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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Li
Ru
1.2 Group Number
18
Gadolinium
0 17
1.3 Period Number
25
Sodium
2 7
1.5 Block
s block
d block
1.6 Element Family
Alkali
Transition Metal
1.7 CAS Number
74399327440188
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
1.9 Space Group Name
Im_ 3m
P63/mmc
1.10 Space Group Number
229.00194.00
Plutonium
11 229
2 Facts
2.1 Interesting Facts
  • Heat capacity of Lithium is very high.
  • Lithium inflammable and highly explosive metal, hence it has to be stored properly.
  • Ruthenium element has been extracted from used nuclear fuel.
  • Ruthenium metal also produces as a by-product of the Nickel mining.
2.2 Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining
By-product of Nickel Refining, Found in Minerals, Mining
2.4 History
2.4.1 Who Discovered
Johan August Arfwedson
Karl Ernst Claus
2.4.3 Discovery
In 1817
In 1844
2.5 Abundance
2.5.1 Abundance In Universe
6 * 10-7 %4 * 10-7 %
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
3.2.2 Abundance In Sun
~0.00017 %~0.0000005 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
3.3.2 Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %0.00 %
Gold
1.7E-07 22
3.3.4 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %0.00 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
3.3.6 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %0.00 %
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
3.3.8 Abundance In Humans
0.00 %NA
Radium
1E-13 1.4
4 Uses
4.1 Uses & Benefits
  • The main usage of Lithium is manufacturing rechargeable batteries for electronic equipment and gadgets.
  • it is also used in manufacturing non-rechargeable batteries.
  • It is used for producing chip resistors and contact.
  • Ruthenium oxide is used to coat the anodes cells for chlorine production in chemical industry. It also works as catalysts for ammonia and acetic acid reaction.
4.1.1 Industrial Uses
Aerospace Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry, Chemical Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
4.1.2 Medical Uses
NA
Medical Research
4.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys
4.2 Biological Properties
4.2.1 Toxicity
NA
Low Toxic
4.2.2 Present in Human Body
4.2.3 In Blood
0.00 Blood/mg dm-3NA
Plutonium
0 1970
4.3.2 In Bone
1.30 p.p.m.NA
Plutonium
0 170000
5 Physical
5.1 Melting Point
180.54 °C2,250.00 °C
Francium
27 3410
5.2 Boiling Point
1,347.00 °C3,900.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
5.3 Appearance
5.3.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
5.3.2 Color
Silvery White
Silvery White
5.3.3 Luster
NA
Metallic
5.4 Hardness
5.4.1 Mohs Hardness
0.606.50
Cesium
0.2 8.5
5.4.3 Brinell Hardness
5.00 MPa2,160.00 MPa
Cesium
0.14 3490
5.4.6 Vickers Hardness
NANA
Palladium
121 3430
5.5 Speed of Sound
6,000.00 m/s5,970.00 m/s
Thallium
818 16200
5.6 Optical Properties
5.6.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
5.6.3 Reflectivity
NANA
Molybdenum
58 97
5.7 Allotropes
5.7.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
5.7.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
5.7.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
6 Chemical
6.1 Chemical Formula
Li
Ru
6.2 Isotopes
6.2.1 Known Isotopes
826
Tennessine
0 38
6.3 Electronegativity
6.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity
0.982.20
Francium
0.7 2.54
6.3.3 Sanderson Electronegativity
0.89NA
Cesium
0.22 2.56
6.3.5 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
0.971.42
Cesium
0.86 1.82
6.3.7 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
0.97NA
Cesium
0.62 2.48
6.3.9 Allen Electronegativity
0.911.54
Cesium
0.659 2.7
6.4 Electropositivity
6.4.1 Pauling Electropositivity
3.021.80
Gold
1.46 3.3
6.5 Ionization Energies
6.5.1 1st Energy Level
520.20 kJ/mol710.20 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
6.5.3 2nd Energy Level
7,298.10 kJ/mol710.22 kJ/mol
Palladium
710.2162 28750
6.5.5 3rd Energy Level
11,815.00 kJ/mol2,747.00 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
6.5.7 4th Energy Level
NANA
Thorium
2780 37066
6.5.10 5th Energy Level
NANA
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
6.5.12 6th Energy Level
NANA
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
6.5.14 7th Energy level
NANA
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
6.5.16 8th Energy Level
NANA
Hassium
8857.4 125300
6.5.18 9th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium
14110 134700
6.5.20 10th Energy Level
NANA
Strontium
17100 144300
6.5.23 11th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium
19900 169988
6.5.25 12th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
22219 189368
6.6.1 13th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
26930 76015
6.7.1 14th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
29196 86450
7.1.1 15th Energy Level
NANA
Manganese
41987 97510
7.4.2 16th Energy Level
NANA
Iron
47206 109480
7.4.3 17th Energy Level
NANA
Cobalt
52737 122200
7.4.5 18th Energy Level
NANA
Nickel
58570 134810
7.4.7 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper
64702 148700
7.4.8 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
7.5.2 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
7.5.4 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
7.5.5 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
7.5.7 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
7.6.1 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
7.6.2 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
7.7.1 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
7.7.2 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
7.9.1 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
7.9.2 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
7.11 Electrochemical Equivalent
0.26 g/amp-hr1.26 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
8.2 Electron Work Function
2.90 eV4.71 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
8.3 Other Chemical Properties
Corrosion, Flammable, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes
Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
9 Atomic
9.1 Atomic Number
344
Sodium
3 117
9.2 Electron Configuration
[He] 2s1
[Kr] 4d7 5s1
9.3 Crystal Structure
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP)
9.3.1 Crystal Lattice
9.4 Atom
9.4.1 Number of Protons
344
Sodium
3 117
9.5.1 Number of Neutrons
457
Sodium
4 184
9.7.2 Number of Electrons
344
Sodium
3 117
9.8 Radius of an Atom
9.8.1 Atomic Radius
152.00 pm134.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
9.9.2 Covalent Radius
128.00 pm146.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
9.9.4 Van der Waals Radius
182.00 pm200.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
9.10 Atomic Weight
6.94 amu101.07 amu
Sodium
6.94 294
9.11 Atomic Volume
13.10 cm3/mol8.30 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
9.13 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
9.13.1 Previous Element
9.13.2 Next Element
9.14 Valence Electron Potential
19.00 (-eV)64.00 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
10.2 Lattice Constant
351.00 pm270.59 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
10.3 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
10.4 Lattice C/A Ratio
NA1.58
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
11 Mechanical
11.1 Density
11.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
0.53 g/cm312.45 g/cm3
Palladium
0.534 40.7
11.2.3 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
0.51 g/cm310.65 g/cm3
Sodium
0.512 20
11.3 Tensile Strength
NANA
Indium
2.5 11000
11.4 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
11.5 Vapor Pressure
11.5.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
109.00 (Pa)NA
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
12.1.1 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
NA0.00 (Pa)
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
12.2 Elasticity properties
12.2.1 Shear Modulus
4.20 GPa173.00 GPa
Potassium
1.3 222
12.4.1 Bulk Modulus
11.00 GPa220.00 GPa
Cesium
1.6 462
12.4.2 Young's Modulus
4.90 GPa447.00 GPa
Cesium
1.7 528
12.7 Poisson Ratio
NA0.30
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
12.8 Other Mechanical Properties
NA
Ductile, Malleable
13 Magnetic
13.1 Magnetic Characteristics
13.1.1 Specific Gravity
0.5312.45
Palladium
0.53 4500
13.2.2 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Paramagnetic
13.2.3 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
13.2.5 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
13.3 Electrical Properties
13.3.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
Conductor
13.3.2 Resistivity
92.80 nΩ·m71.00 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
13.3.4 Electrical Conductivity
0.11 106/cm Ω0.14 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
13.4.1 Electron Affinity
59.60 kJ/mol101.30 kJ/mol
Mercury
0 222.8
14 Thermal
14.1 Specific Heat
3.60 J/(kg K)0.24 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
14.2 Molar Heat Capacity
24.86 J/mol·K24.06 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
14.3 Thermal Conductivity
84.80 W/m·K117.00 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
14.4 Critical Temperature
3,223.00 KNA
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
14.5 Thermal Expansion
46.00 µm/(m·K)6.40 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
14.6 Enthalpy
14.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
134.70 kJ/mol567.80 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
14.6.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
3.00 kJ/mol25.50 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
14.6.3 Enthalpy of Atomization
160.70 kJ/mol603.00 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
14.7 Standard Molar Entropy
29.10 J/mol.K28.50 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1