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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
La
Tm
1.2 Group Number
NANA
Gadolinium
0 17
2.6 Period Number
66
Lithium
2 7
2.10 Block
f block
f block
2.11 Element Family
Lanthanide
Lanthanide
2.12 CAS Number
74399107440304
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
4.5 Space Group Name
P63/mmc
P63/mmc
4.6 Space Group Number
194.00194.00
Plutonium
11 229
8 Facts
8.1 Interesting Facts
  • Lanthanum metal is highly malleable, ductile and sectile.
  • If exposed to air Lanthanum metal oxidizes rapidly.
  • Thulium metal can resist corrosion due to dry air .
  • Only Tm-169 isotope of Thulium metal occur naturally.
8.2 Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
8.3 History
8.3.2 Who Discovered
Carl Gustaf Mosander
Per Teodor Cleve
8.3.4 Discovery
In 1838
In 1879
8.4 Abundance
8.4.1 Abundance In Universe
2 * 10-7 %1 * 10-8 %
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
9.3.2 Abundance In Sun
~0.0000002 %~0.00000002 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
10.2.3 Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %0.00 %
Gold
1.7E-07 22
11.5.2 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %0.00 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
12.2.2 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %0.00 %
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
13.3.1 Abundance In Humans
NANA
Radium
1E-13 1.4
14 Uses
14.1 Uses & Benefits
  • It has no commercial uses, but its alloys are in high demand. Lanthanum and Nickel alloy is used for the hydrogen gas storage.
  • The best-known use for mischmetal alloy of Lanthanum is; as a ‘flints’ for cigarette lighters.
  • Thulium metal produces isotopes that emits X-rays. This isotope is used in X-ray machine.
  • Thulium element is also used in Surgical equipment like laser.
14.1.2 Industrial Uses
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
NA
14.1.4 Medical Uses
NA
NA
14.1.5 Other Uses
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing
Alloys, Nuclear Research, Research Purposes
14.2 Biological Properties
14.2.1 Toxicity
Low Toxic
Unknown
14.3.2 Present in Human Body
14.3.3 In Blood
NANA
Plutonium
0 1970
14.6.3 In Bone
0.08 p.p.m.NA
Plutonium
0 170000
16 Physical
16.1 Melting Point
920.00 °C1,545.00 °C
Francium
27 3410
17.5 Boiling Point
3,469.00 °C1,730.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
18.3 Appearance
18.3.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
18.3.2 Color
Silvery White
Silvery Gray
18.3.3 Luster
NA
Metallic
18.4 Hardness
18.4.1 Mohs Hardness
2.50NA
Cesium
0.2 8.5
18.4.4 Brinell Hardness
350.00 MPa471.00 MPa
Cesium
0.14 3490
18.5.2 Vickers Hardness
360.00 MPa520.00 MPa
Palladium
121 3430
18.7 Speed of Sound
2,475.00 m/sNA
Thallium
818 16200
18.10 Optical Properties
18.10.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
18.11.2 Reflectivity
NANA
Molybdenum
58 97
18.12 Allotropes
18.12.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
18.12.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
18.12.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
19 Chemical
19.1 Chemical Formula
La
Tm
19.2 Isotopes
19.2.1 Known Isotopes
3132
Tennessine
0 38
19.3 Electronegativity
19.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity
1.101.25
Francium
0.7 2.54
19.3.4 Sanderson Electronegativity
NANA
Cesium
0.22 2.56
19.3.8 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.081.11
Cesium
0.86 1.82
19.3.11 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
NANA
Cesium
0.62 2.48
19.3.15 Allen Electronegativity
NANA
Cesium
0.659 2.7
19.4 Electropositivity
19.4.1 Pauling Electropositivity
2.902.75
Gold
1.46 3.3
19.6 Ionization Energies
19.6.1 1st Energy Level
538.10 kJ/mol596.70 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
19.6.4 2nd Energy Level
1,067.00 kJ/mol1,160.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
19.7.2 3rd Energy Level
1,850.30 kJ/mol2,285.00 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
19.7.5 4th Energy Level
4,819.00 kJ/mol4,120.00 kJ/mol
Thorium
2780 37066
19.7.9 5th Energy Level
5,940.00 kJ/molNA
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
19.7.11 6th Energy Level
NANA
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
19.7.15 7th Energy level
NANA
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
19.7.19 8th Energy Level
NANA
Hassium
8857.4 125300
19.7.23 9th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium
14110 134700
19.7.26 10th Energy Level
NANA
Strontium
17100 144300
19.7.29 11th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium
19900 169988
19.7.34 12th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
22219 189368
19.7.39 13th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
26930 76015
19.7.42 14th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
29196 86450
19.7.47 15th Energy Level
NANA
Manganese
41987 97510
19.7.49 16th Energy Level
NANA
Iron
47206 109480
19.7.53 17th Energy Level
NANA
Cobalt
52737 122200
19.7.57 18th Energy Level
NANA
Nickel
58570 134810
19.7.61 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper
64702 148700
19.7.65 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
19.7.67 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
19.8.1 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
19.8.3 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
19.8.5 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
19.8.6 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
19.9.1 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
19.9.2 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
19.9.6 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
20.1.1 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
20.1.4 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
20.2 Electrochemical Equivalent
1.73 g/amp-hr2.10 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
20.6 Electron Work Function
3.50 eVNA
Cesium
2.14 5.65
20.7 Other Chemical Properties
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
21 Atomic
21.1 Atomic Number
5769
Lithium
3 117
21.3 Electron Configuration
[Xe] 5d2 6s2
[Xe] 4f13 6s2
21.4 Crystal Structure
Double Hexagonal Close Packed (DHCP)
Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP)
21.4.1 Crystal Lattice
21.5 Atom
21.5.1 Number of Protons
5769
Lithium
3 117
21.6.2 Number of Neutrons
82100
Lithium
4 184
21.7.4 Number of Electrons
5769
Lithium
3 117
22.2 Radius of an Atom
22.2.1 Atomic Radius
187.00 pm176.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
22.3.2 Covalent Radius
207.00 pm160.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
22.3.3 Van der Waals Radius
240.00 pmNA
Zinc
139 348
22.8 Atomic Weight
138.91 amu168.93 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
22.11 Atomic Volume
20.73 cm3/mol18.10 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
22.14 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
22.14.1 Previous Element
22.14.2 Next Element
22.15 Valence Electron Potential
40.71 (-eV)49.70 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
22.19 Lattice Constant
377.20 pm353.75 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
23.2 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
23.3 Lattice C/A Ratio
1.621.57
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
24 Mechanical
24.1 Density
24.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
6.16 g/cm39.32 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
25.1.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
5.94 g/cm38.56 g/cm3
Lithium
0.512 20
25.5 Tensile Strength
NANA
Indium
2.5 11000
25.10 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
25.11 Vapor Pressure
25.11.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
NA0.06 (Pa)
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
25.11.4 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
0.98 (Pa)NA
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
25.13 Elasticity properties
25.13.1 Shear Modulus
14.30 GPa30.50 GPa
Potassium
1.3 222
25.14.2 Bulk Modulus
27.90 GPa44.50 GPa
Cesium
1.6 462
25.14.7 Young's Modulus
36.60 GPa74.00 GPa
Cesium
1.7 528
25.17 Poisson Ratio
0.280.21
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
25.21 Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile
Ductile, Malleable
26 Magnetic
26.1 Magnetic Characteristics
26.1.1 Specific Gravity
6.179.32
Lithium
0.53 4500
26.1.2 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Paramagnetic
26.1.3 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
27.2.1 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
27.4 Electrical Properties
27.4.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
Conductor
27.4.2 Resistivity
615.00 nΩ·m676.00 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
28.1.1 Electrical Conductivity
0.01 106/cm Ω0.02 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
28.5.1 Electron Affinity
48.00 kJ/mol50.00 kJ/mol
Mercury
0 222.8
30 Thermal
30.1 Specific Heat
0.19 J/(kg K)0.16 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
30.3 Molar Heat Capacity
27.11 J/mol·K27.03 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
30.4 Thermal Conductivity
13.40 W/m·K16.90 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
31.4 Critical Temperature
NANA
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
31.7 Thermal Expansion
12.10 µm/(m·K)13.30 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
31.11 Enthalpy
31.11.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
399.60 kJ/mol191.00 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
31.13.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
6.20 kJ/mol16.80 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
32.1.2 Enthalpy of Atomization
431.00 kJ/mol247.00 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
32.3 Standard Molar Entropy
56.90 J/mol.K74.00 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1