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Mercury Hassium Comparison


Hassium Mercury comparison


Periodic Table

Symbol
Hg  
Hs  

Group Number
12  
6
8  
10

Period Number
6  
7  

Block
d block  
d block  

Element Family
Transition Metal  
Transition Metal  

CAS Number
7439976  
99+
54037579  
11

Space Group Name
R_ 3m  
-  

Space Group Number
166.00  
9
166.00  
9

Facts

Interesting Facts
  • At room temperature mercury is found in a liquid state.
  • A coin of pound or rupees floats in mercury.
  • Because of its low melting point and boiling point it is used in thermometers.
  
  • Hassium metals rate of decay is very high.
  • Hassium metals 1st sample was synthesized through a nuclear reaction.
  

Sources
Mining, Ores of Minerals  
Synthetically Produced  

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Ancient Chinese and Indians  
Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung  

Discovery
Before 2000 BCE  
In 1984  

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
0.09 %  
2
0.00 %  
40

Abundance In Sun
0.00 %  
30
-  

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %  
99+
0.00 %  
99+

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.05 %  
9
-  

Abundance In Oceans
-  
-  

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %  
24
-  

Uses

Uses & Benefits
  • It is a liquid metal at room temperature, but it is a toxic heavy metal and hence many uses of mercury are under review or phased out.
  • It is manly used as a catalysts in chemical industry.
  
  • Currently known uses of Hassium metal are limited to research purpose only.
  

Industrial Uses
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry  
-  

Medical Uses
Dentistry  
-  

Other Uses
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Industry  
Research Purposes  

Biological Properties
  
  

Toxicity
Highly Toxic  
-  

Present in Human Body
Yes  
No  

In Blood
0.01 Blood/mg dm-3  
23
0.00 Blood/mg dm-3  
40

In Bone
0.45 p.p.m.  
23
0.00 p.p.m.  
99+

Physical

Melting Point
-38.83 °C  
99+
-  

Boiling Point
356.58 °C  
99+
0.00 °C  
99+

Appearance
  
  

Physical State
Liquid  
Solid  

Color
Silver  
Silver  

Luster
-  
-  

Hardness
  
  

Mohs Hardness
1.50  
19
4.50  
10

Brinell Hardness
5.00 MPa  
99+
230.00 MPa  
99+

Vickers Hardness
0.00 MPa  
99+
2,450.00 MPa  
5

Speed of Sound
1,451.40 m/s  
99+
2,760.00 m/s  
99+

Optical Properties
  
  

Refractive Index
1.00  
99+
1.30  
99+

Reflectivity
73.00 %  
10
69.00 %  
14

Allotropes
No  
No  

α Allotropes
-  
-  

β Allotropes
-  
-  

γ Allotropes
-  
-  

Chemical

Chemical Formula
Hg  
Hs  

Isotopes
  
  

Known Isotopes
34  
5
7  
31

Electronegativity
  
  

Pauling Electronegativity
2.00  
8
2.20  
5

Sanderson Electronegativity
2.20  
8
1.30  
25

Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.44  
18
1.30  
25

Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
1.81  
17
1.30  
33

Allen Electronegativity
1.44  
34
1.30  
40

Electropositivity
  
  

Pauling Electropositivity
2.00  
99+
2.00  
99+

Ionization Energies
  
  

1st Energy Level
1,007.10 kJ/mol  
4
733.30 kJ/mol  
26

2nd Energy Level
1,810.00 kJ/mol  
21
1,756.00 kJ/mol  
25

3rd Energy Level
3,300.00 kJ/mol  
20
2,827.00 kJ/mol  
37

4th Energy Level
1,007.10 kJ/mol  
99+
3,637.50 kJ/mol  
99+

5th Energy Level
1,007.00 kJ/mol  
99+
4,940.00 kJ/mol  
99+

6th Energy Level
1,007.00 kJ/mol  
99+
6,175.10 kJ/mol  
99+

7th Energy level
1,007.00 kJ/mol  
99+
7,535.50 kJ/mol  
32

8th Energy Level
1,007.00 kJ/mol  
99+
8,857.40 kJ/mol  
21

9th Energy Level
1,007.00 kJ/mol  
99+
5,400.00 kJ/mol  
99+

10th Energy Level
1,007.00 kJ/mol  
99+
6,100.00 kJ/mol  
99+

11th Energy Level
1,007.00 kJ/mol  
99+
6,100.00 kJ/mol  
99+

12th Energy Level
1,007.00 kJ/mol  
99+
3,500.00 kJ/mol  
99+

13th Energy Level
1,007.00 kJ/mol  
99+
4,200.00 kJ/mol  
99+

14th Energy Level
1,007.00 kJ/mol  
99+
1,124.00 kJ/mol  
99+

15th Energy Level
100,700.00 kJ/mol  
1
68,200.00 kJ/mol  
31

16th Energy Level
1,007.00 kJ/mol  
99+
32,800.00 kJ/mol  
99+

17th Energy Level
1,007.00 kJ/mol  
24
1,089.00 kJ/mol  
22

18th Energy Level
1,007.00 kJ/mol  
99+
3,300.00 kJ/mol  
99+

19th Energy Level
1,007.10 kJ/mol  
20
1,086.50 kJ/mol  
19

20th Energy Level
1,007.00 kJ/mol  
11
880.00 kJ/mol  
14

21st Energy Level
1,007.00 kJ/mol  
33
1,086.00 kJ/mol  
30

22nd Energy Level
1,007.00 kJ/mol  
8
350.00 kJ/mol  
99+

23rd Energy Level
1,007.00 kJ/mol  
36
1,120.00 kJ/mol  
34

24th Energy Level
1,007.10 kJ/mol  
3
540.90 kJ/mol  
99+

25th Energy Level
1,007.10 kJ/mol  
3
610.00 kJ/mol  
99+

26th Energy Level
1,007.10 kJ/mol  
3
587.40 kJ/mol  
99+

27th Energy Level
1,007.10 kJ/mol  
2
880.00 kJ/mol  
5

28th Energy Level
1,007.10 kJ/mol  
5
840.00 kJ/mol  
14

29th Energy Level
1,007.10 kJ/mol  
6
867.80 kJ/mol  
11

30th Energy Level
1,007.10 kJ/mol  
3
0.00 kJ/mol  
99+

Electrochemical Equivalent
3.74 g/amp-hr  
10
3.00 g/amp-hr  
21

Electron Work Function
4.49 eV  
20
4.90 eV  
12

Other Chemical Properties
Flammability, Ionization, Solubility  
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity  

Atomic

Atomic Number
80  
36
108  
10

Electron Configuration
[Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2  
[Rn] 5f14 6d6 7s2  

Crystal Structure
Rhombohedral (RHO)  
Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP)  

Crystal Lattice
RHO-Crystal-Structure-of-Mercury.jpg#100  
BCC-Crystal-Structure-.jpg#100  

Atom
  
  

Number of Protons
80  
36
108  
10

Number of Neutrons
121  
23
158  
7

Number of Electrons
80  
36
108  
10

Radius of an Atom
  
  

Atomic Radius
151.00 pm  
34
126.00 pm  
99+

Covalent Radius
132.00 pm  
99+
134.00 pm  
99+

Van der Waals Radius
155.00 pm  
99+
0.00 pm  
99+

Atomic Weight
200.59 amu  
32
269.00 amu  
9

Atomic Volume
14.82 cm3/mol  
99+
22.70 cm3/mol  
18

Adjacent Atomic Numbers
  
  

Previous Element
Gold
  
Bohrium
  

Next Element
Thallium
  

Valence Electron Potential
28.20 (-eV)  
99+
0.00 (-eV)  
99+

Lattice Constant
300.50 pm  
99+
-  

Lattice Angles
-  
-  

Lattice C/A Ratio
0.42  
99+
1.31  
99+

Mechanical

Density
  
  

Density At Room Temperature
13.53 g/cm3  
25
40.70 g/cm3  
1

Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
13.55 g/cm3  
27
41.00 g/cm3  
1

Tensile Strength
15.00 MPa  
99+
80.00 MPa  
29

Viscosity
0.00  
4
0.00  
27

Vapor Pressure
  
  

Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
0.00 (Pa)  
22
0.00 (Pa)  
37

Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
0.00 (Pa)  
99+
0.00 (Pa)  
30

Elasticity properties
  
  

Shear Modulus
30.00 GPa  
27
40.00 GPa  
19

Bulk Modulus
25.00 GPa  
99+
40.00 GPa  
38

Young's Modulus
45.00 GPa  
99+
40.00 GPa  
99+

Poisson Ratio
0.44  
3
0.34  
10

Other Mechanical Properties
-  
-  

Magnetic

Magnetic Characteristics
  
  

Specific Gravity
13.53  
27
41.00  
2

Magnetic Ordering
Diamagnetic  
-  

Permeability
0.00 H/m  
10
0.00 H/m  
8

Susceptibility
0.00  
20
0.00  
25

Electrical Properties
  
  

Electrical Property
Conductor  
-  

Resistivity
961.00 nΩ·m  
1
41.00 nΩ·m  
99+

Electrical Conductivity
0.01 106/cm Ω  
99+
0.00 106/cm Ω  
99+

Electron Affinity
0.00 kJ/mol  
99+
63.20 kJ/mol  
19

Thermal

Specific Heat
0.14 J/(kg K)  
39
0.13 J/(kg K)  
99+

Molar Heat Capacity
27.98 J/mol·K  
16
25.92 J/mol·K  
99+

Thermal Conductivity
8.30 W/m·K  
99+
0.00 W/m·K  
99+

Critical Temperature
1,750.00 K  
33
1,323.00 K  
99+

Thermal Expansion
60.40 µm/(m·K)  
5
21.20 µm/(m·K)  
23

Enthalpy
  
  

Enthalpy of Vaporization
56.90 kJ/mol  
99+
126.00 kJ/mol  
99+

Enthalpy of Fusion
2.29 kJ/mol  
99+
-  

Enthalpy of Atomization
61.50 kJ/mol  
99+
-  

Standard Molar Entropy
75.80 J/mol.K  
6
57.20 J/mol.K  
29

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