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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Ir
Hg
1.2 Group Number
912
Gadolinium
0 17
1.3 Period Number
66
Lithium
2 7
2.3 Block
d block
d block
2.4 Element Family
Transition Metal
Transition Metal
2.5 CAS Number
74398857439976
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
2.6 Space Group Name
Fm_ 3m
R_ 3m
2.7 Space Group Number
225.00166.00
Plutonium
11 229
4 Facts
4.1 Interesting Facts
  • Iridium element occurs as natural alloys of Platinum and Osmium.
  • Iridium element is known as the most corrosion resistance metal .
  • 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.
4.2 Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Mining, Ores of Minerals
4.3 History
4.3.1 Who Discovered
Smithson Tennant
Ancient Chinese and Indians
4.3.2 Discovery
In 1803
Before 2000 BCE
4.4 Abundance
4.4.1 Abundance In Universe
2 * 10-7 %NA
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
4.5.1 Abundance In Sun
~0.0000002 %~-9999 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
4.7.2 Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %NA
Gold
1.7E-07 22
4.7.3 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %0.05 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
4.7.5 Abundance In Oceans
NANA
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
4.7.7 Abundance In Humans
NANA
Radium
1E-13 1.4
5 Uses
5.1 Uses & Benefits
  • Iridium has an anti corrosion properties and it is used in special alloy with Osmium metal and that alloy is used in pen tips and compass bearings.
  • 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.
5.1.1 Industrial Uses
Automobile Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
5.1.2 Medical Uses
NA
Dentistry
5.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Industry
5.2 Biological Properties
5.2.1 Toxicity
Toxic
Highly Toxic
5.2.2 Present in Human Body
5.2.3 In Blood
NA0.01 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium
0 1970
5.3.2 In Bone
NA0.45 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
6 Physical
6.1 Melting Point
2,410.00 °CNA
Francium
27 3410
7.3 Boiling Point
4,527.00 °C356.58 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
7.5 Appearance
7.5.1 Physical State
Solid
Liquid
7.5.2 Color
Silvery White
Silver
7.5.3 Luster
Metallic
NA
7.6 Hardness
7.6.1 Mohs Hardness
6.50NA
Cesium
0.2 8.5
7.6.3 Brinell Hardness
1,670.00 MPaNA
Cesium
0.14 3490
7.6.5 Vickers Hardness
1,760.00 MPaNA
Palladium
121 3430
7.7 Speed of Sound
4,825.00 m/s1,451.40 m/s
Thallium
818 16200
7.8 Optical Properties
7.8.1 Refractive Index
NA1.00
Palladium
1.000933 1.7229
7.9.2 Reflectivity
78.00 %73.00 %
Molybdenum
58 97
7.10 Allotropes
7.10.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
7.10.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
7.10.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
8 Chemical
8.1 Chemical Formula
Ir
Hg
8.2 Isotopes
8.2.1 Known Isotopes
3434
Tennessine
0 38
8.4 Electronegativity
8.4.1 Pauling Electronegativity
2.202.00
Francium
0.7 2.54
8.4.3 Sanderson Electronegativity
NA2.20
Cesium
0.22 2.56
8.4.5 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.551.44
Cesium
0.86 1.82
8.4.7 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
NA1.81
Cesium
0.62 2.48
8.4.9 Allen Electronegativity
1.681.44
Cesium
0.659 2.7
8.5 Electropositivity
8.5.1 Pauling Electropositivity
1.802.00
Gold
1.46 3.3
8.6 Ionization Energies
8.6.1 1st Energy Level
880.00 kJ/mol1,007.10 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
8.6.3 2nd Energy Level
1,600.00 kJ/mol1,810.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
8.6.5 3rd Energy Level
NA3,300.00 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
8.6.7 4th Energy Level
NANA
Thorium
2780 37066
8.6.9 5th Energy Level
NANA
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
8.6.11 6th Energy Level
NANA
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
8.6.13 7th Energy level
NANA
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
8.6.15 8th Energy Level
NANA
Hassium
8857.4 125300
8.6.17 9th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium
14110 134700
8.6.19 10th Energy Level
NANA
Strontium
17100 144300
8.6.21 11th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium
19900 169988
8.6.23 12th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
22219 189368
8.6.25 13th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
26930 76015
8.6.28 14th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
29196 86450
8.6.30 15th Energy Level
NANA
Manganese
41987 97510
8.6.32 16th Energy Level
NANA
Iron
47206 109480
8.6.34 17th Energy Level
NANA
Cobalt
52737 122200
1.1.1 18th Energy Level
NANA
Nickel
58570 134810
1.1.4 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper
64702 148700
1.1.6 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
1.1.8 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
1.3.1 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
1.3.2 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
1.4.1 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
1.4.2 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
2.1.1 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
2.1.2 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
2.4.2 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
2.4.4 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
2.4.6 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
2.5 Electrochemical Equivalent
1.14 g/amp-hr3.74 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
2.6 Electron Work Function
4.55 eV4.49 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
2.8 Other Chemical Properties
Flammable, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity
Flammability, Ionization, Solubility
3 Atomic
3.1 Atomic Number
7780
Lithium
3 117
3.3 Electron Configuration
[Xe] 4f14 5d7 6s2
[Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2
3.4 Crystal Structure
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
Rhombohedral (RHO)
3.4.1 Crystal Lattice
3.5 Atom
3.5.1 Number of Protons
7480
Lithium
3 117
3.6.1 Number of Neutrons
110121
Lithium
4 184
3.7.1 Number of Electrons
7480
Lithium
3 117
3.11 Radius of an Atom
3.11.1 Atomic Radius
136.00 pm151.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
3.11.3 Covalent Radius
141.00 pm132.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
3.12.1 Van der Waals Radius
202.00 pm155.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
3.16 Atomic Weight
192.22 amu200.59 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
4.2 Atomic Volume
9.53 cm3/mol14.82 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
4.3 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
4.3.1 Previous Element
4.3.2 Next Element
4.4 Valence Electron Potential
140.00 (-eV)28.20 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
4.7 Lattice Constant
383.90 pm300.50 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
4.9 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
NA
4.10 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
5 Mechanical
5.1 Density
5.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
22.56 g/cm313.53 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
5.2.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
19.00 g/cm3NA
Lithium
0.512 20
5.3 Tensile Strength
2,000.00 MPaNA
Indium
2.5 11000
5.4 Viscosity
NA0.00
0.001526 0.001526
5.5 Vapor Pressure
5.5.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
NANA
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
5.5.3 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
0.00 (Pa)NA
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
5.7 Elasticity properties
5.7.1 Shear Modulus
210.00 GPaNA
Potassium
1.3 222
6.1.2 Bulk Modulus
320.00 GPaNA
Cesium
1.6 462
6.1.5 Young's Modulus
528.00 GPaNA
Cesium
1.7 528
6.2 Poisson Ratio
0.26NA
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
6.3 Other Mechanical Properties
NA
NA
7 Magnetic
7.1 Magnetic Characteristics
7.1.1 Specific Gravity
21.7813.53
Lithium
0.53 4500
1.2.1 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Diamagnetic
1.2.2 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
1.2.4 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
1.3 Electrical Properties
1.3.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
Conductor
1.3.2 Resistivity
47.10 nΩ·m961.00 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
1.4.1 Electrical Conductivity
0.19 106/cm Ω0.01 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
2.1.1 Electron Affinity
151.00 kJ/mol0.00 kJ/mol
Palladium
0 222.8
3 Thermal
3.1 Specific Heat
0.13 J/(kg K)0.14 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
3.3 Molar Heat Capacity
25.10 J/mol·K27.98 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
3.7 Thermal Conductivity
147.00 W/m·K8.30 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
3.9 Critical Temperature
NA1,750.00 K
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
3.10 Thermal Expansion
6.40 µm/(m·K)60.40 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
4.6 Enthalpy
4.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
799.10 kJ/mol56.90 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
4.6.3 Enthalpy of Fusion
35.23 kJ/mol2.29 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
4.6.6 Enthalpy of Atomization
837.00 kJ/mol61.50 kJ/mol
Sodium
61.5 837
4.8 Standard Molar Entropy
35.50 J/mol.K75.80 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1