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Francium Lutetium Comparison


Lutetium Francium comparison


Periodic Table

Symbol
Fr   
Lu   

Group Number
1   
17
Not Available   

Period Number
7   
6   

Block
s block   
f block   

Element Family
Alkali   
Lanthanide   

CAS Number
7440735   
18
7439943   
99+

Space Group Name
Not Available   
P63/mmc   

Space Group Number
Not Available   
194.00   
5

Facts

Interesting Facts
  • 223 Francium has the longest half life at 21.8.
  • Francium metal is produced by alpha decay in 227Actinium 227.
  
  • Metal dust of Lutetium element is highly explosive.
  • Lutetium metal is corrosion resistance and acts stable in air.
  

Sources
Formed by Decay Process, Mining   
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Marguerite Perey   
Georges Urbain and Carl Auer von Welsbach   

Discovery
In 1939   
In 1906   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
Not Available   
1 * 10-8 %   
30

Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %   
~0.0000001 %   
26

Abundance In Meteorites
Not Available   
0.00 %   
99+

Abundance In Earth's Crust
Not Available   
0.00 %   
99+

Abundance In Oceans
Not Available   
0.00 %   
99+

Uses

Uses & Benefits
  • Francium has no known uses as it has a half life of only 22 minutes.
  
  • Lutetium metal is used outside research. It has commercial uses like Industrial catalyst for cracking oil refineries of hydrocarbons .
  

Industrial Uses
NA   
NA   

Medical Uses
NA   
NA   

Other Uses
NA   
Alloys   

Biological Properties
  
  

Toxicity
NA   
Low Toxic   

Present in Human Body
No   
No   

In Blood
0.00 Blood/mg dm-3   
37
Not Available   

In Bone
0.00 p.p.m.   
36
Not Available   

Physical Properties

Melting Point
27.00 °C   
99+
1,652.00 °C   
19

Boiling Point
677.00 °C   
99+
3,402.00 °C   
19

Appearance
  
  

Physical State
Solid   
Solid   

Color
NA   
Silvery White   

Luster
NA   
Metallic   

Hardness
  
  

Brinell Hardness
Not Available   
893.00 MPa   
10

Vickers Hardness
Not Available   
1,160.00 MPa   
8

Speed of Sound
Not Available   
Not Available   

Optical Properties
  
  

Allotropes
No   
No   

α Allotropes
Not Available   
Not Available   

β Allotropes
Not Available   
Not Available   

γ Allotropes
Not Available   
Not Available   

Chemical Properties

Chemical Formula
Fr   
Lu   

Isotopes
  
  

Known Isotopes
33   
6
35   
4

Electronegativity
  
  

Pauling Electronegativity
0.70   
99+
1.27   
34

Allred Rochow Electronegativity
0.86   
99+
1.14   
28

Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
0.68   
25
Not Available   

Allen Electronegativity
0.67   
99+
Not Available   

Electropositivity
  
  

Pauling Electropositivity
3.30   
1
2.73   
20

Ionization Energies
  
  

1st Energy Level
380.00 kJ/mol   
99+
523.50 kJ/mol   
99+

2nd Energy Level
Not Available   
1,340.00 kJ/mol   
99+

3rd Energy Level
Not Available   
2,022.30 kJ/mol   
99+

4th Energy Level
Not Available   
4,370.00 kJ/mol   
28

5th Energy Level
Not Available   
6,445.00 kJ/mol   
21

Electrochemical Equivalent
8.32 g/amp-hr   
1
2.18 g/amp-hr   
23

Electron Work Function
Not Available   
3.30 eV   
33

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

Atomic Properties

Atomic Number
87   
31
71   
99+

Electron Configuration
[Rn] 7s1   
[Xe] 6s2 4f14 5d1   

Crystal Structure
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)   
Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP)   

Crystal Lattice
BCC-Crystal-Structure-.jpg#100   
BCC-Crystal-Structure-.jpg#100   

Atom
  
  

Number of Protons
87   
31
71   
99+

Number of Neutrons
136   
17
104   
30

Number of Electrons
87   
31
71   
99+

Radius of an Atom
  
  

Atomic Radius
Not Available   
174.00 pm   
20

Covalent Radius
260.00 pm   
1
187.00 pm   
20

Van der Waals Radius
348.00 pm   
1
221.00 pm   
22

Atomic Weight
223.00 amu   
27
174.97 amu   
40

Atomic Volume
Not Available   
17.78 cm3/mol   
30

Adjacent Atomic Numbers
  
  

Previous Element
Polonium
  
Ytterbium
  

Next Element
Radium
  
Hafnium
  

Valence Electron Potential
8.00 (-eV)   
99+
50.90 (-eV)   
26

Lattice Constant
Not Available   
350.31 pm   
99+

Lattice Angles
NA   
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3   

Lattice C/A Ratio
Not Available   
1.59   
10

Mechanical Properties

Density
  
  

Density At Room Temperature
1.87 g/cm3   
99+
9.84 g/cm3   
38

Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
Not Available   
9.30 g/cm3   
22

Tensile Strength
Not Available   
Not Available   

Viscosity
Not Available   
Not Available   

Vapor Pressure
  
  

Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
Not Available   
0.00 (Pa)   
33

Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
Not Available   
3.18 (Pa)   
11

Elasticity properties
  
  

Shear Modulus
Not Available   
27.20 GPa   
26

Bulk Modulus
Not Available   
47.60 GPa   
23

Young's Modulus
Not Available   
68.60 GPa   
30

Poisson Ratio
Not Available   
0.26   
21

Other Mechanical Properties
NA   
NA   

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic Characteristics
  
  

Specific Gravity
Not Available   
9.84   
29

Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic   
Paramagnetic   

Electrical Properties
  
  

Electrical Property
Poor Conductor   
Conductor   

Resistivity
3.00 nΩ·m   
99+
582.00 nΩ·m   
9

Electrical Conductivity
0.03 106/cm Ω   
40
0.02 106/cm Ω   
99+

Electron Affinity
Not Available   
50.00 kJ/mol   
21

Thermal Properties

Specific Heat
Not Available   
0.15 J/(kg K)   
36

Molar Heat Capacity
Not Available   
26.86 J/mol·K   
24

Thermal Conductivity
15.00 W/m·K   
99+
16.40 W/m·K   
99+

Critical Temperature
Not Available   
Not Available   

Thermal Expansion
Not Available   
9.90 µm/(m·K)   
40

Enthalpy
  
  

Enthalpy of Vaporization
Not Available   
355.90 kJ/mol   
22

Enthalpy of Fusion
Not Available   
18.70 kJ/mol   
13

Enthalpy of Atomization
71.00 kJ/mol   
99+
398.00 kJ/mol   
20

Standard Molar Entropy
Not Available   
51.00 J/mol.K   
30

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