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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Ca
Sc
1.2 Group Number
23
Gadolinium
0 17
1.4 Period Number
44
Lithium
2 7
1.5 Block
s block
d block
1.6 Element Family
Alkaline Earth
Transition Metal
1.7 CAS Number
74407027440202
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
1.8 Space Group Name
Fm_ 3m
P63/mmc
1.9 Space Group Number
225.00194.00
Plutonium
11 229
2 Facts
2.1 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.
  • Scandium is known as one of the rare earth elements.
  • Scandium metal found in rare minerals called Wolframite .
2.2 Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals
2.3 History
2.3.1 Who Discovered
Humphry Davy
Lars Fredrik Nilson
2.3.2 Discovery
In 1808
In 1879
2.4 Abundance
2.4.1 Abundance In Universe
7 * 10-3 %3 * 10-6 %
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
2.4.5 Abundance In Sun
~0.007 %~0.000004 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
2.4.8 Abundance In Meteorites
1.10 %0.00 %
Gold
1.7E-07 22
2.4.11 Abundance In Earth's Crust
5.00 %0.00 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
2.4.15 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %0.00 %
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
2.4.18 Abundance In Humans
1.40 %NA
Radium
1E-13 1.4
3 Uses
3.1 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.
  • Uses of Scandium are limited to research purpose only. However, it has very low density and higher melting point.
  • Its compounds like scandium iodide is used in mercury vapor lamps to produce very bright white light.
3.1.1 Industrial Uses
Chemical Industry
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
3.1.2 Medical Uses
Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Industry
NA
3.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys
3.2 Biological Properties
3.2.1 Toxicity
Non Toxic
Non Toxic
3.2.2 Present in Human Body
3.2.3 In Blood
60.50 Blood/mg dm-30.01 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium
0 1970
3.2.7 In Bone
170,000.00 p.p.m.0.00 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
4 Physical
4.1 Melting Point
839.00 °C1,539.00 °C
Francium
27 3410
4.2 Boiling Point
1,484.00 °C2,832.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
4.4 Appearance
4.4.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
4.4.2 Color
Gray
Silvery White
4.4.3 Luster
NA
Lustrous
4.5 Hardness
4.5.1 Mohs Hardness
1.75NA
Cesium
0.2 8.5
5.1.1 Brinell Hardness
170.00 MPa750.00 MPa
Cesium
0.14 3490
5.4.3 Vickers Hardness
NANA
Palladium
121 3430
5.5 Speed of Sound
3,810.00 m/sNA
Thallium
818 16200
5.7 Optical Properties
5.7.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
5.7.4 Reflectivity
NANA
Molybdenum
58 97
5.8 Allotropes
5.9.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
5.9.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
5.9.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
6 Chemical
6.1 Chemical Formula
Ca
Sc
6.2 Isotopes
6.2.1 Known Isotopes
1913
Tennessine
0 38
6.4 Electronegativity
6.4.1 Pauling Electronegativity
1.001.36
Francium
0.7 2.54
6.7.1 Sanderson Electronegativity
0.951.02
Cesium
0.22 2.56
2.2.2 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.041.20
Cesium
0.86 1.82
2.5.3 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
1.08NA
Cesium
0.62 2.48
2.9.1 Allen Electronegativity
1.031.19
Cesium
0.659 2.7
3.8 Electropositivity
3.8.1 Pauling Electropositivity
3.002.64
Gold
1.46 3.3
3.9 Ionization Energies
3.9.1 1st Energy Level
589.80 kJ/mol633.10 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
4.1.1 2nd Energy Level
1,145.40 kJ/mol1,235.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
4.1.4 3rd Energy Level
4,912.40 kJ/mol2,388.60 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
4.4.3 4th Energy Level
6,491.00 kJ/mol7,090.60 kJ/mol
Thorium
2780 37066
2.1.2 5th Energy Level
8,153.00 kJ/mol8,843.00 kJ/mol
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
3.3.3 6th Energy Level
10,496.00 kJ/mol10,679.00 kJ/mol
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
4.3.2 7th Energy level
12,270.00 kJ/mol13,310.00 kJ/mol
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
4.7.1 8th Energy Level
14,206.00 kJ/mol15,250.00 kJ/mol
Hassium
8857.4 125300
4.7.2 9th Energy Level
18,191.00 kJ/mol17,370.00 kJ/mol
Yttrium
14110 134700
5.7.2 10th Energy Level
20,385.00 kJ/mol21,726.00 kJ/mol
Strontium
17100 144300
5.7.7 11th Energy Level
57,110.00 kJ/mol24,102.00 kJ/mol
Yttrium
19900 169988
6.1.2 12th Energy Level
63,410.00 kJ/mol66,320.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum
22219 189368
6.5.1 13th Energy Level
70,110.00 kJ/mol73,010.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum
26930 76015
7.2.2 14th Energy Level
78,890.00 kJ/mol80,160.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum
29196 86450
7.5.3 15th Energy Level
86,310.00 kJ/mol89,490.00 kJ/mol
Manganese
41987 97510
8.2.5 16th Energy Level
94,000.00 kJ/mol97,400.00 kJ/mol
Iron
47206 109480
8.4.4 17th Energy Level
104,900.00 kJ/mol105,600.00 kJ/mol
Cobalt
52737 122200
9.2.1 18th Energy Level
111,711.00 kJ/mol117,000.00 kJ/mol
Nickel
58570 134810
9.4.1 19th Energy Level
NA124,270.00 kJ/mol
Copper
64702 148700
10.1.2 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
10.1.5 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
10.1.8 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
10.1.11 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
10.1.14 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
10.2.2 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
10.3.2 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
10.5.3 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
10.5.6 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
11.2.2 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
11.2.4 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
11.3 Electrochemical Equivalent
0.75 g/amp-hr0.56 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
11.6 Electron Work Function
2.87 eV3.50 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
11.7 Other Chemical Properties
Chemical Stability, Flammability, Ionization, Solubility
Corrosion, Flammable, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
12 Atomic
12.1 Atomic Number
2021
Lithium
3 117
12.2 Electron Configuration
[Ar] 4s2
[Ar] 3d1 4s2
12.3 Crystal Structure
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP)
12.3.2 Crystal Lattice
12.4 Atom
12.4.1 Number of Protons
2021
Lithium
3 117
12.5.3 Number of Neutrons
2024
Lithium
4 184
13.2.2 Number of Electrons
2021
Lithium
3 117
13.4 Radius of an Atom
13.4.1 Atomic Radius
197.00 pm162.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
13.5.3 Covalent Radius
176.00 pm170.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
13.5.6 Van der Waals Radius
231.00 pm211.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
13.6 Atomic Weight
40.08 amu44.96 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
13.7 Atomic Volume
29.90 cm3/mol15.00 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
13.8 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
13.8.1 Previous Element
13.8.2 Next Element
13.9 Valence Electron Potential
29.00 (-eV)58.00 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
14.2 Lattice Constant
558.84 pm330.90 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
14.3 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
14.4 Lattice C/A Ratio
NA1.59
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
15 Mechanical
15.1 Density
15.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
1.55 g/cm32.99 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
15.3.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
1.38 g/cm32.80 g/cm3
Lithium
0.512 20
16.3 Tensile Strength
NANA
Indium
2.5 11000
16.4 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
16.9 Vapor Pressure
16.9.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
25.50 (Pa)0.00 (Pa)
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
16.9.3 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
NA91.30 (Pa)
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
16.11 Elasticity properties
16.11.1 Shear Modulus
7.40 GPa29.10 GPa
Potassium
1.3 222
16.11.5 Bulk Modulus
17.00 GPa56.60 GPa
Cesium
1.6 462
16.12.4 Young's Modulus
20.00 GPa74.40 GPa
Cesium
1.7 528
16.13 Poisson Ratio
0.310.28
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
16.16 Other Mechanical Properties
NA
NA
17 Magnetic
17.1 Magnetic Characteristics
17.1.1 Specific Gravity
4.582.99
Lithium
0.53 4500
17.1.3 Magnetic Ordering
Diamagnetic
Paramagnetic
17.1.4 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
17.2.2 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
17.3 Electrical Properties
17.3.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
Conductor
17.3.2 Resistivity
33.60 nΩ·m562.00 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
17.5.2 Electrical Conductivity
0.30 106/cm Ω0.02 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
17.6.2 Electron Affinity
2.37 kJ/mol18.10 kJ/mol
Mercury
0 222.8
19 Thermal
19.1 Specific Heat
0.63 J/(kg K)0.60 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
19.2 Molar Heat Capacity
25.93 J/mol·K25.52 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
19.5 Thermal Conductivity
201.00 W/m·K15.80 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
19.8 Critical Temperature
NANA
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
20.2 Thermal Expansion
22.30 µm/(m·K)10.20 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
20.4 Enthalpy
20.4.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
150.00 kJ/mol314.20 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
20.7.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
8.54 kJ/mol14.10 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
20.7.5 Enthalpy of Atomization
184.00 kJ/mol343.00 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
20.8 Standard Molar Entropy
41.60 J/mol.K34.60 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1