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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Mn
Nb
1.2 Group Number
75
Gadolinium
0 17
1.3 Period Number
45
Lithium
2 7
1.3 Block
d block
d block
1.4 Element Family
Transition Metal
Transition Metal
1.5 CAS Number
74399657440031
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
1.7 Space Group Name
I_ 43m
Im_ 3m
1.8 Space Group Number
217.00229.00
Plutonium
11 229
2 Facts
2.1 Interesting Facts
  • Manganese is an essential trace element in all forms of life.
  • Manganese metal oxidizes very easily, but it does not fuse that easily.
  • Niobium metal was used to get called Columbium in past.
  • Niobium metal found freely in nature (abundance).
2.3 Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
By-product of Tin Extraction, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
2.4 History
2.4.1 Who Discovered
Johann Gottlieb Gahn
Charles Hatchett
2.5.1 Discovery
In 1774
In 1801
2.6 Abundance
2.6.1 Abundance In Universe
8 * 10-4 %2 * 10-7 %
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
2.6.2 Abundance In Sun
~0.001 %~0.0000004 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
2.8.1 Abundance In Meteorites
0.27 %0.00 %
Gold
1.7E-07 22
2.8.2 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.11 %0.00 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
3.4.2 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %0.00 %
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
3.4.3 Abundance In Humans
0.00 %NA
Radium
1E-13 1.4
4 Uses
4.1 Uses & Benefits
  • This metal is very brittle hence it mostly not used as a pure metal, but its alloys are very useful
  • Its alloy Manganese steel is extremely strong and used in railway tracks, safes, prison bars and riffle barrels.
  • Niobium alloys are used in jet engines and rockets and spacecraft, beams and girders for buildings and oil and gas pipelines.
  • It is used superconducting magnets in particles accelerators, NMR and MRI equipment.
4.1.1 Industrial Uses
Automobile Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Aerospace Industry, Ammunition Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
4.1.2 Medical Uses
NA
NA
4.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys
4.2 Biological Properties
4.2.1 Toxicity
Toxic
Low Toxic
4.2.2 Present in Human Body
4.2.4 In Blood
0.08 Blood/mg dm-30.01 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium
0 1970
4.2.6 In Bone
100.00 p.p.m.0.07 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
5 Physical
5.1 Melting Point
1,245.00 °C2,468.00 °C
Francium
27 3410
5.2 Boiling Point
1,962.00 °C2,468.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
6.3 Appearance
6.3.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
6.3.2 Color
Silver
Gray
6.3.3 Luster
Metallic
Metallic
6.4 Hardness
6.4.1 Mohs Hardness
6.006.00
Cesium
0.2 8.5
6.4.3 Brinell Hardness
196.00 MPa735.00 MPa
Cesium
0.14 3490
7.1.1 Vickers Hardness
NA870.00 MPa
Palladium
121 3430
7.3 Speed of Sound
5,150.00 m/s3,480.00 m/s
Thallium
818 16200
7.6 Optical Properties
7.6.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
7.6.2 Reflectivity
NANA
Molybdenum
58 97
7.7 Allotropes
7.7.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
8 Chemical
8.1 Chemical Formula
Mn
Nb
8.2 Isotopes
8.2.1 Known Isotopes
2117
Tennessine
0 38
8.3 Electronegativity
8.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity
1.551.60
Francium
0.7 2.54
8.4.1 Sanderson Electronegativity
2.201.42
Cesium
0.22 2.56
8.4.2 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.601.23
Cesium
0.86 1.82
8.5.3 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
NANA
Cesium
0.62 2.48
9.2.2 Allen Electronegativity
1.751.41
Cesium
0.659 2.7
9.3 Electropositivity
9.3.1 Pauling Electropositivity
2.452.40
Gold
1.46 3.3
9.5 Ionization Energies
9.5.1 1st Energy Level
717.30 kJ/mol652.10 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
9.5.3 2nd Energy Level
1,509.00 kJ/mol1,380.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
9.5.5 3rd Energy Level
3,248.00 kJ/mol2,416.00 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
9.5.7 4th Energy Level
4,940.00 kJ/mol3,700.00 kJ/mol
Thorium
2780 37066
9.5.9 5th Energy Level
6,990.00 kJ/mol4,877.00 kJ/mol
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
9.5.10 6th Energy Level
9,220.00 kJ/mol9,847.00 kJ/mol
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
9.6.2 7th Energy level
11,500.00 kJ/mol12,100.00 kJ/mol
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
9.7.2 8th Energy Level
18,770.00 kJ/molNA
Hassium
8857.4 125300
9.7.4 9th Energy Level
21,400.00 kJ/molNA
Yttrium
14110 134700
9.7.6 10th Energy Level
23,960.00 kJ/molNA
Strontium
17100 144300
9.7.8 11th Energy Level
27,590.00 kJ/molNA
Yttrium
19900 169988
9.7.10 12th Energy Level
30,330.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum
22219 189368
9.7.12 13th Energy Level
33,150.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum
26930 76015
9.7.14 14th Energy Level
38,880.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum
29196 86450
9.7.16 15th Energy Level
41,987.00 kJ/molNA
Copper
41987 97510
9.7.18 16th Energy Level
109,480.00 kJ/molNA
Iron
47206 109480
9.7.20 17th Energy Level
118,100.00 kJ/molNA
Cobalt
52737 122200
9.7.21 18th Energy Level
127,100.00 kJ/molNA
Nickel
58570 134810
9.7.23 19th Energy Level
138,600.00 kJ/molNA
Copper
64702 148700
9.7.25 20th Energy Level
148,500.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
9.7.26 21st Energy Level
158,600.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
9.7.28 22nd Energy Level
172,500.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
9.7.30 23rd Energy Level
181,380.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
9.7.31 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
9.7.33 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
9.7.35 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
9.7.37 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
9.7.39 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
9.7.41 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
9.7.42 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
9.8 Electrochemical Equivalent
0.29 g/amp-hr0.69 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
9.9 Electron Work Function
4.10 eV4.30 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
9.10 Other Chemical Properties
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes
Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
10 Atomic
10.1 Atomic Number
2541
Lithium
3 117
10.2 Electron Configuration
[Ar] 3d5 4s2
[Kr] 4d4 5s1
10.3 Crystal Structure
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
10.3.1 Crystal Lattice
10.4 Atom
10.4.1 Number of Protons
2541
Lithium
3 117
10.4.4 Number of Neutrons
3052
Lithium
4 184
10.4.7 Number of Electrons
2541
Lithium
3 117
10.6 Radius of an Atom
10.6.1 Atomic Radius
127.00 pm146.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
10.6.2 Covalent Radius
139.00 pm164.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
10.7.1 Van der Waals Radius
200.00 pm200.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
11.2 Atomic Weight
54.94 amu92.91 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
11.3 Atomic Volume
1.39 cm3/mol10.87 cm3/mol
Palladium
1.39 71.07
11.7 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
11.7.1 Previous Element
11.7.2 Next Element
11.8 Valence Electron Potential
220.00 (-eV)104.00 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
11.9 Lattice Constant
891.25 pm330.04 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
11.10 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
π/2, π/2, π/2
11.11 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
12 Mechanical
12.1 Density
12.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
7.21 g/cm38.57 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
12.2.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
5.95 g/cm3NA
Lithium
0.512 20
12.3 Tensile Strength
NA330.00 MPa
Indium
2.5 11000
12.4 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
12.6 Vapor Pressure
12.6.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
0.00 (Pa)NA
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
12.7.1 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
NA0.00 (Pa)
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
12.8 Elasticity properties
12.8.1 Shear Modulus
NA38.00 GPa
Potassium
1.3 222
12.10.1 Bulk Modulus
120.00 GPa170.00 GPa
Cesium
1.6 462
12.11.1 Young's Modulus
198.00 GPa105.00 GPa
Cesium
1.7 528
13.2 Poisson Ratio
NA0.40
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
1.2 Other Mechanical Properties
NA
Ductile, Malleable
2 Magnetic
2.1 Magnetic Characteristics
2.1.1 Specific Gravity
7.218.57
Lithium
0.53 4500
2.1.4 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Paramagnetic
2.1.5 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
2.2.1 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
2.4 Electrical Properties
2.4.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
Conductor
2.4.2 Resistivity
1.44 nΩ·m152.00 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
2.6.3 Electrical Conductivity
0.01 106/cm Ω0.07 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
2.7.2 Electron Affinity
0.00 kJ/mol86.10 kJ/mol
Mercury
0 222.8
3 Thermal
3.1 Specific Heat
0.48 J/(kg K)0.26 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
3.2 Molar Heat Capacity
26.32 J/mol·K24.60 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
3.3 Thermal Conductivity
7.81 W/m·K53.70 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
4.2 Critical Temperature
NANA
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
4.3 Thermal Expansion
21.70 µm/(m·K)7.30 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
4.4 Enthalpy
4.4.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
219.70 kJ/mol696.60 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
4.4.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
14.64 kJ/mol27.20 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
4.4.3 Enthalpy of Atomization
280.30 kJ/mol745.00 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
4.5 Standard Molar Entropy
32.00 J/mol.K36.40 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1