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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Ir
Ag
1.2 Group Number
911
Gadolinium
0 17
1.9 Period Number
65
Lithium
2 7
1.11 Block
d block
d block
1.12 Element Family
Transition Metal
Transition Metal
1.13 CAS Number
74398857440224
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
3.5 Space Group Name
Fm_ 3m
Fm_ 3m
3.6 Space Group Number
225.00225.00
Plutonium
11 229
5 Facts
5.1 Interesting Facts
  • Iridium element occurs as natural alloys of Platinum and Osmium.
  • Iridium element is known as the most corrosion resistance metal .
  • It is the most reflective element.
  • Silver is the second most ductile metal after Gold.
  • It is also used in Dentistry as a dental alloys for clips and crowning.
5.3 Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Ores of metals
5.4 History
5.4.1 Who Discovered
Smithson Tennant
Unknown
5.5.1 Discovery
In 1803
Before 5000 BC
5.6 Abundance
5.6.1 Abundance In Universe
2 * 10-7 %6 * 10-8 %
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
5.6.5 Abundance In Sun
~0.0000002 %~0.0000001 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
6.4.4 Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %0.00 %
Gold
1.7E-07 22
6.4.9 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %0.00 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
6.4.15 Abundance In Oceans
NA0.00 %
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
9.2.4 Abundance In Humans
NANA
Radium
1E-13 1.4
10 Uses
10.1 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.
  • Silver is mainly used for Jewelry and show piece.
  • It is used for manufacturing high quality mirrors due to its reflectivity property.
10.1.1 Industrial Uses
Automobile Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Chemical Industry, Clothing Industry, Electrical Industry
10.1.2 Medical Uses
NA
Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Industry
10.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys, Bullion, Coinage, Jewellery, Sculptures, Statues
10.2 Biological Properties
10.2.1 Toxicity
Toxic
Non Toxic
10.2.2 Present in Human Body
10.2.3 In Blood
NA0.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium
0 1970
13.1.2 In Bone
NA0.44 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
15 Physical
15.1 Melting Point
2,410.00 °C961.93 °C
Francium
27 3410
15.5 Boiling Point
4,527.00 °C2,212.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
16.2 Appearance
16.2.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
16.2.2 Color
Silvery White
Silvery White
16.2.3 Luster
Metallic
Metallic
16.3 Hardness
16.3.1 Mohs Hardness
6.502.50
Cesium
0.2 8.5
16.4.4 Brinell Hardness
1,670.00 MPa251.00 MPa
Cesium
0.14 3490
16.8.1 Vickers Hardness
1,760.00 MPa229.00 MPa
Palladium
121 3430
16.10 Speed of Sound
4,825.00 m/s2,680.00 m/s
Thallium
818 16200
16.16 Optical Properties
16.16.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
19.2.2 Reflectivity
78.00 %97.00 %
Molybdenum
58 97
20.3 Allotropes
20.3.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
20.3.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
20.3.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
21 Chemical
21.1 Chemical Formula
Ir
Ag
21.2 Isotopes
21.2.1 Known Isotopes
3436
Tennessine
0 38
21.6 Electronegativity
21.6.1 Pauling Electronegativity
2.201.93
Francium
0.7 2.54
21.6.7 Sanderson Electronegativity
NA1.83
Cesium
0.22 2.56
21.6.12 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.551.42
Cesium
0.86 1.82
21.7.5 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
NA1.47
Cesium
0.62 2.48
21.8.4 Allen Electronegativity
1.681.87
Cesium
0.659 2.7
21.14 Electropositivity
21.14.1 Pauling Electropositivity
1.802.07
Gold
1.46 3.3
21.16 Ionization Energies
21.16.1 1st Energy Level
880.00 kJ/mol731.00 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
21.16.6 2nd Energy Level
1,600.00 kJ/mol2,070.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
21.16.11 3rd Energy Level
NA3,361.00 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
21.16.16 4th Energy Level
NANA
Thorium
2780 37066
21.16.24 5th Energy Level
NANA
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
21.16.30 6th Energy Level
NANA
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
21.16.34 7th Energy level
NANA
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
21.16.39 8th Energy Level
NANA
Hassium
8857.4 125300
21.16.46 9th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium
14110 134700
21.16.51 10th Energy Level
NANA
Strontium
17100 144300
21.16.58 11th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium
19900 169988
21.16.65 12th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
22219 189368
21.16.72 13th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
26930 76015
21.16.80 14th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
29196 86450
21.16.87 15th Energy Level
NANA
Manganese
41987 97510
21.16.93 16th Energy Level
NANA
Iron
47206 109480
21.16.99 17th Energy Level
NANA
Cobalt
52737 122200
21.17.4 18th Energy Level
NANA
Nickel
58570 134810
21.19.3 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper
64702 148700
23.2.1 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
23.7.4 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
23.7.9 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
23.8.2 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
23.9.4 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
23.9.10 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
23.12.2 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
23.15.1 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
23.18.1 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
23.21.1 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
24.5.1 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
26.2 Electrochemical Equivalent
1.14 g/amp-hr4.02 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
27.11 Electron Work Function
4.55 eV4.26 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
27.15 Other Chemical Properties
Flammable, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity
Chemical Stability, Ionization, Solubility
28 Atomic
28.1 Atomic Number
7747
Lithium
3 117
28.4 Electron Configuration
[Xe] 4f14 5d7 6s2
[Kr] 4d10 5s1
28.5 Crystal Structure
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
28.5.1 Crystal Lattice
28.6 Atom
28.6.1 Number of Protons
7447
Lithium
3 117
28.6.3 Number of Neutrons
11061
Lithium
4 184
28.8.1 Number of Electrons
7447
Lithium
3 117
28.11 Radius of an Atom
28.11.1 Atomic Radius
136.00 pm144.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
29.1.2 Covalent Radius
141.00 pm145.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
30.3.1 Van der Waals Radius
202.00 pm172.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
31.2 Atomic Weight
192.22 amu107.87 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
31.4 Atomic Volume
9.53 cm3/mol10.30 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
31.6 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
31.6.1 Previous Element
31.6.2 Next Element
31.7 Valence Electron Potential
140.00 (-eV)11.40 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
31.10 Lattice Constant
383.90 pm408.53 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
31.15 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
π/2, π/2, π/2
31.16 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
33 Mechanical
33.1 Density
33.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
22.56 g/cm310.49 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
33.4.1 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
19.00 g/cm39.32 g/cm3
Lithium
0.512 20
33.8 Tensile Strength
2,000.00 MPaNA
Indium
2.5 11000
33.10 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
35.1 Vapor Pressure
35.1.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
NA0.00 (Pa)
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
35.4.1 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
0.00 (Pa)NA
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
35.8 Elasticity properties
35.8.1 Shear Modulus
210.00 GPa30.00 GPa
Potassium
1.3 222
36.1.3 Bulk Modulus
320.00 GPa100.00 GPa
Cesium
1.6 462
36.3.1 Young's Modulus
528.00 GPa83.00 GPa
Cesium
1.7 528
36.5 Poisson Ratio
0.260.37
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
36.9 Other Mechanical Properties
NA
Ductile, Malleable
37 Magnetic
37.1 Magnetic Characteristics
37.1.1 Specific Gravity
21.7810.50
Lithium
0.53 4500
37.3.2 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Diamagnetic
37.3.3 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
37.3.5 Susceptibility
NA0.00
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
38.2 Electrical Properties
38.2.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
Conductor
38.2.2 Resistivity
47.10 nΩ·m15.87 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
38.3.1 Electrical Conductivity
0.19 106/cm Ω0.63 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
38.5.1 Electron Affinity
151.00 kJ/mol125.60 kJ/mol
Mercury
0 222.8
39 Thermal
39.1 Specific Heat
0.13 J/(kg K)0.24 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
39.3 Molar Heat Capacity
25.10 J/mol·K25.35 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
39.4 Thermal Conductivity
147.00 W/m·K429.00 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
39.7 Critical Temperature
NANA
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
39.8 Thermal Expansion
6.40 µm/(m·K)18.90 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
39.10 Enthalpy
39.10.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
799.10 kJ/mol255.10 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
40.1.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
35.23 kJ/mol11.30 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
40.2.1 Enthalpy of Atomization
837.00 kJ/mol284.50 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
40.3 Standard Molar Entropy
35.50 J/mol.K42.60 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1