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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Ni
Cu
1.2 Group Number
1011
Gadolinium
0 17
1.3 Period Number
44
Lithium
2 7
1.4 Block
d block
d block
1.5 Element Family
Transition Metal
Transition Metal
1.6 CAS Number
74400207440508
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
1.7 Space Group Name
Fm_ 3m
Fm_ 3m
1.8 Space Group Number
225.00225.00
Plutonium
11 229
2 Facts
2.1 Interesting Facts
  • Zinc metal found (obtain) in many forms like granules, foil, dust and in a powder form.
  • After iron, Zinc metal the second most abundant element in the earth crust.
  • Copper rarely found in its pure form in nature.
  • Copper Sulfate is mostly used in agricultural poison and as an algicide in water purification system.
2.2 Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Found in Minerals
2.3 History
2.3.1 Who Discovered
Axel Fredrik Cronstedt
Unknown
2.3.2 Discovery
In 1751
In Middle East (9000 BCE)
2.4 Abundance
2.4.1 Abundance In Universe
6 * 10-3 %6 * 10-6 %
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
2.4.3 Abundance In Sun
~0.008 %~0.00007 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
2.4.6 Abundance In Meteorites
1.30 %0.01 %
Gold
1.7E-07 22
2.4.9 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.01 %0.01 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
2.4.12 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %0.00 %
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
2.5.1 Abundance In Humans
0.00 %0.00 %
Radium
1E-13 1.4
3 Uses
3.1 Uses & Benefits
  • It has corrosion resistance and hence it is used to plate other metals.
  • Its alloys are very useful; Nichrome alloy is used in the hot coil of toasters and electric oven.
  • It is use for coinage and bullion.
  • Most of copper element is used in manufacturing electrical and electronic equipments such as wirings and components. It is also used in construction and industrial machine.
3.1.1 Industrial Uses
Automobile Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Chemical Industry, Electronic Industry
3.1.2 Medical Uses
NA
NA
3.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys, Coinage, Jewellery
3.2 Biological Properties
3.2.1 Toxicity
Toxic
Non Toxic
3.2.2 Present in Human Body
3.2.3 In Blood
0.05 Blood/mg dm-31.01 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium
0 1970
4.1.1 In Bone
0.70 p.p.m.26.00 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
5 Physical
5.1 Melting Point
1,453.00 °C1,084.62 °C
Francium
27 3410
5.5 Boiling Point
2,732.00 °C2,562.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
5.6 Appearance
5.6.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
5.6.2 Color
Silver
Copper
5.6.3 Luster
Metallic
NA
5.7 Hardness
5.7.1 Mohs Hardness
4.003.00
Cesium
0.2 8.5
5.8.2 Brinell Hardness
667.00 MPa235.00 MPa
Cesium
0.14 3490
5.8.4 Vickers Hardness
638.00 MPa343.00 MPa
Palladium
121 3430
5.10 Speed of Sound
4,900.00 m/s3,810.00 m/s
Thallium
818 16200
5.12 Optical Properties
5.12.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
5.12.2 Reflectivity
72.00 %90.00 %
Molybdenum
58 97
5.15 Allotropes
5.15.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
5.15.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
5.15.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
6 Chemical
6.1 Chemical Formula
Ni
Cu
6.2 Isotopes
6.2.1 Known Isotopes
2529
Tennessine
0 38
6.4 Electronegativity
6.4.1 Pauling Electronegativity
1.911.90
Francium
0.7 2.54
7.1.2 Sanderson Electronegativity
1.941.98
Cesium
0.22 2.56
7.1.4 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.751.75
Cesium
0.86 1.82
7.2.1 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
NA1.49
Cesium
0.62 2.48
7.3.1 Allen Electronegativity
1.881.85
Cesium
0.659 2.7
7.5 Electropositivity
7.5.1 Pauling Electropositivity
2.092.10
Gold
1.46 3.3
7.6 Ionization Energies
7.6.1 1st Energy Level
737.10 kJ/mol745.50 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
7.7.2 2nd Energy Level
1,753.00 kJ/mol1,957.90 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
7.7.4 3rd Energy Level
3,395.00 kJ/mol3,555.00 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
7.7.6 4th Energy Level
5,300.00 kJ/mol5,536.00 kJ/mol
Thorium
2780 37066
7.8.1 5th Energy Level
7,339.00 kJ/mol7,700.00 kJ/mol
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
7.8.2 6th Energy Level
10,400.00 kJ/mol9,900.00 kJ/mol
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
8.1.2 7th Energy level
12,800.00 kJ/mol13,400.00 kJ/mol
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
8.1.5 8th Energy Level
15,600.00 kJ/mol16,000.00 kJ/mol
Hassium
8857.4 125300
8.1.7 9th Energy Level
18,600.00 kJ/mol19,200.00 kJ/mol
Yttrium
14110 134700
8.2.3 10th Energy Level
21,670.00 kJ/mol22,400.00 kJ/mol
Strontium
17100 144300
8.2.5 11th Energy Level
30,970.00 kJ/mol25,600.00 kJ/mol
Yttrium
19900 169988
8.2.6 12th Energy Level
34,000.00 kJ/mol35,600.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum
22219 189368
8.2.8 13th Energy Level
37,100.00 kJ/mol38,700.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum
26930 76015
9.1.1 14th Energy Level
41,500.00 kJ/mol42,000.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum
29196 86450
9.2.1 15th Energy Level
44,800.00 kJ/mol46,700.00 kJ/mol
Manganese
41987 97510
9.2.2 16th Energy Level
48,100.00 kJ/mol50,200.00 kJ/mol
Iron
47206 109480
9.3.1 17th Energy Level
55,101.00 kJ/mol53,700.00 kJ/mol
Cobalt
52737 122200
9.3.2 18th Energy Level
58,570.00 kJ/mol61,100.00 kJ/mol
Cobalt
58570 134810
9.4.1 19th Energy Level
148,700.00 kJ/mol64,702.00 kJ/mol
Zinc
64702 148700
9.4.2 20th Energy Level
159,000.00 kJ/mol163,700.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum
80400 171200
9.5.1 21st Energy Level
169,400.00 kJ/mol174,100.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum
87000 179100
9.5.2 22nd Energy Level
182,700.00 kJ/mol184,900.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum
93400 184900
9.6.2 23rd Energy Level
194,000.00 kJ/mol198,800.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum
98420 198800
9.6.3 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
9.6.5 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
9.6.6 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
9.6.8 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
9.6.9 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
9.7.1 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
9.7.2 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
9.8 Electrochemical Equivalent
1.10 g/amp-hr1.19 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
9.9 Electron Work Function
5.15 eV4.65 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
9.10 Other Chemical Properties
Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes
Chemical Stability, Corrosion, Ionization, Solubility
10 Atomic
10.1 Atomic Number
2829
Lithium
3 117
10.2 Electron Configuration
[Ar] 3d8 4s2 Or [Ar] 3d9 4s1
[Ar] 3d10 4s1
10.3 Crystal Structure
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
10.3.1 Crystal Lattice
10.4 Atom
10.4.1 Number of Protons
2829
Lithium
3 117
10.4.2 Number of Neutrons
3135
Lithium
4 184
10.4.3 Number of Electrons
2829
Lithium
3 117
10.5 Radius of an Atom
10.5.1 Atomic Radius
124.00 pm128.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
10.5.2 Covalent Radius
124.00 pm132.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
10.5.3 Van der Waals Radius
163.00 pm140.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
10.6 Atomic Weight
58.69 amu63.55 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
10.7 Atomic Volume
6.59 cm3/mol7.10 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
10.8 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
10.8.1 Previous Element
10.8.2 Next Element
10.9 Valence Electron Potential
42.00 (-eV)34.00 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
10.10 Lattice Constant
352.40 pm361.49 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
10.11 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
π/2, π/2, π/2
10.12 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
11 Mechanical
11.1 Density
11.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
8.91 g/cm38.96 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
11.1.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
7.81 g/cm38.02 g/cm3
Lithium
0.512 20
11.2 Tensile Strength
345.00 MPaNA
Indium
2.5 11000
11.3 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
11.4 Vapor Pressure
11.4.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
0.00 (Pa)1.53 (Pa)
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
11.4.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
19.50 (Pa)NA
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
11.5 Elasticity properties
11.5.1 Shear Modulus
76.00 GPa48.00 GPa
Potassium
1.3 222
11.5.2 Bulk Modulus
180.00 GPa140.00 GPa
Cesium
1.6 462
11.5.3 Young's Modulus
200.00 GPa120.00 GPa
Cesium
1.7 528
11.6 Poisson Ratio
0.310.34
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
11.7 Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile
Ductile, Malleable
12 Magnetic
12.1 Magnetic Characteristics
12.1.1 Specific Gravity
8.908.89
Lithium
0.53 4500
12.1.2 Magnetic Ordering
Ferromagnetic
Diamagnetic
12.1.3 Permeability
0.00 H/m1.256629 * 10-6 H/m
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
12.1.4 Susceptibility
600.00-9.63 * 10-6
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
12.2 Electrical Properties
12.2.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
Conductor
12.2.2 Resistivity
69.30 nΩ·m16.78 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
12.2.3 Electrical Conductivity
0.14 106/cm Ω0.60 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
12.2.4 Electron Affinity
112.00 kJ/mol222.80 kJ/mol
Mercury
0 222.8
13 Thermal
13.1 Specific Heat
0.44 J/(kg K)0.38 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
13.2 Molar Heat Capacity
26.07 J/mol·K24.44 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
13.3 Thermal Conductivity
90.90 W/m·K401.00 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
13.4 Critical Temperature
NANA
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
13.5 Thermal Expansion
13.40 µm/(m·K)16.50 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
13.6 Enthalpy
13.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
371.80 kJ/mol283.70 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
13.6.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
17.57 kJ/mol7.11 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
13.6.3 Enthalpy of Atomization
422.60 kJ/mol338.90 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
13.7 Standard Molar Entropy
29.90 J/mol.K33.20 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1