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Niobium vs Americium

Niobium
Americium
Americium vs Niobium


Periodic Table
Symbol
Nb   
Am   
Group Number
5   
13
Not Available   
Period Number
5   
7   
Block
d block   
f block   
Element Family
Transition Metal   
Actinide   
CAS Number
7440031   
99+
7440359   
99+
Space Group Name
Im_ 3m   
P63/mmc   
Space Group Number
229.00   
1
194.00   
5
Facts
Interesting Facts
  • Niobium metal was used to get called Columbium in past.
  • Niobium metal found freely in nature (abundance).
  
  • Americium metal is produced by bombarding Plutonium with Neutrons.
  • Americium metal was discovered as a by-product while testing an atomic bomb (Manhattan Project).
  
Sources
By-product of Tin Extraction, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   
Obtained By Bombarding Plutonium with Neutrons   
History
  
  
Who Discovered
Charles Hatchett   
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Leon O. Morgan, Albert Ghiorso   
Discovery
In 1801   
In 1944   
Abundance
  
  
Abundance In Universe
2 * 10-7 %   
22
Not Available   
Abundance In Sun
~0.0000004 %   
23
~-9999 %   
Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
35
Not Available   
Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
25
Not Available   
Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
34
Not Available   
Uses
Uses & Benefits
  • 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.
  
  • Americium metal is used in smoke detection alarms.
  • In the future, this metal has a potential to be used in batteries of spacecrafts.
  
Industrial Uses
Aerospace Industry, Ammunition Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry   
NA   
Medical Uses
NA   
NA   
Other Uses
Alloys   
Alloys, Nuclear Research, Research Purposes   
Biological Properties
  
  
Toxicity
Low Toxic   
Toxic   
Present in Human Body
Yes   
No   
In Blood
0.01 Blood/mg dm-3   
25
0.00 Blood/mg dm-3   
37
In Bone
0.07 p.p.m.   
25
0.00 p.p.m.   
36
Physical Properties
Melting Point
2,468.00 °C   
6
994.00 °C   
99+
Boiling Point
2,468.00 °C   
99+
2,607.00 °C   
99+
Appearance
  
  
Physical State
Solid   
Solid   
Color
Gray   
Silvery White   
Luster
Metallic   
NA   
Hardness
  
  
Mohs Hardness
6.00   
6
Not Available   
Brinell Hardness
735.00 MPa   
14
Not Available   
Vickers Hardness
870.00 MPa   
12
Not Available   
Speed of Sound
3,480.00 m/s   
21
Not Available   
Optical Properties
  
  
Allotropes
No   
No   
α Allotropes
Not Available   
Not Available   
β Allotropes
Not Available   
Not Available   
γ Allotropes
Not Available   
Not Available   
Chemical Properties
Chemical Formula
Nb   
Am   
Isotopes
  
  
Known Isotopes
17   
22
16   
23
Electronegativity
  
  
Pauling Electronegativity
1.60   
23
1.30   
32
Sanderson Electronegativity
1.42   
16
Not Available   
Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.23   
25
1.20   
27
Allen Electronegativity
1.41   
31
Not Available   
Electropositivity
  
  
Pauling Electropositivity
2.40   
31
2.70   
22
Ionization Energies
  
  
1st Energy Level
652.10 kJ/mol   
99+
578.00 kJ/mol   
99+
2nd Energy Level
1,380.00 kJ/mol   
99+
1,158.00 kJ/mol   
99+
3rd Energy Level
2,416.00 kJ/mol   
99+
2,132.00 kJ/mol   
99+
4th Energy Level
3,700.00 kJ/mol   
99+
3,493.00 kJ/mol   
99+
5th Energy Level
4,877.00 kJ/mol   
36
Not Available   
6th Energy Level
9,847.00 kJ/mol   
11
Not Available   
7th Energy level
12,100.00 kJ/mol   
14
Not Available   
Electrochemical Equivalent
0.69 g/amp-hr   
99+
3.02 g/amp-hr   
17
Electron Work Function
4.30 eV   
18
Not Available   
Other Chemical Properties
Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility   
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity, Solubility   
Atomic Properties
Atomic Number
41   
99+
95   
23
Electron Configuration
[Kr] 4d4 5s1   
[Rn] 5f7 7s2   
Crystal Structure
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)   
Double Hexagonal Close Packed (DHCP)   
Crystal Lattice
BCC-Crystal-Structure-.jpg#100   
DHCP-Crystal-Structure-of-Americium.jpg#100   
Atom
  
  
Number of Protons
41   
99+
95   
23
Number of Neutrons
52   
99+
148   
12
Number of Electrons
41   
99+
95   
23
Radius of an Atom
  
  
Atomic Radius
146.00 pm   
35
173.00 pm   
21
Covalent Radius
164.00 pm   
28
180.00 pm   
21
Van der Waals Radius
200.00 pm   
28
244.00 pm   
10
Atomic Weight
92.91 amu   
99+
243.00 amu   
20
Atomic Volume
10.87 cm3/mol   
99+
17.86 cm3/mol   
29
Adjacent Atomic Numbers
  
  
Previous Element
Zirconium
  
Plutonium
  
Next Element
Molybdenum
  
Curium
  
Valence Electron Potential
104.00 (-eV)   
8
44.00 (-eV)   
40
Lattice Constant
330.04 pm   
99+
346.81 pm   
99+
Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2   
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3   
Lattice C/A Ratio
Not Available   
Not Available   
Mechanical Properties
Density
  
  
Density At Room Temperature
8.57 g/cm3   
99+
12.00 g/cm3   
30
Tensile Strength
330.00 MPa   
12
Not Available   
Viscosity
Not Available   
Not Available   
Vapor Pressure
  
  
Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
Not Available   
0.00 (Pa)   
13
Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
0.00 (Pa)   
27
Not Available   
Elasticity properties
  
  
Shear Modulus
38.00 GPa   
19
Not Available   
Bulk Modulus
170.00 GPa   
10
Not Available   
Young's Modulus
105.00 GPa   
20
Not Available   
Poisson Ratio
0.40   
4
Not Available   
Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile, Malleable   
NA   
Magnetic Properties
Magnetic Characteristics
  
  
Specific Gravity
8.57   
37
13.67   
15
Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic   
Paramagnetic   
Electrical Properties
  
  
Electrical Property
Conductor   
Unknown   
Resistivity
152.00 nΩ·m   
23
0.69 nΩ·m   
99+
Electrical Conductivity
0.07 106/cm Ω   
28
0.02 106/cm Ω   
99+
Electron Affinity
86.10 kJ/mol   
12
Not Available   
Thermal Properties
Specific Heat
0.26 J/(kg K)   
20
0.11 J/(kg K)   
99+
Molar Heat Capacity
24.60 J/mol·K   
99+
62.70 J/mol·K   
1
Thermal Conductivity
53.70 W/m·K   
29
10.00 W/m·K   
99+
Critical Temperature
Not Available   
Not Available   
Thermal Expansion
7.30 µm/(m·K)   
99+
Not Available   
Enthalpy
  
  
Enthalpy of Vaporization
696.60 kJ/mol   
4
Not Available   
Enthalpy of Fusion
27.20 kJ/mol   
6
14.39 kJ/mol   
24
Enthalpy of Atomization
745.00 kJ/mol   
4
268.00 kJ/mol   
40
Standard Molar Entropy
36.40 J/mol.K   
99+
Not Available   
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