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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Mg
Ce
1.2 Group Number
2NA
Gadolinium
0 17
2.3 Period Number
36
Lithium
2 7
2.4 Block
s block
f block
2.5 Element Family
Alkaline Earth
Lanthanide
2.6 CAS Number
74399547440451
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
3.2 Space Group Name
P63/mmc
P63/mmc
3.3 Space Group Number
194.00194.00
Plutonium
11 229
4 Facts
4.1 Interesting Facts
  • Magnesium ions are present in every chlorophyll of every green plant .
  • Controlling Magnesium fire by pouring water on it will result in explosions.
  • Cerium is a rare earth metal but still it is not rare at all.
  • It’s non-toxic compound Cerium sulfide has a rich red color and it is used as a pigment.
  • Cerium metal is also used in Flat screen TVs, light bulb, floodlights, etc.
4.2 Sources
By Electrolysis Process, In Ocean, Mining
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
4.3 History
4.3.1 Who Discovered
Joseph Black
Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Wilhelm Hisinger
4.3.2 Discovery
In 1755
In 1803
4.4 Abundance
4.4.1 Abundance In Universe
6 * 10-2 %1 * 10-6 %
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
4.5.1 Abundance In Sun
~0.07 %~0.0000004 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
4.5.2 Abundance In Meteorites
12.00 %0.00 %
Gold
1.7E-07 22
4.7.2 Abundance In Earth's Crust
2.90 %0.01 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
4.7.3 Abundance In Oceans
0.13 %0.00 %
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
4.7.5 Abundance In Humans
0.03 %NA
Radium
1E-13 1.4
5 Uses
5.1 Uses & Benefits
  • Magnesium aluminum alloy improves the mechanical strength and welding characteristics and hence it is used in aeroplane and car manufacturing.
  • It is also used to remove sulfur from the molten iron and steel.
  • It is used to include flints for cigarette lighters.
  • Its compound Cerium (Ill) Oxide is used as a catalyst; it is put inside the walls of the oven as it prevents from the buildup of cooking residues.
5.1.1 Industrial Uses
Aerospace Industry, Ammunition Industry, Automobile Industry, Chemical Industry, Pharmaceutical Industry
Chemical Industry
5.1.2 Medical Uses
NA
Medical Research
5.1.3 Other Uses
Surgical Instruments Manufacturing
Alloys
5.2 Biological Properties
5.2.1 Toxicity
Non Toxic
Moderately Toxic
5.2.2 Present in Human Body
5.2.3 In Blood
37.80 Blood/mg dm-30.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium
0 1970
5.2.4 In Bone
1,800.00 p.p.m.2.70 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
6 Physical
6.1 Melting Point
650.00 °C795.00 °C
Francium
27 3410
7.3 Boiling Point
1,107.00 °C3,257.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
7.5 Appearance
7.5.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
7.5.2 Color
Gray
Silvery White
7.5.3 Luster
NA
Lustrous
7.6 Hardness
7.6.1 Mohs Hardness
2.502.50
Cesium
0.2 8.5
7.6.3 Brinell Hardness
260.00 MPa186.00 MPa
Cesium
0.14 3490
7.6.5 Vickers Hardness
NA210.00 MPa
Palladium
121 3430
7.7 Speed of Sound
4,940.00 m/s2,100.00 m/s
Thallium
818 16200
7.8 Optical Properties
7.8.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
7.8.2 Reflectivity
74.00 %NA
Molybdenum
58 97
7.10 Allotropes
7.10.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
7.10.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
7.10.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
8 Chemical
8.1 Chemical Formula
Mg
Ce
8.2 Isotopes
8.2.1 Known Isotopes
1530
Tennessine
0 38
8.4 Electronegativity
8.4.1 Pauling Electronegativity
1.311.12
Francium
0.7 2.54
8.4.3 Sanderson Electronegativity
1.32NA
Cesium
0.22 2.56
8.4.6 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.231.08
Cesium
0.86 1.82
8.4.7 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
1.37NA
Cesium
0.62 2.48
8.4.10 Allen Electronegativity
1.29NA
Cesium
0.659 2.7
8.5 Electropositivity
8.5.1 Pauling Electropositivity
2.692.88
Gold
1.46 3.3
8.6 Ionization Energies
8.6.1 1st Energy Level
737.70 kJ/mol534.40 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
8.6.3 2nd Energy Level
1,450.70 kJ/mol1,050.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
8.6.5 3rd Energy Level
7,732.70 kJ/mol1,949.00 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
8.6.6 4th Energy Level
10,542.50 kJ/mol3,547.00 kJ/mol
Thorium
2780 37066
8.6.8 5th Energy Level
13,630.00 kJ/mol6,325.00 kJ/mol
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
8.6.10 6th Energy Level
18,020.00 kJ/mol7,490.00 kJ/mol
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
8.6.12 7th Energy level
21,711.00 kJ/molNA
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
8.6.14 8th Energy Level
25,661.00 kJ/molNA
Hassium
8857.4 125300
8.6.15 9th Energy Level
31,653.00 kJ/molNA
Yttrium
14110 134700
8.6.17 10th Energy Level
35,458.00 kJ/molNA
Strontium
17100 144300
8.6.19 11th Energy Level
169,988.00 kJ/molNA
Yttrium
19900 169988
8.6.21 12th Energy Level
189,368.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum
22219 189368
8.6.23 13th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
26930 76015
8.6.25 14th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
29196 86450
8.6.28 15th Energy Level
NANA
Manganese
41987 97510
8.6.30 16th Energy Level
NANA
Iron
47206 109480
8.6.32 17th Energy Level
NANA
Cobalt
52737 122200
8.6.34 18th Energy Level
NANA
Nickel
58570 134810
8.6.36 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper
64702 148700
8.6.38 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
8.6.40 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
8.6.42 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
8.6.44 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
8.6.46 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
8.7.1 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
8.7.2 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
8.8.1 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
8.9.1 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
9.1.1 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
9.1.2 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
9.5 Electrochemical Equivalent
0.45 g/amp-hr1.74 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
9.6 Electron Work Function
3.66 eV2.84 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
9.7 Other Chemical Properties
Corrosion, Highly Inflammable, Ionization, Solubility
Chemical Stability, Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
10 Atomic
10.1 Atomic Number
1258
Lithium
3 117
10.3 Electron Configuration
[Ne] 3s2
[Xe] 4f1 5d1 6s2
10.4 Crystal Structure
Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP)
Double Hexagonal Close Packed (DHCP)
10.4.1 Crystal Lattice
10.5 Atom
10.5.1 Number of Protons
1258
Lithium
3 117
10.5.3 Number of Neutrons
1282
Lithium
4 184
10.5.5 Number of Electrons
1258
Lithium
3 117
10.7 Radius of an Atom
10.7.1 Atomic Radius
160.00 pm181.80 pm
Beryllium
112 265
10.8.1 Covalent Radius
141.00 pm204.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
10.8.2 Van der Waals Radius
173.00 pm235.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
10.11 Atomic Weight
24.31 amu140.12 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
10.13 Atomic Volume
13.97 cm3/mol20.67 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
11.2 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
11.2.1 Previous Element
11.2.2 Next Element
11.3 Valence Electron Potential
40.00 (-eV)41.78 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
11.4 Lattice Constant
320.94 pm362.00 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
11.5 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
11.6 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
12 Mechanical
12.1 Density
12.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
1.74 g/cm36.77 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
12.3.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
1.58 g/cm36.55 g/cm3
Lithium
0.512 20
12.4 Tensile Strength
NANA
Indium
2.5 11000
12.6 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
12.7 Vapor Pressure
12.7.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
NA0.00 (Pa)
Palladium
2.47E-11 121
12.7.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
NA1.04 (Pa)
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
12.8 Elasticity properties
12.8.1 Shear Modulus
17.00 GPa13.50 GPa
Potassium
1.3 222
12.9.1 Bulk Modulus
45.00 GPa21.50 GPa
Cesium
1.6 462
13.1.2 Young's Modulus
45.00 GPa33.60 GPa
Cesium
1.7 528
13.2 Poisson Ratio
0.290.24
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
13.4 Other Mechanical Properties
NA
Ductile, Malleable
14 Magnetic
14.1 Magnetic Characteristics
14.1.1 Specific Gravity
1.746.77
Lithium
0.53 4500
14.1.2 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Paramagnetic
14.1.3 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
14.1.5 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
14.2 Electrical Properties
14.2.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
Conductor
14.2.2 Resistivity
43.90 nΩ·m828.00 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
14.2.4 Electrical Conductivity
0.23 106/cm Ω0.01 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
15.1.1 Electron Affinity
0.00 kJ/mol50.00 kJ/mol
Mercury
0 222.8
16 Thermal
16.1 Specific Heat
1.02 J/(kg K)0.19 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
16.3 Molar Heat Capacity
24.87 J/mol·K26.94 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
16.5 Thermal Conductivity
156.00 W/m·K11.30 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
16.7 Critical Temperature
NANA
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
16.9 Thermal Expansion
24.80 µm/(m·K)6.30 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
16.10 Enthalpy
16.10.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
128.70 kJ/mol414.00 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
16.10.3 Enthalpy of Fusion
8.95 kJ/mol5.46 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
16.10.4 Enthalpy of Atomization
148.50 kJ/mol381.00 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
16.12 Standard Molar Entropy
32.70 J/mol.K72.00 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1