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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Hg
Po
1.2 Group Number
1216
Gadolinium Metal
0 17
1.3 Period Number
66
Lithium Metal
2 7
1.4 Block
d block
p block
1.5 Element Family
Transition Metal
Post-​Transition
1.6 CAS Number
74399767440086
Aluminium Metal
7429905 54386242
1.7 Space Group Name
R_ 3m
Pm-3m
1.8 Space Group Number
166.00221.00
Plutonium Metal
11 229
2 Facts
2.1 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.
  • Polonium was the first radioactive element to be discovered.
  • Polonium element and its compounds are highly radioactive.
  • Its alloy with Beryllium provides source of neutrons.
2.2 Sources
Mining, Ores of Minerals
Mining, Ores of metals
2.3 History
2.3.1 Who Discovered
Ancient Chinese and Indians
Pierre Curie and Marie Curie
2.3.2 Discovery
Before 2000 BCE
In 1898
2.4 Abundance
2.4.1 Abundance In Universe
NANA
Thallium Metal
5E-09 0.11
2.4.2 Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %~-9999 %
Beryllium Metal
1E-08 0.1
2.4.3 Abundance In Meteorites
NANA
Gold Metal
1.7E-07 22
2.4.4 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.05 %NA
Radium Metal
9.9E-12 8.1
2.4.5 Abundance In Oceans
NA0.00 %
Protactinium Metal
2E-23 1.1
2.4.6 Abundance In Humans
NANA
Radium Metal
1E-13 1.4
3 Uses
3.1 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.
  • Polonium metal has different Allotropes, it is used in antistatic devices and for research purpose.
  • A 1 gram of Polonium can reach a temperature of 500°C, hence it is used as a heat source for space equipment.
3.1.1 Industrial Uses
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Aerospace Industry, Ammunition Industry
3.1.2 Medical Uses
Dentistry
NA
3.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Industry
Alloys
3.2 Biological Properties
3.2.1 Toxicity
Highly Toxic
Highly Toxic
3.2.2 Present in Human Body
3.2.3 In Blood
0.01 Blood/mg dm-30.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium Metal
0 1970
3.2.4 In Bone
0.45 p.p.m.0.00 p.p.m.
Plutonium Metal
0 170000
4 Physical
4.1 Melting Point
NA254.00 °C
Francium Metal
27 3410
4.2 Boiling Point
356.58 °C962.00 °C
Flerovium Metal
147 5660
4.3 Appearance
4.3.1 Physical State
Liquid
Solid
4.3.2 Color
Silver
Silver
4.3.3 Luster
NA
NA
4.4 Hardness
4.4.1 Mohs Hardness
NANA
Cesium Metal
0.2 8.5
4.4.2 Brinell Hardness
NANA
Cesium Metal
0.14 3490
4.4.3 Vickers Hardness
NANA
Palladium Metal
121 3430
4.5 Speed of Sound
1,451.40 m/sNA
Thallium Metal
818 16200
4.6 Optical Properties
4.6.1 Refractive Index
1.00NA
Palladium Metal
1.000933 1.7229
4.6.2 Reflectivity
73.00 %NA
Molybdenum Metal
58 97
4.7 Allotropes
4.7.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
α-polonium
4.7.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
β-polonium
4.7.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
5 Chemical
5.1 Chemical Formula
Hg
Po
5.2 Isotopes
5.2.1 Known Isotopes
3429
Tennessine Metal
0 38
5.3 Electronegativity
5.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity
2.002.00
Francium Metal
0.7 2.54
5.3.2 Sanderson Electronegativity
2.20NA
Cesium Metal
0.22 2.56
5.3.3 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.441.76
Cesium Metal
0.86 1.82
5.3.4 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
1.812.48
Cesium Metal
0.62 2.48
5.3.5 Allen Electronegativity
1.442.19
Cesium Metal
0.659 2.7
5.4 Electropositivity
5.4.1 Pauling Electropositivity
2.002.00
Gold Metal
1.46 3.3
5.5 Ionization Energies
5.5.1 1st Energy Level
1,007.10 kJ/mol812.10 kJ/mol
Cesium Metal
375.7 26130
5.5.2 2nd Energy Level
1,810.00 kJ/molNA
Ruthenium Metal
710.2162 28750
5.5.3 3rd Energy Level
3,300.00 kJ/molNA
Osmium Metal
1600 34230
5.5.4 4th Energy Level
NANA
Thorium Metal
2780 37066
5.5.5 5th Energy Level
NANA
Dubnium Metal
4305.2 97510
5.5.6 6th Energy Level
NANA
Seaborgium Metal
5715.8 105800
5.5.7 7th Energy level
NANA
Bohrium Metal
7226.8 114300
5.5.8 8th Energy Level
NANA
Hassium Metal
8857.4 125300
5.5.9 9th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium Metal
14110 134700
5.5.10 10th Energy Level
NANA
Strontium Metal
17100 144300
5.5.11 11th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium Metal
19900 169988
5.5.12 12th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
22219 189368
5.5.13 13th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
26930 76015
5.5.14 14th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
29196 86450
5.5.15 15th Energy Level
NANA
Manganese Metal
41987 97510
5.5.16 16th Energy Level
NANA
Iron Metal
47206 109480
5.5.17 17th Energy Level
NANA
Cobalt Metal
52737 122200
5.5.18 18th Energy Level
NANA
Nickel Metal
58570 134810
5.5.19 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper Metal
64702 148700
5.5.20 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
80400 171200
5.5.21 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
87000 179100
5.5.22 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
93400 184900
5.5.23 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
98420 198800
5.5.24 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
104400 195200
5.5.25 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
121900 121900
5.5.26 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
127700 127700
5.5.27 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
133800 133800
5.5.28 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
139800 139800
5.5.29 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
148100 148100
5.5.30 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
154500 154500
5.6 Electrochemical Equivalent
3.74 g/amp-hr3.90 g/amp-hr
Beryllium Metal
0.16812 8.3209
5.7 Electron Work Function
4.49 eVNA
Cesium Metal
2.14 5.65
5.8 Other Chemical Properties
Flammability, Ionization, Solubility
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
6 Atomic
6.1 Atomic Number
8084
Lithium Metal
3 117
6.2 Electron Configuration
[Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2
[Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2 6p4
6.3 Crystal Structure
Rhombohedral (RHO)
Monoclinic (MON)
6.3.1 Crystal Lattice
6.4 Atom
6.4.1 Number of Protons
8084
Lithium Metal
3 117
6.4.2 Number of Neutrons
121125
Lithium Metal
4 184
6.4.3 Number of Electrons
8084
Lithium Metal
3 117
6.5 Radius of an Atom
6.5.1 Atomic Radius
151.00 pm168.00 pm
Beryllium Metal
112 265
6.5.2 Covalent Radius
132.00 pm140.00 pm
Beryllium Metal
96 260
6.5.3 Van der Waals Radius
155.00 pm197.00 pm
Zinc Metal
139 348
6.6 Atomic Weight
200.59 amu209.00 amu
Lithium Metal
6.94 294
6.7 Atomic Volume
14.82 cm3/mol22.23 cm3/mol
Manganese Metal
1.39 71.07
6.8 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
6.8.1 Previous Element
6.8.2 Next Element
6.9 Valence Electron Potential
28.20 (-eV)NA
Francium Metal
8 392.42
6.10 Lattice Constant
300.50 pm335.90 pm
Beryllium Metal
228.58 891.25
6.11 Lattice Angles
NA
π/2, π/2, π/2
6.12 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium Metal
1.567 1.886
7 Mechanical
7.1 Density
7.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
13.53 g/cm39.20 g/cm3
Lithium Metal
0.534 40.7
7.1.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
NA9.40 g/cm3
Lithium Metal
0.512 20
7.2 Tensile Strength
NANA
Indium Metal
2.5 11000
7.3 Viscosity
0.00NA
0.001526 0.001526
7.4 Vapor Pressure
7.4.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
NANA
Cerium Metal
2.47E-11 121
7.4.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
NANA
Tungsten Metal
2.62E-10 774
7.5 Elasticity properties
7.5.1 Shear Modulus
NANA
Potassium Metal
1.3 222
7.5.2 Bulk Modulus
NANA
Cesium Metal
1.6 462
7.5.3 Young's Modulus
NANA
Cesium Metal
1.7 528
7.6 Poisson Ratio
NANA
Beryllium Metal
0.032 0.47
7.7 Other Mechanical Properties
NA
NA
8 Magnetic
8.1 Magnetic Characteristics
8.1.1 Specific Gravity
13.539.32
Lithium Metal
0.53 4500
8.1.2 Magnetic Ordering
Diamagnetic
Nonmagnetic
8.1.3 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth Metal
1.25643E-06 0.0063
8.1.4 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth Metal
-0.000166 200000
8.2 Electrical Properties
8.2.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
Conductor
8.2.2 Resistivity
961.00 nΩ·m0.40 nΩ·m
Thallium Metal
0.18 961
8.2.3 Electrical Conductivity
0.01 106/cm Ω0.02 106/cm Ω
Plutonium Metal
0.00666 0.63
8.2.4 Electron Affinity
0.00 kJ/mol183.30 kJ/mol
Palladium
0 222.8
9 Thermal
9.1 Specific Heat
0.14 J/(kg K)0.12 J/(kg K)
Americium Metal
0.11 3.6
9.2 Molar Heat Capacity
27.98 J/mol·K26.40 J/mol·K
Beryllium Metal
16.443 62.7
9.3 Thermal Conductivity
8.30 W/m·K20.00 W/m·K
Neptunium Metal
6.3 429
9.4 Critical Temperature
1,750.00 KNA
Ytterbium Metal
26.3 3223
9.5 Thermal Expansion
60.40 µm/(m·K)23.50 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten Metal
4.5 97
9.6 Enthalpy
9.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
56.90 kJ/mol60.30 kJ/mol
Zinc Metal
7.32 799.1
9.6.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
2.29 kJ/mol13.00 kJ/mol
Cesium Metal
2.1 35.23
9.6.3 Enthalpy of Atomization
61.50 kJ/mol134.00 kJ/mol
Sodium
61.5 837
9.7 Standard Molar Entropy
75.80 J/mol.KNA
Beryllium Metal
9.5 198.1