Element Family
Transition Metal
Transition Metal
Space Group Name
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Fm_ 3m
Interesting Facts
- Hassium metals rate of decay is very high.
- Hassium metals 1st sample was synthesized through a nuclear reaction.
- Rhodium is the rarest element out of all non-radioactive metals on the earth .
- Rhodium is one of the most durable and hard metal, which also have high reflectance.
Sources
Synthetically Produced
Earth's crust, Found As a By-product, Found in Minerals, Mining
Who Discovered
Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
William Hyde Wollaston
Discovery
In 1984
In 1804
Abundance In Earth's Crust
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Uses & Benefits
- Currently known uses of Hassium metal are limited to research purpose only.
- Rhodium metal is mainly used in catalytic converters for cars as it reduces nitrogen oxides in exhaust gases.
- It is used as an industrial catalyst for nitric acid, acetic acid, hydrogenation reaction, etc.
Industrial Uses
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Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Other Uses
Research Purposes
Alloys
Present in Human Body
No
No
Physical State
Solid
Solid
Color
Silver
Silvery White
Pauling Electronegativity
Sanderson Electronegativity
Allred Rochow Electronegativity
Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
Pauling Electropositivity
Electrochemical Equivalent
Other Chemical Properties
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity
Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes
Electron Configuration
[Rn] 5f14 6d6 7s2
[Kr] 4d8 5s1
Crystal Structure
Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP)
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
Crystal Lattice
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Valence Electron Potential
Lattice Angles
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π/2, π/2, π/2
Density At Room Temperature
Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
Other Mechanical Properties
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Malleable
Magnetic Ordering
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Paramagnetic
Electrical Property
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Conductor
Enthalpy of Atomization
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