Indium

Iron

Indium Iron Comparison

Indium

Iron

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1 Periodic Table

1.1 Symbol

1.2 Group Number

138

0 17

1.3 Period Number

2 7

1.4 Block

p block

d block

1.5 Element Family

Post-Transition

Transition Metal

1.6 CAS Number

74407467439896

7429905 54386242

1.7 Space Group Name

I4/mmm

Im_ 3m

1.8 Space Group Number

139.00229.00

11 229

2 Facts

2.1 Interesting Facts

Luster of Indium is bright in nature.
Reich and richer were looking for thallium in zinc metal and they discovered Indium metal.

Iron is not always magnetic in nature, its allotrope are ferromagnetic and the B allotrope is nonmagnetic.
The blood consists Iron in hemoglobin molecules to transfer Oxygen in the body.

2.2 Sources

Mining, Ores of metals

Earth's crust, Found in Minerals

2.3 History

2.3.1 Who Discovered

Ferdinand Reich and Hieronymous Theodor Richter

Unknown

2.3.2 Discovery

In 1863

Before 5000 BC

2.4 Abundance

2.4.1 Abundance In Universe

3 * 10^-8 %1.1 * 10^-1 %

5E-09 0.11

2.4.2 Abundance In Sun

~0.0000004 %~0.1 %

1E-08 0.1

2.4.3 Abundance In Meteorites

0.00 %22.00 %

1.7E-07 22

2.4.4 Abundance In Earth's Crust

0.00 %6.30 %

9.9E-12 8.1

2.4.5 Abundance In Oceans

0.00 %0.00 %

2E-23 1.1

2.4.6 Abundance In Humans

NA0.01 %

1E-13 1.4

3 Uses

3.1 Uses & Benefits

It is used to produce indium tin oxide (ITO), it is used in manufacturing touch screens, flat screen TVs and solar panels.

Its nitride, phosphide and antimonide are used in transistors and microchips.

Iron metal alloy steel is used in the application of civil engineering and manufacturing.
Alloys of iron with nickel, vanadium, chromium, tungsten and manganese have very useful properties.

3.1.1 Industrial Uses

Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry

Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry, Chemical Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry

3.1.2 Medical Uses

Medical Research

Pharmaceutical Industry, Surgical Instruments Manufacturing

3.1.3 Other Uses

Alloys, In Nuclear Reactors

Alloys, Sculptures, Statues

3.2 Biological Properties

3.2.1 Toxicity

Non Toxic

3.2.2 Present in Human Body

✔ ✘

3.2.3 In Blood

NA447.00 Blood/mg dm-3

0 1970

3.2.4 In Bone

NA380.00 p.p.m.

0 170000

4 Physical

4.1 Melting Point

156.61 °C1,535.00 °C

27 3410

4.2 Boiling Point

2,000.00 °C2,750.00 °C

147 5660

4.3 Appearance

4.3.1 Physical State

Solid

4.3.2 Color

Silvery Gray

Gray

4.3.3 Luster

Lustrous

Metallic

4.4 Hardness

4.4.1 Mohs Hardness

1.204.00

0.2 8.5

4.4.2 Brinell Hardness

8.80 MPa200.00 MPa

0.14 3490

1.2.1 Vickers Hardness

NA608.00 MPa

121 3430

1.3 Speed of Sound

1,215.00 m/s5,120.00 m/s

818 16200

1.5 Optical Properties

1.5.1 Refractive Index

NANA

1.000933 1.7229

1.8.1 Reflectivity

NA65.00 %

58 97

1.10 Allotropes

✔ ✘

1.11.1 α Allotropes

Not Available

Ferrite (alpha Iron)

1.11.2 β Allotropes

Not Available

beta Iron

1.11.3 γ Allotropes

Not Available

gamma Iron

2 Chemical

2.1 Chemical Formula

2.2 Isotopes

2.2.1 Known Isotopes

3526

0 38

2.3 Electronegativity

2.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity

1.781.83

0.7 2.54

3.4.2 Sanderson Electronegativity

2.142.20

0.22 2.56

3.4.5 Allred Rochow Electronegativity

1.491.64

0.86 1.82

3.4.6 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity

1.76NA

0.62 2.48

3.4.8 Allen Electronegativity

1.661.80

0.659 2.7

3.5 Electropositivity

3.5.1 Pauling Electropositivity

2.222.17

1.46 3.3

3.6 Ionization Energies

3.6.1 1st Energy Level

558.30 kJ/mol762.50 kJ/mol

375.7 26130

4.2.4 2nd Energy Level

1,820.70 kJ/mol1,561.90 kJ/mol

710.2162 28750

4.2.6 3rd Energy Level

2,704.00 kJ/mol2,957.00 kJ/mol

1600 34230

5.1.1 4th Energy Level

5,210.00 kJ/mol5,290.00 kJ/mol

2780 37066

5.2.1 5th Energy Level

NA7,240.00 kJ/mol

4305.2 97510

5.2.2 6th Energy Level

NA9,560.00 kJ/mol

5715.8 105800

5.4.2 7th Energy level

NA12,060.00 kJ/mol

7226.8 114300

5.4.3 8th Energy Level

NA14,580.00 kJ/mol

8857.4 125300

5.4.5 9th Energy Level

NA22,540.00 kJ/mol

14110 134700

5.4.7 10th Energy Level

NA25,290.00 kJ/mol

17100 144300

5.5.1 11th Energy Level

NA28,000.00 kJ/mol

19900 169988

5.5.2 12th Energy Level

NA31,920.00 kJ/mol

22219 189368

5.6.2 13th Energy Level

NA34,830.00 kJ/mol

26930 76015

6.2.2 14th Energy Level

NA37,840.00 kJ/mol

29196 86450

6.2.3 15th Energy Level

NA44,100.00 kJ/mol

41987 97510

6.3.2 16th Energy Level

NA47,206.00 kJ/mol

47206 109480

6.3.4 17th Energy Level

NA122,200.00 kJ/mol

52737 122200

6.3.5 18th Energy Level

NA131,000.00 kJ/mol

58570 134810

6.3.7 19th Energy Level

NA140,500.00 kJ/mol

64702 148700

6.3.9 20th Energy Level

NA152,600.00 kJ/mol

80400 171200

6.3.10 21st Energy Level

NA163,000.00 kJ/mol

87000 179100

6.3.12 22nd Energy Level

NA173,600.00 kJ/mol

93400 184900

6.4.2 23rd Energy Level

NA188,100.00 kJ/mol

98420 198800

6.5.2 24th Energy Level

NA195,200.00 kJ/mol

104400 195200

6.5.3 25th Energy Level

NANA

121900 121900

6.5.5 26th Energy Level

NANA

127700 127700

6.5.7 27th Energy Level

NANA

133800 133800

6.5.8 28th Energy Level

NANA

139800 139800

6.5.10 29th Energy Level

NANA

148100 148100

6.5.11 30th Energy Level

NANA

154500 154500

6.6 Electrochemical Equivalent

1.43 g/amp-hr0.69 g/amp-hr

0.16812 8.3209

6.7 Electron Work Function

4.12 eV4.70 eV

2.14 5.65

6.8 Other Chemical Properties

Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity, Solubility

Corrosion, Ionization, Solubility

7 Atomic

7.1 Atomic Number

4926

3 117

7.2 Electron Configuration

[Kr] 4d¹⁰ 5s² 5p¹

[Ar] 3d⁶ 4s²

7.3 Crystal Structure

Tetragonal (TETR)

Body Centered Cubic (BCC)

7.3.1 Crystal Lattice

7.4 Atom

7.4.1 Number of Protons

4926

3 117

7.4.3 Number of Neutrons

6630

4 184

7.4.5 Number of Electrons

4926

3 117

7.5 Radius of an Atom

7.5.1 Atomic Radius

167.00 pm126.00 pm

112 265

7.5.3 Covalent Radius

142.00 pm132.00 pm

96 260

7.5.5 Van der Waals Radius

193.00 pm200.00 pm

139 348

7.6 Atomic Weight

114.82 amu55.85 amu

6.94 294

7.7 Atomic Volume

15.70 cm3/mol7.10 cm3/mol

1.39 71.07

7.8 Adjacent Atomic Numbers

7.8.1 Previous Element

7.8.2 Next Element

7.9 Valence Electron Potential

54.00 (-eV)67.00 (-eV)

8 392.42

7.10 Lattice Constant

325.23 pm286.65 pm

228.58 891.25

7.11 Lattice Angles

π/2, π/2, π/2

7.12 Lattice C/A Ratio

NANA

1.567 1.886

8 Mechanical

8.1 Density

8.1.1 Density At Room Temperature

7.31 g/cm³7.87 g/cm³

0.534 40.7

8.1.4 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)

7.02 g/cm36.98 g/cm3

0.512 20

8.2 Tensile Strength

2.50 MPa11,000.00 MPa

2.5 11000

8.3 Viscosity

NANA

0.001526 0.001526

8.4 Vapor Pressure

8.4.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K

0.01 (Pa)0.00 (Pa)

2.47E-11 121

8.4.4 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K

NA36.80 (Pa)

2.62E-10 774

8.5 Elasticity properties

8.5.1 Shear Modulus

NA82.00 GPa

1.3 222

8.5.4 Bulk Modulus

NA170.00 GPa

1.6 462

8.6.1 Young's Modulus

11.00 GPa211.00 GPa

1.7 528

8.8 Poisson Ratio

NA0.29

0.032 0.47

9.2 Other Mechanical Properties

Ductile, Malleable

Ductile, Malleable, Weldable

10 Magnetic

10.1 Magnetic Characteristics

10.1.1 Specific Gravity

7.317.20

0.53 4500

10.4.2 Magnetic Ordering

Diamagnetic

Ferromagnetic

10.4.3 Permeability

NA6.3 * 10^-3 H/m

1.25643E-06 0.0063

10.4.4 Susceptibility

NA2,00,000.00

-0.000166 200000

10.5 Electrical Properties

10.5.1 Electrical Property

Conductor

10.5.2 Resistivity

83.70 nΩ·m96.10 nΩ·m

0.18 961

10.5.3 Electrical Conductivity

0.12 10⁶/cm Ω0.10 10⁶/cm Ω

0.00666 0.63

10.5.5 Electron Affinity

28.90 kJ/mol15.70 kJ/mol

0 222.8

11 Thermal

11.1 Specific Heat

0.23 J/(kg K)0.44 J/(kg K)

0.11 3.6

11.2 Molar Heat Capacity

26.74 J/mol·K25.10 J/mol·K

16.443 62.7

11.4 Thermal Conductivity

81.80 W/m·K80.40 W/m·K

6.3 429

11.6 Critical Temperature

NANA

26.3 3223

11.7 Thermal Expansion

32.10 µm/(m·K)11.80 µm/(m·K)

4.5 97

11.11 Enthalpy

11.11.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization

226.40 kJ/mol351.00 kJ/mol

7.32 799.1

11.13.1 Enthalpy of Fusion

3.28 kJ/mol14.90 kJ/mol

2.1 35.23

12.1.2 Enthalpy of Atomization

242.70 kJ/mol414.20 kJ/mol

61.5 837

12.2 Standard Molar Entropy

57.80 J/mol.K27.30 J/mol.K

9.5 198.1

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