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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Lu
In
1.2 Group Number
NA13
Gadolinium
0 17
2.10 Period Number
65
Lithium
2 7
3.6 Block
f block
p block
3.7 Element Family
Lanthanide
Post-​Transition
4.3 CAS Number
74399437440746
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
4.10 Space Group Name
P63/mmc
I4/mmm
4.11 Space Group Number
194.00139.00
Plutonium
11 229
5 Facts
5.1 Interesting Facts
  • Metal dust of Lutetium element is highly explosive.
  • Lutetium metal is corrosion resistance and acts stable in air.
  • Luster of Indium is bright in nature.
  • Reich and richer were looking for thallium in zinc metal and they discovered Indium metal.
5.2 Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Mining, Ores of metals
5.3 History
5.3.1 Who Discovered
Georges Urbain and Carl Auer von Welsbach
Ferdinand Reich and Hieronymous Theodor Richter
5.3.2 Discovery
In 1906
In 1863
5.4 Abundance
5.4.1 Abundance In Universe
1 * 10-8 %3 * 10-8 %
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
1.3.2 Abundance In Sun
~0.0000001 %~0.0000004 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
1.6.1 Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %0.00 %
Gold
1.7E-07 22
2.1.1 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %0.00 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
4.5.1 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %0.00 %
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
4.5.5 Abundance In Humans
NANA
Radium
1E-13 1.4
6 Uses
6.1 Uses & Benefits
  • Lutetium metal is used outside research. It has commercial uses like Industrial catalyst for cracking oil refineries of hydrocarbons .
  • It is used to produce indium tin oxide (ITO), it is used in manufacturing touch screens, flat screen TVs and solar panels.
  • Its nitride, phosphide and antimonide are used in transistors and microchips.
6.1.1 Industrial Uses
NA
Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry
6.2.1 Medical Uses
NA
Medical Research
6.2.2 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys, In Nuclear Reactors
6.3 Biological Properties
6.3.1 Toxicity
Low Toxic
Non Toxic
6.3.2 Present in Human Body
6.3.3 In Blood
NANA
Plutonium
0 1970
7.2.1 In Bone
NANA
Plutonium
0 170000
8 Physical
8.1 Melting Point
1,652.00 °C156.61 °C
Francium
27 3410
9.5 Boiling Point
3,402.00 °C2,000.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
10.4 Appearance
10.4.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
10.4.2 Color
Silvery White
Silvery Gray
10.5.2 Luster
Metallic
Lustrous
10.6 Hardness
10.6.1 Mohs Hardness
NA1.20
Cesium
0.2 8.5
10.8.2 Brinell Hardness
893.00 MPa8.80 MPa
Cesium
0.14 3490
11.3.2 Vickers Hardness
1,160.00 MPaNA
Palladium
121 3430
11.7 Speed of Sound
NA1,215.00 m/s
Thallium
818 16200
14.2 Optical Properties
14.2.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
14.3.2 Reflectivity
NANA
Molybdenum
58 97
14.6 Allotropes
14.6.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
14.6.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
14.6.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
15 Chemical
15.1 Chemical Formula
Lu
In
15.2 Isotopes
15.2.1 Known Isotopes
3535
Tennessine
0 38
15.5 Electronegativity
15.5.1 Pauling Electronegativity
1.271.78
Francium
0.7 2.54
15.7.2 Sanderson Electronegativity
NA2.14
Cesium
0.22 2.56
15.11.3 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.141.49
Cesium
0.86 1.82
15.11.9 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
NA1.76
Cesium
0.62 2.48
15.12.1 Allen Electronegativity
NA1.66
Cesium
0.659 2.7
15.15 Electropositivity
15.15.1 Pauling Electropositivity
2.732.22
Gold
1.46 3.3
15.16 Ionization Energies
15.16.1 1st Energy Level
523.50 kJ/mol558.30 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
15.16.4 2nd Energy Level
1,340.00 kJ/mol1,820.70 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
15.16.7 3rd Energy Level
2,022.30 kJ/mol2,704.00 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
15.16.11 4th Energy Level
4,370.00 kJ/mol5,210.00 kJ/mol
Thorium
2780 37066
15.16.14 5th Energy Level
6,445.00 kJ/molNA
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
15.16.17 6th Energy Level
NANA
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
15.16.21 7th Energy level
NANA
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
15.16.22 8th Energy Level
NANA
Hassium
8857.4 125300
15.16.26 9th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium
14110 134700
15.16.29 10th Energy Level
NANA
Strontium
17100 144300
15.16.33 11th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium
19900 169988
15.16.35 12th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
22219 189368
15.16.39 13th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
26930 76015
15.16.44 14th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
29196 86450
15.16.47 15th Energy Level
NANA
Manganese
41987 97510
15.16.49 16th Energy Level
NANA
Iron
47206 109480
15.16.52 17th Energy Level
NANA
Cobalt
52737 122200
15.16.56 18th Energy Level
NANA
Nickel
58570 134810
15.16.59 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper
64702 148700
15.16.63 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
15.16.66 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
15.16.69 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
15.16.71 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
15.16.75 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
15.16.77 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
15.16.81 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
15.16.83 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
15.16.87 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
15.16.89 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
15.16.93 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
15.18 Electrochemical Equivalent
2.18 g/amp-hr1.43 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
15.20 Electron Work Function
3.30 eV4.12 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
16.2 Other Chemical Properties
Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity, Solubility
17 Atomic
17.1 Atomic Number
7149
Lithium
3 117
17.3 Electron Configuration
[Xe] 6s2 4f14 5d1
[Kr] 4d10 5s2 5p1
17.4 Crystal Structure
Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP)
Tetragonal (TETR)
17.4.1 Crystal Lattice
17.5 Atom
17.5.1 Number of Protons
7149
Lithium
3 117
17.8.4 Number of Neutrons
10466
Lithium
4 184
17.9.4 Number of Electrons
7149
Lithium
3 117
18.2 Radius of an Atom
18.2.1 Atomic Radius
174.00 pm167.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
18.6.2 Covalent Radius
187.00 pm142.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
18.8.2 Van der Waals Radius
221.00 pm193.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
19.2 Atomic Weight
174.97 amu114.82 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
19.5 Atomic Volume
17.78 cm3/mol15.70 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
19.9 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
19.9.1 Previous Element
19.9.2 Next Element
19.10 Valence Electron Potential
50.90 (-eV)54.00 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
19.12 Lattice Constant
350.31 pm325.23 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
19.14 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
π/2, π/2, π/2
19.15 Lattice C/A Ratio
1.59NA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
20 Mechanical
20.1 Density
20.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
9.84 g/cm37.31 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
20.3.1 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
9.30 g/cm37.02 g/cm3
Lithium
0.512 20
20.8 Tensile Strength
NA2.50 MPa
Gold
2.5 11000
20.11 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
21.2 Vapor Pressure
21.2.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
0.00 (Pa)0.01 (Pa)
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
21.5.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
3.18 (Pa)NA
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
22.4 Elasticity properties
22.4.1 Shear Modulus
27.20 GPaNA
Potassium
1.3 222
22.6.2 Bulk Modulus
47.60 GPaNA
Cesium
1.6 462
23.1.2 Young's Modulus
68.60 GPa11.00 GPa
Cesium
1.7 528
23.3 Poisson Ratio
0.26NA
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
23.6 Other Mechanical Properties
NA
Ductile, Malleable
24 Magnetic
24.1 Magnetic Characteristics
24.1.1 Specific Gravity
9.847.31
Lithium
0.53 4500
24.2.2 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Diamagnetic
24.2.3 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
24.5.2 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
24.6 Electrical Properties
24.6.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
Conductor
24.6.2 Resistivity
582.00 nΩ·m83.70 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
30.14.6 Electrical Conductivity
0.02 106/cm Ω0.12 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
30.17.1 Electron Affinity
50.00 kJ/mol28.90 kJ/mol
Mercury
0 222.8
31 Thermal
31.1 Specific Heat
0.15 J/(kg K)0.23 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
31.2 Molar Heat Capacity
26.86 J/mol·K26.74 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
31.3 Thermal Conductivity
16.40 W/m·K81.80 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
31.4 Critical Temperature
NANA
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
31.5 Thermal Expansion
9.90 µm/(m·K)32.10 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
31.6 Enthalpy
31.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
355.90 kJ/mol226.40 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
31.6.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
18.70 kJ/mol3.28 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
31.6.3 Enthalpy of Atomization
398.00 kJ/mol242.70 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
31.7 Standard Molar Entropy
51.00 J/mol.K57.80 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1