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Francium vs Mercury


Mercury vs Francium


Periodic Table

Symbol
Fr   
Hg   

Group Number
1   
17
12   
6

Period Number
7   
6   

Block
s block   
d block   

Element Family
Alkali   
Transition Metal   

CAS Number
7440735   
18
7439976   
99+

Space Group Name
Not Available   
R_ 3m   

Space Group Number
Not Available   
166.00   
6

Facts

Interesting Facts
  • 223 Francium has the longest half life at 21.8.
  • Francium metal is produced by alpha decay in 227Actinium 227.
  
  • At room temperature mercury is found in a liquid state.
  • A coin of pound or rupees floats in mercury.
  • Because of its low melting point and boiling point it is used in thermometers.
  

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

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Marguerite Perey   
Ancient Chinese and Indians   

Discovery
In 1939   
Before 2000 BCE   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Earth's Crust
Not Available   
0.05 %   
9

Uses

Uses & Benefits
  • Francium has no known uses as it has a half life of only 22 minutes.
  
  • It is a liquid metal at room temperature, but it is a toxic heavy metal and hence many uses of mercury are under review or phased out.
  • It is manly used as a catalysts in chemical industry.
  

Industrial Uses
NA   
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry   

Medical Uses
NA   
Dentistry   

Other Uses
NA   
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Industry   

Biological Properties
  
  

Toxicity
NA   
Highly Toxic   

Present in Human Body
No   
Yes   

In Blood
0.00 Blood/mg dm-3   
37
0.01 Blood/mg dm-3   
23

In Bone
0.00 p.p.m.   
36
0.45 p.p.m.   
19

Physical Properties

Melting Point
27.00 °C   
99+
Not Available   

Boiling Point
677.00 °C   
99+
356.58 °C   
99+

Appearance
  
  

Physical State
Solid   
Liquid   

Color
NA   
Silver   

Luster
NA   
NA   

Hardness
  
  

Speed of Sound
Not Available   
1,451.40 m/s   
99+

Optical Properties
  
  

Refractive Index
Not Available   
1.00   
3

Reflectivity
Not Available   
73.00 %   
8

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   
Hg   

Isotopes
  
  

Known Isotopes
33   
6
34   
5

Electronegativity
  
  

Pauling Electronegativity
0.70   
99+
2.00   
7

Sanderson Electronegativity
Not Available   
2.20   
7

Allred Rochow Electronegativity
0.86   
99+
1.44   
17

Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
0.68   
25
1.81   
9

Allen Electronegativity
0.67   
99+
1.44   
30

Electropositivity
  
  

Pauling Electropositivity
3.30   
1
2.00   
99+

Ionization Energies
  
  

1st Energy Level
380.00 kJ/mol   
99+
1,007.10 kJ/mol   
4

2nd Energy Level
Not Available   
1,810.00 kJ/mol   
20

3rd Energy Level
Not Available   
3,300.00 kJ/mol   
20

Electrochemical Equivalent
8.32 g/amp-hr   
1
3.74 g/amp-hr   
10

Electron Work Function
Not Available   
4.49 eV   
15

Other Chemical Properties
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity, Solubility   
Flammability, Ionization, Solubility   

Atomic Properties

Atomic Number
87   
31
80   
36

Electron Configuration
[Rn] 7s1   
[Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2   

Crystal Structure
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)   
Rhombohedral (RHO)   

Crystal Lattice
BCC-Crystal-Structure-.jpg#100   
RHO-Crystal-Structure-of-Mercury.jpg#100   

Atom
  
  

Number of Protons
87   
31
80   
36

Number of Neutrons
136   
17
121   
22

Number of Electrons
87   
31
80   
36

Radius of an Atom
  
  

Atomic Radius
Not Available   
151.00 pm   
32

Covalent Radius
260.00 pm   
1
132.00 pm   
99+

Van der Waals Radius
348.00 pm   
1
155.00 pm   
99+

Atomic Weight
223.00 amu   
27
200.59 amu   
32

Atomic Volume
Not Available   
14.82 cm3/mol   
35

Adjacent Atomic Numbers
  
  

Previous Element
Polonium
  
Gold
  

Next Element
Radium
  
Thallium
  

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

Lattice Constant
Not Available   
300.50 pm   
99+

Lattice Angles
NA   
NA   

Lattice C/A Ratio
Not Available   
Not Available   

Mechanical Properties

Density
  
  

Density At Room Temperature
1.87 g/cm3   
99+
13.53 g/cm3   
24

Tensile Strength
Not Available   
Not Available   

Viscosity
Not Available   
0.00   
1

Vapor Pressure
  
  

Elasticity properties
  
  

Poisson Ratio
Not Available   
Not Available   

Other Mechanical Properties
NA   
NA   

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic Characteristics
  
  

Specific Gravity
Not Available   
13.53   
16

Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic   
Diamagnetic   

Electrical Properties
  
  

Electrical Property
Poor Conductor   
Conductor   

Resistivity
3.00 nΩ·m   
99+
961.00 nΩ·m   
1

Electrical Conductivity
0.03 106/cm Ω   
40
0.01 106/cm Ω   
99+

Electron Affinity
Not Available   
0.00 kJ/mol   
40

Thermal Properties

Specific Heat
Not Available   
0.14 J/(kg K)   
38

Molar Heat Capacity
Not Available   
27.98 J/mol·K   
13

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

Critical Temperature
Not Available   
1,750.00 K   
6

Thermal Expansion
Not Available   
60.40 µm/(m·K)   
5

Enthalpy
  
  

Enthalpy of Vaporization
Not Available   
56.90 kJ/mol   
99+

Enthalpy of Fusion
Not Available   
2.29 kJ/mol   
99+

Enthalpy of Atomization
71.00 kJ/mol   
99+
61.50 kJ/mol   
99+

Standard Molar Entropy
Not Available   
75.80 J/mol.K   
6

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