Electrochemical Equivalent
0.75 g/amp-hr1.28 g/amp-hr
0.16812
8.3209
11.4 Electron Work Function
11.5 Other Chemical Properties
Chemical Stability, Flammability, Ionization, Solubility
Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes
12 Atomic
12.1 Atomic Number
13.2 Electron Configuration
13.3 Crystal Structure
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
13.3.1 Crystal Lattice
13.4 Atom
13.4.1 Number of Protons
13.5.1 Number of Neutrons
13.6.1 Number of Electrons
13.8 Radius of an Atom
13.8.1 Atomic Radius
197.00 pm134.00 pm
112
265
13.8.2 Covalent Radius
176.00 pm142.00 pm
96
260
13.9.1 Van der Waals Radius
231.00 pm200.00 pm
139
348
13.11 Atomic Weight
40.08 amu102.91 amu
6.94
294
13.12 Atomic Volume
29.90 cm3/mol8.30 cm3/mol
1.39
71.07
13.13 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
13.13.1 Previous Element
13.13.2 Next Element
13.14 Valence Electron Potential
29.00 (-eV)64.00 (-eV)
8
392.42
13.15 Lattice Constant
558.84 pm380.34 pm
228.58
891.25
13.17 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
π/2, π/2, π/2
13.18 Lattice C/A Ratio
14 Mechanical
14.1 Density
14.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
1.55 g/cm312.41 g/cm3
0.534
40.7
14.1.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
1.38 g/cm310.70 g/cm3
0.512
20
14.2 Tensile Strength
14.3 Viscosity
14.4 Vapor Pressure
14.4.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
25.50 (Pa)NA
2.47E-11
121
14.4.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
14.5 Elasticity properties
14.5.1 Shear Modulus
7.40 GPa150.00 GPa
1.3
222
14.5.2 Bulk Modulus
17.00 GPa275.00 GPa
1.6
462
14.5.3 Young's Modulus
20.00 GPa380.00 GPa
1.7
528
14.6 Poisson Ratio
14.7 Other Mechanical Properties
15 Magnetic
15.1 Magnetic Characteristics
15.1.1 Specific Gravity
15.1.2 Magnetic Ordering
15.1.3 Permeability
15.1.4 Susceptibility
15.2 Electrical Properties
15.2.1 Electrical Property
15.2.2 Resistivity
33.60 nΩ·m43.30 nΩ·m
0.18
961
15.2.3 Electrical Conductivity
0.30 106/cm Ω0.21 106/cm Ω
0.00666
0.63
15.2.4 Electron Affinity
2.37 kJ/mol109.70 kJ/mol
0
222.8
16 Thermal
16.1 Specific Heat
0.63 J/(kg K)0.24 J/(kg K)
0.11
3.6
16.2 Molar Heat Capacity
25.93 J/mol·K24.98 J/mol·K
16.443
62.7
16.3 Thermal Conductivity
201.00 W/m·K150.00 W/m·K
6.3
429
16.4 Critical Temperature
16.5 Thermal Expansion
22.30 µm/(m·K)8.20 µm/(m·K)
4.5
97
16.6 Enthalpy
16.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
150.00 kJ/mol495.40 kJ/mol
7.32
799.1
16.6.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
8.54 kJ/mol21.76 kJ/mol
2.1
35.23
16.6.3 Enthalpy of Atomization
184.00 kJ/mol556.50 kJ/mol
61.5
837
16.7 Standard Molar Entropy
41.60 J/mol.K31.50 J/mol.K
9.5
198.1