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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Co
Ac
1.2 Group Number
9NA
Gadolinium Metal
0 17
1.7 Period Number
47
Lithium Metal
2 7
1.10 Block
d block
f block
1.11 Element Family
Transition Metal
Actinide
1.12 CAS Number
74404847440348
Aluminium Metal
7429905 54386242
2.6 Space Group Name
P63/mmc
Fm_ 3m
2.7 Space Group Number
194.00225.00
Plutonium Metal
11 229
3 Facts
3.1 Interesting Facts
  • The main source of Cobalt is as a by-product of copper and nickel metal mining.
  • Cobalt metal can be obtained from other elements like Oxygen, Sulfur and Arsenic.
  • It s also used in electroplating process as it exhibits anti cession properties.
Not Available
4.2 Sources
Found in Compounds, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Obtained by Treating Radium with Neutrons, Ores of metals
4.3 History
4.3.1 Who Discovered
Georg Brandt
Friedrich Oskar Giesel
4.3.2 Discovery
In 1732
In 1902
4.4 Abundance
4.4.1 Abundance In Universe
3 * 10-4 %NA
Thallium Metal
5E-09 0.11
5.1.3 Abundance In Sun
~0.0004 %~-9999 %
Beryllium Metal
1E-08 0.1
5.4.4 Abundance In Meteorites
0.06 %NA
Gold Metal
1.7E-07 22
5.5.1 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %NA
Radium Metal
9.9E-12 8.1
5.7.1 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %NA
Protactinium Metal
2E-23 1.1
5.8.3 Abundance In Humans
0.00 %NA
Radium Metal
1E-13 1.4
3 Uses
3.1 Uses & Benefits
  • Its alloys with aluminum and nickel are used to make powerful magnets.
  • Few other alloys exhibit high-temperature strength and hence they are used in Turbines of Jet and Gas engine.
  • Actinium metal has a great source of alpha rays but it is hardly used outside research purpose.
3.1.1 Industrial Uses
Chemical Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
NA
3.1.2 Medical Uses
Pharmaceutical Industry
NA
3.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys, Nuclear Research, Research Purposes
3.2 Biological Properties
3.2.1 Toxicity
Toxic
Toxic
3.2.2 Present in Human Body
3.2.3 In Blood
0.04 Blood/mg dm-30.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium Metal
0 1970
1.4.1 In Bone
0.04 p.p.m.0.00 p.p.m.
Plutonium Metal
0 170000
2 Physical
2.1 Melting Point
1,495.00 °C1,227.00 °C
Francium Metal
27 3410
4.2 Boiling Point
2,870.00 °C3,200.00 °C
Flerovium Metal
147 5660
5.6 Appearance
5.6.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
5.6.2 Color
Gray
Silvery White
5.6.4 Luster
Metallic
NA
5.7 Hardness
5.7.1 Mohs Hardness
5.00NA
Cesium Metal
0.2 8.5
6.5.2 Brinell Hardness
470.00 MPaNA
Cesium Metal
0.14 3490
6.11.1 Vickers Hardness
1,043.00 MPaNA
Palladium Metal
121 3430
7.3 Speed of Sound
4,720.00 m/sNA
Thallium Metal
818 16200
8.3 Optical Properties
8.3.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury Metal
1.000933 1.7229
8.5.1 Reflectivity
67.00 %NA
Molybdenum Metal
58 97
8.8 Allotropes
8.8.1 α Allotropes
α-Cobalt
Not Available
8.8.2 β Allotropes
β-Cobalt
Not Available
8.9.1 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
9 Chemical
9.1 Chemical Formula
Co
Ac
9.2 Isotopes
9.2.1 Known Isotopes
2629
Tennessine Metal
0 38
12.3 Electronegativity
12.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity
1.881.10
Francium Metal
0.7 2.54
1.1.2 Sanderson Electronegativity
2.56NA
Cesium Metal
0.22 2.56
3.1.1 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.701.00
Cesium Metal
0.86 1.82
3.4.1 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
NANA
Cesium Metal
0.62 2.48
4.3.2 Allen Electronegativity
1.84NA
Cesium Metal
0.659 2.7
5.6 Electropositivity
5.6.1 Pauling Electropositivity
2.122.90
Gold Metal
1.46 3.3
5.8 Ionization Energies
5.8.1 1st Energy Level
760.40 kJ/mol499.00 kJ/mol
Cesium Metal
375.7 26130
6.2.5 2nd Energy Level
1,648.00 kJ/mol1,170.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium Metal
710.2162 28750
6.7.1 3rd Energy Level
3,232.00 kJ/mol1,900.00 kJ/mol
Osmium Metal
1600 34230
6.8.5 4th Energy Level
4,950.00 kJ/mol4,700.00 kJ/mol
Thorium Metal
2780 37066
7.2.2 5th Energy Level
7,670.00 kJ/molNA
Dubnium Metal
4305.2 97510
7.4.5 6th Energy Level
9,840.00 kJ/molNA
Seaborgium Metal
5715.8 105800
8.1.3 7th Energy level
12,440.00 kJ/molNA
Bohrium Metal
7226.8 114300
9.2.2 8th Energy Level
15,230.00 kJ/molNA
Hassium Metal
8857.4 125300
9.4.4 9th Energy Level
17,959.00 kJ/molNA
Yttrium Metal
14110 134700
9.5.5 10th Energy Level
26,570.00 kJ/molNA
Strontium Metal
17100 144300
9.7.3 11th Energy Level
29,400.00 kJ/molNA
Yttrium Metal
19900 169988
9.10.1 12th Energy Level
32,400.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum Metal
22219 189368
9.11.3 13th Energy Level
36,600.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum Metal
26930 76015
9.12.4 14th Energy Level
39,700.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum Metal
29196 86450
10.1.1 15th Energy Level
42,800.00 kJ/molNA
Manganese Metal
41987 97510
10.1.5 16th Energy Level
49,396.00 kJ/molNA
Iron Metal
47206 109480
10.2.2 17th Energy Level
52,737.00 kJ/molNA
Copper
52737 122200
10.2.6 18th Energy Level
134,810.00 kJ/molNA
Nickel Metal
58570 134810
10.3.1 19th Energy Level
145,170.00 kJ/molNA
Copper Metal
64702 148700
10.4.1 20th Energy Level
154,700.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum Metal
80400 171200
10.5.2 21st Energy Level
167,400.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum Metal
87000 179100
10.5.6 22nd Energy Level
178,100.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum Metal
93400 184900
10.6.2 23rd Energy Level
189,300.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum Metal
98420 198800
10.6.6 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
104400 195200
10.6.8 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
121900 121900
10.7.3 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
127700 127700
10.7.6 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
133800 133800
10.7.11 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
139800 139800
10.7.15 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
148100 148100
10.7.20 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
154500 154500
10.8 Electrochemical Equivalent
1.10 g/amp-hr2.82 g/amp-hr
Beryllium Metal
0.16812 8.3209
10.10 Electron Work Function
5.00 eVNA
Cesium Metal
2.14 5.65
10.11 Other Chemical Properties
Chemical Stability, Ionization
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity, Solubility
11 Atomic
11.1 Atomic Number
2289
Lithium Metal
3 117
11.2 Electron Configuration
[Ar] 3d2 4s2
[Rn] 6d1 7s2
11.3 Crystal Structure
Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP)
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
11.3.2 Crystal Lattice
11.4 Atom
11.4.1 Number of Protons
2289
Lithium Metal
3 117
11.4.7 Number of Neutrons
26138
Lithium Metal
4 184
11.4.16 Number of Electrons
2289
Lithium Metal
3 117
11.7 Radius of an Atom
11.7.1 Atomic Radius
147.00 pm195.00 pm
Beryllium Metal
112 265
11.9.1 Covalent Radius
160.00 pmNA
Beryllium Metal
96 260
11.9.4 Van der Waals Radius
200.00 pmNA
Zinc Metal
139 348
13.2 Atomic Weight
47.87 amu227.00 amu
Lithium Metal
6.94 294
13.9 Atomic Volume
10.64 cm3/mol22.54 cm3/mol
Manganese Metal
1.39 71.07
13.11 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
13.11.1 Previous Element
13.11.2 Next Element
13.12 Valence Electron Potential
95.20 (-eV)38.60 (-eV)
Francium Metal
8 392.42
13.14 Lattice Constant
295.08 pm567.00 pm
Beryllium Metal
228.58 891.25
14.2 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
π/2, π/2, π/2
14.3 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium Metal
1.567 1.886
15 Mechanical
15.1 Density
15.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
4.51 g/cm310.00 g/cm3
Lithium Metal
0.534 40.7
15.5.1 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
4.11 g/cm3NA
Lithium Metal
0.512 20
15.10 Tensile Strength
434.00 MPaNA
Indium Metal
2.5 11000
15.12 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury Metal
0.001526 0.001526
15.14 Vapor Pressure
15.14.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
NANA
Cerium Metal
2.47E-11 121
16.2.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
0.98 (Pa)NA
Tungsten Metal
2.62E-10 774
16.3 Elasticity properties
16.3.1 Shear Modulus
44.00 GPaNA
Potassium Metal
1.3 222
16.5.1 Bulk Modulus
110.00 GPaNA
Cesium Metal
1.6 462
16.10.2 Young's Modulus
116.00 GPaNA
Cesium Metal
1.7 528
16.14 Poisson Ratio
0.32NA
Beryllium Metal
0.032 0.47
17.4 Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile
NA
18 Magnetic
18.1 Magnetic Characteristics
18.1.1 Specific Gravity
4,500.0010.07
Lithium Metal
0.53 4500
19.2.1 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Paramagnetic
19.3.1 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth Metal
1.25643E-06 0.0063
20.1.2 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth Metal
-0.000166 200000
20.7 Electrical Properties
20.7.1 Electrical Property
Poor Conductor
Unknown
20.7.2 Resistivity
420.00 nΩ·mNA
Thallium Metal
0.18 961
21.1.3 Electrical Conductivity
0.02 106/cm ΩNA
Plutonium Metal
0.00666 0.63
21.4.1 Electron Affinity
7.60 kJ/molNA
Mercury Metal
0 222.8
2 Thermal
2.1 Specific Heat
0.52 J/(kg K)0.12 J/(kg K)
Americium Metal
0.11 3.6
2.5 Molar Heat Capacity
25.06 J/mol·K27.20 J/mol·K
Beryllium Metal
16.443 62.7
2.10 Thermal Conductivity
21.90 W/m·K12.00 W/m·K
Neptunium Metal
6.3 429
2.15 Critical Temperature
NANA
Ytterbium Metal
26.3 3223
4.5 Thermal Expansion
8.60 µm/(m·K)NA
Tungsten Metal
4.5 97
1.4 Enthalpy
1.4.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
429.00 kJ/molNA
Zinc Metal
7.32 799.1
1.6.1 Enthalpy of Fusion
15.48 kJ/molNA
Cesium Metal
2.1 35.23
1.8.1 Enthalpy of Atomization
468.60 kJ/mol301.00 kJ/mol
Mercury Metal
61.5 837
1.16 Standard Molar Entropy
27.30 J/mol.K56.50 J/mol.K
Beryllium Metal
9.5 198.1