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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Lu
Ca
1.2 Group Number
NA2
Gadolinium
0 17
1.3 Period Number
64
Lithium
2 7
1.4 Block
f block
s block
1.5 Element Family
Lanthanide
Alkaline Earth
1.6 CAS Number
74399437440702
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
1.7 Space Group Name
P63/mmc
Fm_ 3m
1.8 Space Group Number
194.00225.00
Plutonium
11 229
2 Facts
2.1 Interesting Facts
  • Metal dust of Lutetium element is highly explosive.
  • Lutetium metal is corrosion resistance and acts stable in air.
  • Calcium ranks 5th rank in the list of earth’s abundance Percentage.
  • It is found in the compound state.
  • Gypsum or calcium sulfate is used as plaster and plaster of paris.
2.2 Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
2.3 History
2.3.1 Who Discovered
Georges Urbain and Carl Auer von Welsbach
Humphry Davy
2.3.2 Discovery
In 1906
In 1808
2.4 Abundance
2.4.1 Abundance In Universe
1 * 10-8 %7 * 10-3 %
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
2.4.2 Abundance In Sun
~0.0000001 %~0.007 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
2.5.2 Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %1.10 %
Gold
1.7E-07 22
2.5.4 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %5.00 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
2.5.6 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %0.00 %
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
2.5.8 Abundance In Humans
NA1.40 %
Radium
1E-13 1.4
3 Uses
3.1 Uses & Benefits
  • Lutetium metal is used outside research. It has commercial uses like Industrial catalyst for cracking oil refineries of hydrocarbons .
  • It is used as a reducing agent while preparing metals like thorium and uranium. It is also used as an alloying agent for metals such as aluminum, copper & lead.
  • Calcium carbonate or lime stone is used in cement.
3.1.1 Industrial Uses
NA
Chemical Industry
3.1.2 Medical Uses
NA
Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Industry
3.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys
3.2 Biological Properties
3.2.1 Toxicity
Low Toxic
Non Toxic
3.2.2 Present in Human Body
3.2.3 In Blood
NA60.50 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium
0 1970
3.2.5 In Bone
NA170,000.00 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
4 Physical
4.1 Melting Point
1,652.00 °C839.00 °C
Francium
27 3410
4.2 Boiling Point
3,402.00 °C1,484.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
4.3 Appearance
4.3.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
4.3.2 Color
Silvery White
Gray
4.3.3 Luster
Metallic
NA
4.4 Hardness
4.4.1 Mohs Hardness
NA1.75
Cesium
0.2 8.5
4.4.4 Brinell Hardness
893.00 MPa170.00 MPa
Cesium
0.14 3490
4.4.7 Vickers Hardness
1,160.00 MPaNA
Palladium
121 3430
4.5 Speed of Sound
NA3,810.00 m/s
Thallium
818 16200
4.6 Optical Properties
4.6.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
4.6.4 Reflectivity
NANA
Molybdenum
58 97
4.7 Allotropes
4.7.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
4.7.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
4.7.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
5 Chemical
5.1 Chemical Formula
Lu
Ca
5.2 Isotopes
5.2.1 Known Isotopes
3519
Tennessine
0 38
5.3 Electronegativity
5.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity
1.271.00
Francium
0.7 2.54
5.3.4 Sanderson Electronegativity
NA0.95
Cesium
0.22 2.56
5.3.6 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.141.04
Cesium
0.86 1.82
5.3.9 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
NA1.08
Cesium
0.62 2.48
5.3.11 Allen Electronegativity
NA1.03
Cesium
0.659 2.7
5.4 Electropositivity
5.4.1 Pauling Electropositivity
2.733.00
Gold
1.46 3.3
5.6 Ionization Energies
5.6.1 1st Energy Level
523.50 kJ/mol589.80 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
5.6.2 2nd Energy Level
1,340.00 kJ/mol1,145.40 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
5.7.1 3rd Energy Level
2,022.30 kJ/mol4,912.40 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
5.7.2 4th Energy Level
4,370.00 kJ/mol6,491.00 kJ/mol
Thorium
2780 37066
6.1.1 5th Energy Level
6,445.00 kJ/mol8,153.00 kJ/mol
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
6.4.2 6th Energy Level
NA10,496.00 kJ/mol
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
6.4.3 7th Energy level
NA12,270.00 kJ/mol
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
6.4.5 8th Energy Level
NA14,206.00 kJ/mol
Hassium
8857.4 125300
6.4.6 9th Energy Level
NA18,191.00 kJ/mol
Yttrium
14110 134700
6.4.8 10th Energy Level
NA20,385.00 kJ/mol
Strontium
17100 144300
6.5.2 11th Energy Level
NA57,110.00 kJ/mol
Yttrium
19900 169988
6.5.4 12th Energy Level
NA63,410.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum
22219 189368
1.3.1 13th Energy Level
NA70,110.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum
26930 76015
1.5.1 14th Energy Level
NA78,890.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum
29196 86450
1.7.1 15th Energy Level
NA86,310.00 kJ/mol
Manganese
41987 97510
1.11.1 16th Energy Level
NA94,000.00 kJ/mol
Iron
47206 109480
2.1.2 17th Energy Level
NA104,900.00 kJ/mol
Cobalt
52737 122200
3.4.2 18th Energy Level
NA111,711.00 kJ/mol
Nickel
58570 134810
3.6.1 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper
64702 148700
3.7.3 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
3.7.6 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
3.8.2 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
3.8.4 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
3.8.7 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
3.8.8 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
4.2.5 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
4.2.6 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
4.3.1 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
5.1.1 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
6.1.2 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
6.2 Electrochemical Equivalent
2.18 g/amp-hr0.75 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
6.4 Electron Work Function
3.30 eV2.87 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
6.7 Other Chemical Properties
Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
Chemical Stability, Flammability, Ionization, Solubility
7 Atomic
7.1 Atomic Number
7120
Lithium
3 117
7.3 Electron Configuration
[Xe] 6s2 4f14 5d1
[Ar] 4s2
7.4 Crystal Structure
Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP)
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
7.4.1 Crystal Lattice
7.5 Atom
7.5.1 Number of Protons
7120
Lithium
3 117
7.5.4 Number of Neutrons
10420
Lithium
4 184
7.6.1 Number of Electrons
7120
Lithium
3 117
8.3 Radius of an Atom
8.3.1 Atomic Radius
174.00 pm197.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
8.3.3 Covalent Radius
187.00 pm176.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
9.2.2 Van der Waals Radius
221.00 pm231.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
9.5 Atomic Weight
174.97 amu40.08 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
9.7 Atomic Volume
17.78 cm3/mol29.90 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
9.9 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
9.9.1 Previous Element
9.9.2 Next Element
9.10 Valence Electron Potential
50.90 (-eV)29.00 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
9.12 Lattice Constant
350.31 pm558.84 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
9.13 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
π/2, π/2, π/2
9.14 Lattice C/A Ratio
1.59NA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
10 Mechanical
10.1 Density
10.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
9.84 g/cm31.55 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
10.2.3 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
9.30 g/cm31.38 g/cm3
Lithium
0.512 20
10.4 Tensile Strength
NANA
Indium
2.5 11000
10.6 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
10.7 Vapor Pressure
10.7.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
0.00 (Pa)25.50 (Pa)
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
10.7.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
3.18 (Pa)NA
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
10.8 Elasticity properties
10.8.1 Shear Modulus
27.20 GPa7.40 GPa
Potassium
1.3 222
10.8.3 Bulk Modulus
47.60 GPa17.00 GPa
Cesium
1.6 462
10.8.5 Young's Modulus
68.60 GPa20.00 GPa
Cesium
1.7 528
10.9 Poisson Ratio
0.260.31
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
10.10 Other Mechanical Properties
NA
NA
11 Magnetic
11.1 Magnetic Characteristics
11.1.1 Specific Gravity
9.844.58
Lithium
0.53 4500
11.1.3 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Diamagnetic
11.1.4 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
11.1.6 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
11.2 Electrical Properties
11.2.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
Conductor
11.2.2 Resistivity
582.00 nΩ·m33.60 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
11.2.4 Electrical Conductivity
0.02 106/cm Ω0.30 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
11.2.6 Electron Affinity
50.00 kJ/mol2.37 kJ/mol
Mercury
0 222.8
12 Thermal
12.1 Specific Heat
0.15 J/(kg K)0.63 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
12.2 Molar Heat Capacity
26.86 J/mol·K25.93 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
12.3 Thermal Conductivity
16.40 W/m·K201.00 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
12.4 Critical Temperature
NANA
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
12.5 Thermal Expansion
9.90 µm/(m·K)22.30 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
12.6 Enthalpy
12.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
355.90 kJ/mol150.00 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
12.6.6 Enthalpy of Fusion
18.70 kJ/mol8.54 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
12.7.1 Enthalpy of Atomization
398.00 kJ/mol184.00 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
12.9 Standard Molar Entropy
51.00 J/mol.K41.60 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1