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Francium vs Potassium

1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Fr
K
1.2 Group Number
11
Gadolinium
0 17
1.3 Period Number
74
Lithium
2 7
1.4 Block
s block
s block
1.5 Element Family
Alkali
Alkali
1.6 CAS Number
74407357440097
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
1.7 Space Group Name
Not Available
Im_ 3m
1.8 Space Group Number
NA229.00
Plutonium
11 229
2 Facts
2.1 Interesting Facts
  • 223 Francium has the longest half life at 21.8.
  • Francium metal is produced by alpha decay in 227Actinium 227.
  • In the list of most abundant element Potassium is ranked 7th.
  • Potassium can easily be sliced (chopped) down using knife.
2.2 Sources
Formed by Decay Process, Mining
Found in Minerals, Mining
2.3 History
2.3.1 Who Discovered
Marguerite Perey
Humphry Davy
2.3.2 Discovery
In 1939
In 1807
2.4 Abundance
2.4.1 Abundance In Universe
NA3 * 10-4 %
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
2.4.4 Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %~0.0004 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
2.4.6 Abundance In Meteorites
NA0.07 %
Gold
1.7E-07 22
2.4.8 Abundance In Earth's Crust
NA1.50 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
2.4.11 Abundance In Oceans
NA0.04 %
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
2.5.1 Abundance In Humans
NA0.20 %
Radium
1E-13 1.4
3 Uses
3.1 Uses & Benefits
  • Francium has no known uses as it has a half life of only 22 minutes.
  • Potassium’s compounds are in high demand for their application in Fertilizer manufacturing.
  • Potassium carbonate is used in glass manufacturing and Potassium carbonate in manufacturing detergent and body wash.
3.1.1 Industrial Uses
NA
Ammunition Industry, Chemical Industry
3.1.2 Medical Uses
NA
Pharmaceutical Industry
3.1.3 Other Uses
NA
NA
3.2 Biological Properties
3.2.1 Toxicity
NA
Toxic
3.3.1 Present in Human Body
3.3.2 In Blood
0.00 Blood/mg dm-31,620.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium
0 1970
3.3.3 In Bone
0.00 p.p.m.2,100.00 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
2 Physical
2.1 Melting Point
27.00 °C63.65 °C
Tin
27 3410
2.6 Boiling Point
677.00 °C774.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
2.9 Appearance
2.9.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
2.9.2 Color
NA
Silvery Gray
2.10.1 Luster
NA
NA
2.11 Hardness
2.11.1 Mohs Hardness
NA0.40
Cesium
0.2 8.5
2.12.1 Brinell Hardness
NA0.36 MPa
Cesium
0.14 3490
2.13.1 Vickers Hardness
NANA
Palladium
121 3430
3.6 Speed of Sound
NA2,000.00 m/s
Thallium
818 16200
3.7 Optical Properties
3.7.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
3.7.3 Reflectivity
NANA
Molybdenum
58 97
3.8 Allotropes
3.8.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
3.8.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
3.8.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
4 Chemical
4.1 Chemical Formula
Fr
K
4.2 Isotopes
4.2.1 Known Isotopes
3320
Tennessine
0 38
4.4 Electronegativity
4.4.1 Pauling Electronegativity
0.700.82
Sodium
0.7 2.54
4.4.2 Sanderson Electronegativity
NA0.45
Cesium
0.22 2.56
4.5.1 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
0.860.91
Cesium
0.86 1.82
4.5.3 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
0.680.73
Cesium
0.62 2.48
5.1.3 Allen Electronegativity
0.670.73
Cesium
0.659 2.7
5.3 Electropositivity
5.3.1 Pauling Electropositivity
3.303.18
Gold
1.46 3.3
5.5 Ionization Energies
5.5.1 1st Energy Level
380.00 kJ/mol418.80 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
6.1.1 2nd Energy Level
NA3,052.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
6.1.2 3rd Energy Level
NA4,420.00 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
6.4.1 4th Energy Level
NA5,877.00 kJ/mol
Thorium
2780 37066
7.1.2 5th Energy Level
NA7,975.00 kJ/mol
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
7.3.2 6th Energy Level
NA9,590.00 kJ/mol
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
7.3.4 7th Energy level
NA11,343.00 kJ/mol
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
7.3.5 8th Energy Level
NA14,944.00 kJ/mol
Hassium
8857.4 125300
7.4.1 9th Energy Level
NA16,963.70 kJ/mol
Yttrium
14110 134700
7.4.2 10th Energy Level
NA48,610.00 kJ/mol
Strontium
17100 144300
7.5.1 11th Energy Level
NA54,490.00 kJ/mol
Yttrium
19900 169988
7.6.2 12th Energy Level
NA60,730.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum
22219 189368
7.6.3 13th Energy Level
NA68,950.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum
26930 76015
7.7.2 14th Energy Level
NA75,900.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum
29196 86450
7.8.2 15th Energy Level
NA83,080.00 kJ/mol
Manganese
41987 97510
7.9.3 16th Energy Level
NA93,400.00 kJ/mol
Iron
47206 109480
8.1.1 17th Energy Level
NA99,710.00 kJ/mol
Cobalt
52737 122200
8.3.1 18th Energy Level
NANA
Nickel
58570 134810
9.2.4 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper
64702 148700
9.2.6 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
9.3.4 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
9.3.7 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
9.3.10 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
10.1.2 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
10.2.1 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
10.4.1 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
10.6.1 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
10.7.2 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
10.7.3 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
10.8.3 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
10.9 Electrochemical Equivalent
8.32 g/amp-hr1.46 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
10.10 Electron Work Function
NA2.30 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
10.12 Other Chemical Properties
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity, Solubility
Chemical Stability, Flammability, Ionization, Solubility
11 Atomic
11.1 Atomic Number
8719
Lithium
3 117
11.2 Electron Configuration
[Rn] 7s1
[Ar] 4s1
11.3 Crystal Structure
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
11.3.1 Crystal Lattice
11.4 Atom
11.4.1 Number of Protons
8719
Lithium
3 117
11.4.3 Number of Neutrons
13620
Lithium
4 184
11.4.5 Number of Electrons
8719
Lithium
3 117
11.5 Radius of an Atom
11.5.1 Atomic Radius
NA227.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
11.5.3 Covalent Radius
260.00 pm203.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
11.5.5 Van der Waals Radius
348.00 pm275.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
11.6 Atomic Weight
223.00 amu39.10 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
11.7 Atomic Volume
NA45.46 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
11.8 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
11.8.1 Previous Element
11.8.2 Next Element
11.9 Valence Electron Potential
8.00 (-eV)10.40 (-eV)
Palladium
8 392.42
11.10 Lattice Constant
NA532.80 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
11.11 Lattice Angles
NA
π/2, π/2, π/2
11.12 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
12 Mechanical
12.1 Density
12.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
1.87 g/cm30.86 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
12.1.3 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
NA0.83 g/cm3
Lithium
0.512 20
12.2 Tensile Strength
NANA
Indium
2.5 11000
12.3 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
12.4 Vapor Pressure
12.4.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
NANA
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
12.4.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
NANA
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
12.5 Elasticity properties
12.5.1 Shear Modulus
NA1.30 GPa
Palladium
1.3 222
12.5.3 Bulk Modulus
NA3.10 GPa
Cesium
1.6 462
1.2.1 Young's Modulus
NA3.53 GPa
Cesium
1.7 528
1.3 Poisson Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
1.6 Other Mechanical Properties
NA
NA
2 Magnetic
2.1 Magnetic Characteristics
2.1.1 Specific Gravity
NA0.86
Lithium
0.53 4500
2.1.2 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Paramagnetic
2.1.3 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
2.5.1 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
2.6 Electrical Properties
2.6.1 Electrical Property
Poor Conductor
Conductor
2.6.2 Resistivity
3.00 nΩ·m72.00 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
3.1.1 Electrical Conductivity
0.03 106/cm Ω0.14 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
4.7.2 Electron Affinity
NA48.40 kJ/mol
Mercury
0 222.8
5 Thermal
5.1 Specific Heat
NA0.75 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
5.2 Molar Heat Capacity
NA29.60 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
5.3 Thermal Conductivity
15.00 W/m·K102.50 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
5.4 Critical Temperature
NA2,223.00 K
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
5.6 Thermal Expansion
NA83.30 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
5.7 Enthalpy
5.7.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
NA77.50 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
5.7.4 Enthalpy of Fusion
NA2.32 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
6.2.4 Enthalpy of Atomization
71.00 kJ/mol89.50 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
6.4 Standard Molar Entropy
NA64.70 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1