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Francium Copper Comparison


Copper Francium comparison


Periodic Table

Symbol
Fr  
Cu  

Group Number
1  
17
11  
7

Period Number
7  
4  

Block
s block  
d block  

Element Family
Alkali  
Transition Metal  

CAS Number
7440735  
18
7440508  
37

Space Group Name
-  
Fm_ 3m  

Space Group Number
225.00  
3
225.00  
3

Facts

Interesting Facts
  • 223 Francium has the longest half life at 21.8.
  • Francium metal is produced by alpha decay in 227Actinium 227.
  
  • Copper rarely found in its pure form in nature.
  • Copper Sulfate is mostly used in agricultural poison and as an algicide in water purification system.
  

Sources
Formed by Decay Process, Mining  
Found in Minerals  

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Marguerite Perey  
-  

Discovery
In 1939  
In Middle East (9000 BCE)  

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
0.00 %  
40
0.00 %  
13

Abundance In Sun
0.00 %  
30
0.00 %  
12

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %  
99+
0.01 %  
13

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %  
99+
0.01 %  
17

Abundance In Oceans
-  
0.00 %  
8

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %  
24
0.00 %  
10

Uses

Uses & Benefits
  • Francium has no known uses as it has a half life of only 22 minutes.
  
  • It is use for coinage and bullion.
  • Most of copper element is used in manufacturing electrical and electronic equipments such as wirings and components. It is also used in construction and industrial machine.
  

Industrial Uses
-  
Chemical Industry, Electronic Industry  

Medical Uses
-  
-  

Other Uses
-  
Alloys, Coinage, Jewellery  

Biological Properties
  
  

Toxicity
-  
Non Toxic  

Present in Human Body
No  
Yes  

In Blood
0.00 Blood/mg dm-3  
40
1.01 Blood/mg dm-3  
8

In Bone
0.00 p.p.m.  
99+
26.00 p.p.m.  
12

Physical

Melting Point
27.00 °C  
99+
1,084.62 °C  
40

Boiling Point
677.00 °C  
99+
2,562.00 °C  
99+

Appearance
  
  

Physical State
Solid  
Solid  

Color
-  
Copper  

Luster
-  
-  

Hardness
  
  

Mohs Hardness
0.20  
27
3.00  
13

Brinell Hardness
119.00 MPa  
99+
235.00 MPa  
99+

Vickers Hardness
300.00 MPa  
99+
343.00 MPa  
99+

Speed of Sound
2,440.00 m/s  
99+
3,810.00 m/s  
26

Optical Properties
  
  

Refractive Index
1.70  
27
1.10  
99+

Reflectivity
72.00 %  
11
90.00 %  
4

Allotropes
No  
No  

α Allotropes
-  
-  

β Allotropes
-  
-  

γ Allotropes
-  
-  

Chemical

Chemical Formula
Fr  
Cu  

Isotopes
  
  

Known Isotopes
33  
6
29  
10

Electronegativity
  
  

Pauling Electronegativity
0.70  
99+
1.90  
12

Sanderson Electronegativity
0.70  
99+
1.98  
11

Allred Rochow Electronegativity
0.86  
99+
1.75  
4

Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
0.68  
99+
1.49  
27

Allen Electronegativity
0.67  
99+
1.85  
12

Electropositivity
  
  

Pauling Electropositivity
3.30  
1
2.10  
99+

Ionization Energies
  
  

1st Energy Level
380.00 kJ/mol  
99+
745.50 kJ/mol  
22

2nd Energy Level
392.80 kJ/mol  
99+
1,957.90 kJ/mol  
15

3rd Energy Level
392.80 kJ/mol  
99+
3,555.00 kJ/mol  
15

4th Energy Level
392.80 kJ/mol  
99+
5,536.00 kJ/mol  
21

5th Energy Level
392.00 kJ/mol  
99+
7,700.00 kJ/mol  
17

6th Energy Level
3,920.00 kJ/mol  
99+
9,900.00 kJ/mol  
16

7th Energy level
3,920.00 kJ/mol  
99+
13,400.00 kJ/mol  
7

8th Energy Level
3,920.00 kJ/mol  
99+
16,000.00 kJ/mol  
9

9th Energy Level
3,920.00 kJ/mol  
99+
19,200.00 kJ/mol  
9

10th Energy Level
392.00 kJ/mol  
99+
22,400.00 kJ/mol  
11

11th Energy Level
392.00 kJ/mol  
99+
25,600.00 kJ/mol  
13

12th Energy Level
38,000.00 kJ/mol  
23
35,600.00 kJ/mol  
27

13th Energy Level
3,920.00 kJ/mol  
99+
38,700.00 kJ/mol  
6

14th Energy Level
380.00 kJ/mol  
99+
42,000.00 kJ/mol  
7

15th Energy Level
67,700.00 kJ/mol  
32
46,700.00 kJ/mol  
99+

16th Energy Level
39,200.00 kJ/mol  
99+
50,200.00 kJ/mol  
99+

17th Energy Level
392.00 kJ/mol  
99+
53,700.00 kJ/mol  
12

18th Energy Level
3,920.00 kJ/mol  
99+
61,100.00 kJ/mol  
10

19th Energy Level
392.80 kJ/mol  
99+
64,702.00 kJ/mol  
11

20th Energy Level
392.00 kJ/mol  
99+
163,700.00 kJ/mol  
2

21st Energy Level
392.00 kJ/mol  
99+
174,100.00 kJ/mol  
2

22nd Energy Level
392.00 kJ/mol  
99+
184,900.00 kJ/mol  
1

23rd Energy Level
392.80 kJ/mol  
99+
198,800.00 kJ/mol  
1

24th Energy Level
392.00 kJ/mol  
99+
745.50 kJ/mol  
19

25th Energy Level
392.00 kJ/mol  
99+
745.50 kJ/mol  
19

26th Energy Level
392.80 kJ/mol  
99+
745.50 kJ/mol  
19

27th Energy Level
392.00 kJ/mol  
99+
745.50 kJ/mol  
18

28th Energy Level
380.00 kJ/mol  
99+
745.50 kJ/mol  
24

29th Energy Level
392.00 kJ/mol  
99+
745.50 kJ/mol  
25

30th Energy Level
677.00 kJ/mol  
31
745.50 kJ/mol  
19

Electrochemical Equivalent
8.32 g/amp-hr  
1
1.19 g/amp-hr  
99+

Electron Work Function
4.07 eV  
33
4.65 eV  
16

Other Chemical Properties
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity, Solubility  
Chemical Stability, Corrosion, Ionization, Solubility  

Atomic

Atomic Number
87  
31
29  
99+

Electron Configuration
[Rn] 7s1  
[Ar] 3d10 4s1  

Crystal Structure
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)  
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)  

Crystal Lattice
BCC-Crystal-Structure-.jpg#100  
FCC-Crystal-Structure-of-Copper.jpg#100  

Atom
  
  

Number of Protons
87  
31
29  
99+

Number of Neutrons
136  
18
35  
99+

Number of Electrons
87  
31
29  
99+

Radius of an Atom
  
  

Atomic Radius
348.00 pm  
1
128.00 pm  
99+

Covalent Radius
260.00 pm  
1
132.00 pm  
99+

Van der Waals Radius
348.00 pm  
1
140.00 pm  
99+

Atomic Weight
223.00 amu  
27
63.55 amu  
99+

Atomic Volume
71.00 cm3/mol  
2
7.10 cm3/mol  
99+

Adjacent Atomic Numbers
  
  

Previous Element
Polonium
  
Nickel
  

Next Element
Radium
  
Zinc
  

Valence Electron Potential
8.00 (-eV)  
99+
34.00 (-eV)  
99+

Lattice Constant
440.00 pm  
21
361.49 pm  
39

Lattice Angles
-  
π/2, π/2, π/2  

Lattice C/A Ratio
1.56  
99+
1.28  
99+

Mechanical

Density
  
  

Density At Room Temperature
1.87 g/cm3  
99+
8.96 g/cm3  
99+

Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
1.87 g/cm3  
99+
8.02 g/cm3  
99+

Tensile Strength
50.00 MPa  
38
210.00 MPa  
19

Viscosity
0.00  
25
0.00  
25

Vapor Pressure
  
  

Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
0.00 (Pa)  
37
1.53 (Pa)  
8

Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
0.00 (Pa)  
24
0.00 (Pa)  
30

Elasticity properties
  
  

Shear Modulus
3.60 GPa  
99+
48.00 GPa  
15

Bulk Modulus
6.00 GPa  
99+
140.00 GPa  
12

Young's Modulus
0.00 GPa  
99+
120.00 GPa  
19

Poisson Ratio
0.44  
3
0.34  
10

Other Mechanical Properties
-  
Ductile, Malleable  

Magnetic

Magnetic Characteristics
  
  

Specific Gravity
0.87  
99+
8.89  
99+

Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic  
Diamagnetic  

Permeability
0.00 H/m  
13
0.00 H/m  
19

Susceptibility
0.00  
24
0.00  
31

Electrical Properties
  
  

Electrical Property
Poor Conductor  
Conductor  

Resistivity
3.00 nΩ·m  
99+
16.78 nΩ·m  
99+

Electrical Conductivity
0.03 106/cm Ω  
99+
0.60 106/cm Ω  
2

Electron Affinity
0.70 kJ/mol  
99+
222.80 kJ/mol  
1

Thermal

Specific Heat
0.15 J/(kg K)  
37
0.38 J/(kg K)  
15

Molar Heat Capacity
27.00 J/mol·K  
29
24.44 J/mol·K  
99+

Thermal Conductivity
15.00 W/m·K  
99+
401.00 W/m·K  
2

Critical Temperature
300.00 K  
99+
1,358.00 K  
99+

Thermal Expansion
18.90 µm/(m·K)  
25
16.50 µm/(m·K)  
27

Enthalpy
  
  

Enthalpy of Vaporization
67.00 kJ/mol  
99+
283.70 kJ/mol  
99+

Enthalpy of Fusion
2.30 kJ/mol  
99+
7.11 kJ/mol  
99+

Enthalpy of Atomization
71.00 kJ/mol  
99+
338.90 kJ/mol  
39

Standard Molar Entropy
42.00 J/mol.K  
99+
33.20 J/mol.K  
99+

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