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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Cs
Ac
1.2 Group Number
1NA
Gadolinium
0 17
1.3 Period Number
67
Lithium
2 7
1.4 Block
s block
f block
1.5 Element Family
Alkali
Actinide
1.6 CAS Number
74404627440348
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
1.7 Space Group Name
Im_ 3m
Fm_ 3m
1.8 Space Group Number
229.00225.00
Plutonium
11 229
2 Facts
2.1 Interesting Facts
Not Available
Not Available
2.2 Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Obtained by Treating Radium with Neutrons, Ores of metals
2.3 History
2.3.1 Who Discovered
Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff
Friedrich Oskar Giesel
2.3.2 Discovery
In 1860
In 1902
2.4 Abundance
2.4.1 Abundance In Universe
8 * 10-8 %NA
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
2.4.2 Abundance In Sun
~0.0000008 %~-9999 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
2.4.3 Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %NA
Gold
1.7E-07 22
2.4.4 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %NA
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
1.2.1 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %NA
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
1.2.2 Abundance In Humans
0.00 %NA
Radium
1E-13 1.4
2 Uses
2.1 Uses & Benefits
  • The most common use of cesium metal is as a drilling fluid. It is also used in optical glass manufacturing.
  • In vacuum tubes and radiation monitor equipment this metal is used as a catalyst promoter.
  • Actinium metal has a great source of alpha rays but it is hardly used outside research purpose.
2.1.1 Industrial Uses
Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
NA
2.1.2 Medical Uses
NA
NA
2.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys, Nuclear Research, Research Purposes
2.2 Biological Properties
2.2.1 Toxicity
Mildly Toxic
Toxic
2.2.2 Present in Human Body
2.2.3 In Blood
0.00 Blood/mg dm-30.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium
0 1970
2.5.1 In Bone
0.05 p.p.m.0.00 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
3 Physical
3.1 Melting Point
28.50 °C1,227.00 °C
Francium
27 3410
3.2 Boiling Point
678.40 °C3,200.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
4.5 Appearance
4.5.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
4.5.2 Color
Silvery Gold
Silvery White
4.5.3 Luster
NA
NA
4.6 Hardness
4.6.1 Mohs Hardness
0.20NA
Tin
0.2 8.5
4.6.3 Brinell Hardness
0.14 MPaNA
Palladium
0.14 3490
4.6.5 Vickers Hardness
NANA
Palladium
121 3430
4.7 Speed of Sound
NANA
Thallium
818 16200
5.3 Optical Properties
5.3.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
5.3.3 Reflectivity
NANA
Molybdenum
58 97
5.4 Allotropes
5.4.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
5.4.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
5.4.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
7 Chemical
7.1 Chemical Formula
Cs
Ac
7.2 Isotopes
7.2.1 Known Isotopes
3629
Tennessine
0 38
7.4 Electronegativity
7.4.1 Pauling Electronegativity
0.791.10
Francium
0.7 2.54
7.5.4 Sanderson Electronegativity
0.22NA
Sodium
0.22 2.56
7.6.2 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
0.861.00
Potassium
0.86 1.82
7.6.4 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
0.62NA
Sodium
0.62 2.48
7.6.6 Allen Electronegativity
0.66NA
Francium
0.659 2.7
7.8 Electropositivity
7.8.1 Pauling Electropositivity
3.212.90
Gold
1.46 3.3
7.10 Ionization Energies
7.10.1 1st Energy Level
375.70 kJ/mol499.00 kJ/mol
Palladium
375.7 26130
7.10.3 2nd Energy Level
2,234.30 kJ/mol1,170.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
8.2.2 3rd Energy Level
3,400.00 kJ/mol1,900.00 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
8.3.2 4th Energy Level
NA4,700.00 kJ/mol
Thorium
2780 37066
8.3.4 5th Energy Level
NANA
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
8.3.6 6th Energy Level
NANA
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
8.3.8 7th Energy level
NANA
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
8.3.9 8th Energy Level
NANA
Hassium
8857.4 125300
8.3.11 9th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium
14110 134700
8.4.2 10th Energy Level
NANA
Strontium
17100 144300
8.5.2 11th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium
19900 169988
8.5.4 12th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
22219 189368
8.5.6 13th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
26930 76015
8.5.8 14th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
29196 86450
8.5.10 15th Energy Level
NANA
Manganese
41987 97510
8.5.12 16th Energy Level
NANA
Iron
47206 109480
8.5.14 17th Energy Level
NANA
Cobalt
52737 122200
8.5.16 18th Energy Level
NANA
Nickel
58570 134810
8.5.18 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper
64702 148700
8.5.20 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
8.5.22 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
8.5.24 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
8.5.25 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
8.5.27 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
8.5.29 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
8.5.30 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
8.5.32 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
8.5.34 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
8.5.36 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
8.5.38 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
8.6 Electrochemical Equivalent
4.96 g/amp-hr2.82 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
8.7 Electron Work Function
2.14 eVNA
Potassium
2.14 5.65
8.8 Other Chemical Properties
Chemical Stability, Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity, Solubility
9 Atomic
9.1 Atomic Number
5589
Lithium
3 117
9.2 Electron Configuration
[Xe] 6s1
[Rn] 6d1 7s2
9.3 Crystal Structure
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
9.3.1 Crystal Lattice
9.4 Atom
9.4.1 Number of Protons
5589
Lithium
3 117
9.4.4 Number of Neutrons
78138
Lithium
4 184
9.4.7 Number of Electrons
5589
Lithium
3 117
9.7 Radius of an Atom
9.7.1 Atomic Radius
265.00 pm195.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
9.7.2 Covalent Radius
244.00 pmNA
Beryllium
96 260
10.1.1 Van der Waals Radius
343.00 pmNA
Zinc
139 348
10.5 Atomic Weight
132.91 amu227.00 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
10.6 Atomic Volume
71.07 cm3/mol22.54 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
10.7 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
10.7.1 Previous Element
10.7.2 Next Element
10.8 Valence Electron Potential
8.62 (-eV)38.60 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
10.10 Lattice Constant
614.10 pm567.00 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
10.11 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
π/2, π/2, π/2
10.12 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
11 Mechanical
11.1 Density
11.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
1.93 g/cm310.00 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
11.2.1 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
1.84 g/cm3NA
Lithium
0.512 20
11.5 Tensile Strength
NANA
Indium
2.5 11000
11.6 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
11.8 Vapor Pressure
11.8.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
NANA
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
12.1.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
NANA
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
12.2 Elasticity properties
12.2.1 Shear Modulus
NANA
Potassium
1.3 222
12.3.1 Bulk Modulus
1.60 GPaNA
Tin
1.6 462
12.4.1 Young's Modulus
1.70 GPaNA
Palladium
1.7 528
12.6 Poisson Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
12.8 Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile
NA
13 Magnetic
13.1 Magnetic Characteristics
13.1.1 Specific Gravity
1.8710.07
Lithium
0.53 4500
13.1.2 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Paramagnetic
13.1.3 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
13.1.5 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
13.2 Electrical Properties
13.2.1 Electrical Property
Semiconductor
Unknown
13.2.2 Resistivity
205.00 nΩ·mNA
Thallium
0.18 961
13.3.1 Electrical Conductivity
0.05 106/cm ΩNA
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
14.1.4 Electron Affinity
45.50 kJ/molNA
Mercury
0 222.8
15 Thermal
15.1 Specific Heat
0.24 J/(kg K)0.12 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
15.3 Molar Heat Capacity
32.21 J/mol·K27.20 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
15.4 Thermal Conductivity
35.90 W/m·K12.00 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
15.5 Critical Temperature
1,938.00 KNA
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
15.6 Thermal Expansion
97.00 µm/(m·K)NA
Tungsten
4.5 97
16.2 Enthalpy
16.2.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
65.90 kJ/molNA
Zinc
7.32 799.1
16.4.1 Enthalpy of Fusion
2.10 kJ/molNA
Tin
2.1 35.23
16.5.1 Enthalpy of Atomization
78.20 kJ/mol301.00 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
16.7 Standard Molar Entropy
85.20 J/mol.K56.50 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1