Niobium

Copper

Niobium vs Copper

Niobium

Copper

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1 Periodic Table

1.1 Symbol

1.2 Group Number

511

0 17

1.3 Period Number

2 7

1.4 Block

d block

1.5 Element Family

Transition Metal

1.6 CAS Number

74400317440508

7429905 54386242

1.7 Space Group Name

Im_ 3m

Fm_ 3m

1.8 Space Group Number

229.00225.00

11 229

2 Facts

2.1 Interesting Facts

Niobium metal was used to get called Columbium in past.
Niobium metal found freely in nature (abundance).

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

By-product of Tin Extraction, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals

Found in Minerals

2.3 History

2.3.1 Who Discovered

Charles Hatchett

Unknown

2.3.2 Discovery

In 1801

In Middle East (9000 BCE)

2.4 Abundance

2.4.1 Abundance In Universe

2 * 10^-7 %6 * 10^-6 %

5E-09 0.11

2.4.2 Abundance In Sun

~0.0000004 %~0.00007 %

1E-08 0.1

2.4.3 Abundance In Meteorites

0.00 %0.01 %

1.7E-07 22

2.4.4 Abundance In Earth's Crust

0.00 %0.01 %

9.9E-12 8.1

2.4.5 Abundance In Oceans

0.00 %0.00 %

2E-23 1.1

2.4.6 Abundance In Humans

NA0.00 %

1E-13 1.4

3 Uses

3.1 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.

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

Aerospace Industry, Ammunition Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry

Chemical Industry, Electronic Industry

3.1.2 Medical Uses

3.1.3 Other Uses

Alloys

Alloys, Coinage, Jewellery

3.2 Biological Properties

3.2.1 Toxicity

Low Toxic

Non Toxic

3.2.2 Present in Human Body

✔ ✘

3.2.3 In Blood

0.01 Blood/mg dm-31.01 Blood/mg dm-3

0 1970

3.2.4 In Bone

0.07 p.p.m.26.00 p.p.m.

0 170000

4 Physical

4.1 Melting Point

2,468.00 °C1,084.62 °C

27 3410

4.2 Boiling Point

2,468.00 °C2,562.00 °C

147 5660

4.3 Appearance

4.3.1 Physical State

Solid

4.3.2 Color

Gray

Copper

4.3.3 Luster

Metallic

4.4 Hardness

4.4.1 Mohs Hardness

6.003.00

0.2 8.5

4.4.2 Brinell Hardness

735.00 MPa235.00 MPa

0.14 3490

4.4.3 Vickers Hardness

870.00 MPa343.00 MPa

121 3430

4.5 Speed of Sound

3,480.00 m/s3,810.00 m/s

818 16200

4.6 Optical Properties

4.6.1 Refractive Index

NANA

1.000933 1.7229

4.6.2 Reflectivity

NA90.00 %

58 97

4.7 Allotropes

✔ ✘

4.7.1 α Allotropes

Not Available

4.7.2 β Allotropes

Not Available

4.7.3 γ Allotropes

Not Available

5 Chemical

5.1 Chemical Formula

5.2 Isotopes

5.2.1 Known Isotopes

1729

0 38

5.3 Electronegativity

5.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity

1.601.90

0.7 2.54

5.3.2 Sanderson Electronegativity

1.421.98

0.22 2.56

5.3.3 Allred Rochow Electronegativity

1.231.75

0.86 1.82

5.3.4 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity

NA1.49

0.62 2.48

5.3.5 Allen Electronegativity

1.411.85

0.659 2.7

5.4 Electropositivity

5.4.1 Pauling Electropositivity

2.402.10

1.46 3.3

5.5 Ionization Energies

5.5.1 1st Energy Level

652.10 kJ/mol745.50 kJ/mol

375.7 26130

5.5.2 2nd Energy Level

1,380.00 kJ/mol1,957.90 kJ/mol

710.2162 28750

5.5.3 3rd Energy Level

2,416.00 kJ/mol3,555.00 kJ/mol

1600 34230

5.5.4 4th Energy Level

3,700.00 kJ/mol5,536.00 kJ/mol

2780 37066

5.5.5 5th Energy Level

4,877.00 kJ/mol7,700.00 kJ/mol

4305.2 97510

5.5.6 6th Energy Level

9,847.00 kJ/mol9,900.00 kJ/mol

5715.8 105800

5.5.7 7th Energy level

12,100.00 kJ/mol13,400.00 kJ/mol

7226.8 114300

5.5.8 8th Energy Level

NA16,000.00 kJ/mol

8857.4 125300

5.5.9 9th Energy Level

NA19,200.00 kJ/mol

14110 134700

5.5.10 10th Energy Level

NA22,400.00 kJ/mol

17100 144300

5.5.11 11th Energy Level

NA25,600.00 kJ/mol

19900 169988

5.5.12 12th Energy Level

NA35,600.00 kJ/mol

22219 189368

5.5.13 13th Energy Level

NA38,700.00 kJ/mol

26930 76015

5.5.14 14th Energy Level

NA42,000.00 kJ/mol

29196 86450

5.5.15 15th Energy Level

NA46,700.00 kJ/mol

41987 97510

5.5.16 16th Energy Level

NA50,200.00 kJ/mol

47206 109480

5.5.17 17th Energy Level

NA53,700.00 kJ/mol

52737 122200

5.5.18 18th Energy Level

NA61,100.00 kJ/mol

58570 134810

5.5.19 19th Energy Level

NA64,702.00 kJ/mol

64702 148700

5.5.20 20th Energy Level

NA163,700.00 kJ/mol

80400 171200

5.5.21 21st Energy Level

NA174,100.00 kJ/mol

87000 179100

5.5.22 22nd Energy Level

NA184,900.00 kJ/mol

93400 184900

5.5.23 23rd Energy Level

NA198,800.00 kJ/mol

98420 198800

5.5.24 24th Energy Level

NANA

104400 195200

5.5.25 25th Energy Level

NANA

121900 121900

5.5.26 26th Energy Level

NANA

127700 127700

5.5.27 27th Energy Level

NANA

133800 133800

5.5.28 28th Energy Level

NANA

139800 139800

5.5.29 29th Energy Level

NANA

148100 148100

5.5.30 30th Energy Level

NANA

154500 154500

5.6 Electrochemical Equivalent

0.69 g/amp-hr1.19 g/amp-hr

0.16812 8.3209

5.7 Electron Work Function

4.30 eV4.65 eV

2.14 5.65

5.8 Other Chemical Properties

Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility

Chemical Stability, Corrosion, Ionization, Solubility

6 Atomic

6.1 Atomic Number

4129

3 117

6.2 Electron Configuration

[Kr] 4d⁴ 5s¹

[Ar] 3d¹⁰ 4s¹

6.3 Crystal Structure

Body Centered Cubic (BCC)

Face Centered Cubic (FCC)

6.3.1 Crystal Lattice

6.4 Atom

6.4.1 Number of Protons

4129

3 117

6.4.2 Number of Neutrons

5235

4 184

6.4.3 Number of Electrons

4129

3 117

6.5 Radius of an Atom

6.5.1 Atomic Radius

146.00 pm128.00 pm

112 265

6.5.2 Covalent Radius

164.00 pm132.00 pm

96 260

6.5.3 Van der Waals Radius

200.00 pm140.00 pm

139 348

6.6 Atomic Weight

92.91 amu63.55 amu

6.94 294

6.7 Atomic Volume

10.87 cm3/mol7.10 cm3/mol

1.39 71.07

6.8 Adjacent Atomic Numbers

6.8.1 Previous Element

6.8.2 Next Element

6.9 Valence Electron Potential

104.00 (-eV)34.00 (-eV)

8 392.42

6.10 Lattice Constant

330.04 pm361.49 pm

228.58 891.25

6.11 Lattice Angles

π/2, π/2, π/2

6.12 Lattice C/A Ratio

NANA

1.567 1.886

7 Mechanical

7.1 Density

7.1.1 Density At Room Temperature

8.57 g/cm³8.96 g/cm³

0.534 40.7

7.1.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)

NA8.02 g/cm3

0.512 20

7.2 Tensile Strength

330.00 MPaNA

2.5 11000

7.3 Viscosity

NANA

0.001526 0.001526

7.4 Vapor Pressure

7.4.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K

NA1.53 (Pa)

2.47E-11 121

7.4.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K

0.00 (Pa)NA

2.62E-10 774

7.5 Elasticity properties

7.5.1 Shear Modulus

38.00 GPa48.00 GPa

1.3 222

7.5.2 Bulk Modulus

170.00 GPa140.00 GPa

1.6 462

7.5.3 Young's Modulus

105.00 GPa120.00 GPa

1.7 528

7.6 Poisson Ratio

0.400.34

0.032 0.47

7.7 Other Mechanical Properties

Ductile, Malleable

8 Magnetic

8.1 Magnetic Characteristics

8.1.1 Specific Gravity

8.578.89

0.53 4500

8.1.2 Magnetic Ordering

Paramagnetic

Diamagnetic

8.1.3 Permeability

NA1.256629 * 10^-6 H/m

1.25643E-06 0.0063

8.1.4 Susceptibility

NA-9.63 * 10^-6

-0.000166 200000

8.2 Electrical Properties

8.2.1 Electrical Property

Conductor

8.2.2 Resistivity

152.00 nΩ·m16.78 nΩ·m

0.18 961

8.2.3 Electrical Conductivity

0.07 10⁶/cm Ω0.60 10⁶/cm Ω

0.00666 0.63

8.2.4 Electron Affinity

86.10 kJ/mol222.80 kJ/mol

0 222.8

9 Thermal

9.1 Specific Heat

0.26 J/(kg K)0.38 J/(kg K)

0.11 3.6

9.2 Molar Heat Capacity

24.60 J/mol·K24.44 J/mol·K

16.443 62.7

9.3 Thermal Conductivity

53.70 W/m·K401.00 W/m·K

6.3 429

9.4 Critical Temperature

NANA

26.3 3223

9.5 Thermal Expansion

7.30 µm/(m·K)16.50 µm/(m·K)

4.5 97

9.6 Enthalpy

9.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization

696.60 kJ/mol283.70 kJ/mol

7.32 799.1

9.6.2 Enthalpy of Fusion

27.20 kJ/mol7.11 kJ/mol

2.1 35.23

9.6.3 Enthalpy of Atomization

745.00 kJ/mol338.90 kJ/mol

61.5 837

9.7 Standard Molar Entropy

36.40 J/mol.K33.20 J/mol.K

9.5 198.1

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