Symbol
Pb
La
Group Number
143
0
17
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Period Number
66
2
7
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Block
p block
f block
Element Family
Post-Transition
Lanthanide
CAS Number
74399217439910
7429905
54386242
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Space Group Name
Fm_ 3m
P63/mmc
Space Group Number
225.00194.00
11
276
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Interesting Facts
- Galena mineral contains almost 87% of Lead metal in it, Galena is sulfide mineral.
- The best available source of Lead metal today is by recycling automobile batteries.
- Lanthanum metal is highly malleable, ductile and sectile.
- If exposed to air Lanthanum metal oxidizes rapidly.
Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
History
Who Discovered
-
Carl Gustaf Mosander
Discovery
In Middle Easterns (7000 BCE)
In 1838
Abundance
Abundance In Universe
0.00 %0.00 %
0
0.11
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Abundance In Sun
0.00 %0.00 %
0
0.1
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Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %0.00 %
0
22
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Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %0.00 %
1E-37
8.1
👆🏻
Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %0.00 %
0
1.1
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Abundance In Humans
0.00 %0.00 %
0
1.4
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Uses & Benefits
- It is also used in insecticides, hair dyes and as an anti-knocking additive for petrol. But all these are banned by the government as Lead metal is known for detrimental to health.
- 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.
Industrial Uses
Chemical Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Medical Uses
Surgical Instruments Manufacturing
-
Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing
Biological Properties
Toxicity
Toxic
Low Toxic
Present in Human Body
✔
✘
✔
✘
In Blood
0.21 Blood/mg dm-30.00 Blood/mg dm-3
0
1970
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In Bone
30.00 p.p.m.0.08 p.p.m.
0
170000
👆🏻
Melting Point
327.50 °C920.00 °C
-38.83
3410
👆🏻
Boiling Point
1,740.00 °C3,469.00 °C
0
5660
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Appearance
Physical State
Solid
Solid
Color
Gray
Silvery White
Luster
Metallic
-
Hardness
Mohs Hardness
1.502.50
0.2
8.5
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Brinell Hardness
38.00 MPa350.00 MPa
0.14
3490
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Vickers Hardness
38.00 MPa360.00 MPa
0
3920
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Speed of Sound
1,190.00 m/s2,475.00 m/s
818
16200
👆🏻
Optical Properties
Refractive Index
2.021.80
0.155
3.41
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Reflectivity
5.00 %70.00 %
5
97
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Allotropes
✔
✘
✔
✘
α Allotropes
-
-
β Allotropes
-
-
γ Allotropes
-
-
Chemical Formula
Pb
La
Isotopes
Known Isotopes
3531
0
38
👆🏻
Electronegativity
Pauling Electronegativity
1.871.10
0
2.6
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Sanderson Electronegativity
2.291.10
0.22
2.56
👆🏻
Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.551.08
0.86
1.9
👆🏻
Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
2.411.10
0.62
2.48
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Allen Electronegativity
1.851.10
0.659
2.7
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Electropositivity
Pauling Electropositivity
1.672.90
1.46
3.3
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Ionization Energies
1st Energy Level
715.60 kJ/mol538.10 kJ/mol
375.7
26130
👆🏻
2nd Energy Level
1,450.50 kJ/mol1,067.00 kJ/mol
392.8
28750
👆🏻
3rd Energy Level
3,081.50 kJ/mol1,850.30 kJ/mol
392.8
34230
👆🏻
4th Energy Level
4,083.00 kJ/mol4,819.00 kJ/mol
375.7
37066
👆🏻
5th Energy Level
6,640.00 kJ/mol5,940.00 kJ/mol
392
97510
👆🏻
6th Energy Level
7,150.00 kJ/mol5,380.00 kJ/mol
1007
105800
👆🏻
7th Energy level
7,156.00 kJ/mol5,380.00 kJ/mol
1007
114300
👆🏻
8th Energy Level
7,150.00 kJ/mol5,380.00 kJ/mol
730
125300
👆🏻
9th Energy Level
7,156.00 kJ/mol5,380.00 kJ/mol
1007
134700
👆🏻
10th Energy Level
7,156.00 kJ/mol5,380.00 kJ/mol
392
144300
👆🏻
11th Energy Level
7,156.00 kJ/mol5,380.00 kJ/mol
392
169988
👆🏻
12th Energy Level
7,150.00 kJ/mol5,380.00 kJ/mol
0
189368
👆🏻
13th Energy Level
7,150.00 kJ/mol5,380.00 kJ/mol
1007
76015
👆🏻
14th Energy Level
715.60 kJ/mol5,380.00 kJ/mol
380
86450
👆🏻
15th Energy Level
71,500.00 kJ/mol53,800.00 kJ/mol
33000
100700
👆🏻
16th Energy Level
71,500.00 kJ/mol53,800.00 kJ/mol
375.7
109480
👆🏻
17th Energy Level
715.60 kJ/mol538.10 kJ/mol
375.7
122200
👆🏻
18th Energy Level
7,150.00 kJ/mol5,380.00 kJ/mol
0
134810
👆🏻
19th Energy Level
715.60 kJ/mol538.10 kJ/mol
375.7
148700
👆🏻
20th Energy Level
715.00 kJ/mol538.00 kJ/mol
0
171200
👆🏻
21st Energy Level
715.60 kJ/mol538.10 kJ/mol
375.7
179100
👆🏻
22nd Energy Level
715.00 kJ/mol538.00 kJ/mol
330
184900
👆🏻
23rd Energy Level
715.60 kJ/mol5,380.00 kJ/mol
357.6
198800
👆🏻
24th Energy Level
715.60 kJ/mol538.00 kJ/mol
297.3
195200
👆🏻
25th Energy Level
715.00 kJ/mol538.00 kJ/mol
0
121900
👆🏻
26th Energy Level
715.60 kJ/mol538.00 kJ/mol
357.6
127700
👆🏻
27th Energy Level
715.60 kJ/mol538.10 kJ/mol
0
133800
👆🏻
28th Energy Level
715.60 kJ/mol538.00 kJ/mol
297.3
139800
👆🏻
29th Energy Level
715.60 kJ/mol538.10 kJ/mol
0
148100
👆🏻
30th Energy Level
715.00 kJ/mol538.00 kJ/mol
0
154500
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Electrochemical Equivalent
3.87 g/amp-hr1.73 g/amp-hr
0.16812
8.3209
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Electron Work Function
4.25 eV3.50 eV
2.14
6
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Other Chemical Properties
Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
Atomic Number
8257
3
117
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Electron Configuration
[Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2 6p2
[Xe] 5d2 6s2
Crystal Structure
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
Double Hexagonal Close Packed (DHCP)
Crystal Lattice
Atom
Number of Protons
8257
3
117
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Number of Neutrons
12582
4
285
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Number of Electrons
8257
3
117
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Radius of an Atom
Atomic Radius
175.00 pm187.00 pm
0
348
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Covalent Radius
146.00 pm207.00 pm
0
260
👆🏻
Van der Waals Radius
202.00 pm240.00 pm
0
348
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Atomic Weight
207.20 amu138.91 amu
6.94
294
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Atomic Volume
18.17 cm3/mol20.73 cm3/mol
1.39
71.07
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Adjacent Atomic Numbers
Previous Element
Next Element
Valence Electron Potential
24.20 (-eV)40.71 (-eV)
0
392.42
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Lattice Constant
495.08 pm377.20 pm
0
891.25
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Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
Lattice C/A Ratio
1.511.62
0.423
1.9
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Density
Density At Room Temperature
11.34 g/cm36.16 g/cm3
0.534
40.7
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Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
10.66 g/cm35.94 g/cm3
0.512
41
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Tensile Strength
12.00 MPa45.00 MPa
0.1
11000
👆🏻
Viscosity
0.000.00
1.5E-05
0.0035
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Vapor Pressure
Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
1.64 (Pa)0.00 (Pa)
0
121
👆🏻
Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
0.00 (Pa)0.98 (Pa)
0
774
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Elasticity properties
Shear Modulus
5.60 GPa14.30 GPa
1.3
222
👆🏻
Bulk Modulus
46.00 GPa27.90 GPa
0
462
👆🏻
Young's Modulus
16.00 GPa36.60 GPa
0
528
👆🏻
Poisson Ratio
0.440.28
0.032
0.47
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Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile, Malleable
Ductile
Magnetic Characteristics
Specific Gravity
11.356.17
0.53
4500
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Magnetic Ordering
Diamagnetic
Paramagnetic
Permeability
0.00 H/m0.00 H/m
1.25643E-06
0.0063
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Susceptibility
0.000.00
-0.000166
200000
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Electrical Properties
Electrical Property
Poor Conductor
Conductor
Resistivity
208.00 nΩ·m615.00 nΩ·m
0.1
961
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Electrical Conductivity
0.05 106/cm Ω0.01 106/cm Ω
0
0.63
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Electron Affinity
35.10 kJ/mol48.00 kJ/mol
0
222.8
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Specific Heat
0.13 J/(kg K)0.19 J/(kg K)
0.1
3.6
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Molar Heat Capacity
26.65 J/mol·K27.11 J/mol·K
13.1
62.7
👆🏻
Thermal Conductivity
35.30 W/m·K13.40 W/m·K
0
429
👆🏻
Critical Temperature
600.61 K1,193.00 K
26.3
3695
👆🏻
Thermal Expansion
28.90 µm/(m·K)12.10 µm/(m·K)
4.5
97
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Enthalpy
Enthalpy of Vaporization
179.40 kJ/mol399.60 kJ/mol
7.32
799.1
👆🏻
Enthalpy of Fusion
4.77 kJ/mol6.20 kJ/mol
2.1
35.23
👆🏻
Enthalpy of Atomization
194.60 kJ/mol431.00 kJ/mol
61.5
837
👆🏻
Standard Molar Entropy
64.80 J/mol.K56.90 J/mol.K
9.5
198.1
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