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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Nb
Pb
1.2 Group Number
514
Gadolinium
0 17
1.3 Period Number
56
Lithium
2 7
1.5 Block
d block
p block
1.6 Element Family
Transition Metal
Post-​Transition
1.7 CAS Number
74400317439921
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
1.11 Space Group Name
Im_ 3m
Fm_ 3m
1.12 Space Group Number
229.00225.00
Plutonium
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).
  • Galena mineral contains almost 87% of Lead metal in it, Galena is sulfide mineral.
  • The best available source of Lead metal today is by recycling automobile batteries.
2.2 Sources
By-product of Tin Extraction, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals
2.3 History
2.3.1 Who Discovered
Charles Hatchett
Unknown
2.3.2 Discovery
In 1801
In Middle Easterns (7000 BCE)
2.4 Abundance
2.4.1 Abundance In Universe
2 * 10-7 %1 * 10-6 %
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
2.5.2 Abundance In Sun
~0.0000004 %~0.000001 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
2.5.4 Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %0.00 %
Gold
1.7E-07 22
1.2.1 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %0.00 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
1.2.3 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %0.00 %
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
1.3.2 Abundance In Humans
NA0.00 %
Radium
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 also used in insecticides, hair dyes and as an anti-knocking additive for petrol. But all these are banned by the government as Lead metal is known for detrimental to health.
3.1.3 Industrial Uses
Aerospace Industry, Ammunition Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Chemical Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
3.1.5 Medical Uses
NA
Surgical Instruments Manufacturing
3.2.2 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys
3.3 Biological Properties
3.3.1 Toxicity
Low Toxic
Toxic
3.3.3 Present in Human Body
3.3.5 In Blood
0.01 Blood/mg dm-30.21 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium
0 1970
3.3.6 In Bone
0.07 p.p.m.30.00 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
4 Physical
4.1 Melting Point
2,468.00 °C327.50 °C
Francium
27 3410
6.5 Boiling Point
2,468.00 °C1,740.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
6.7 Appearance
6.7.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
6.7.2 Color
Gray
Gray
6.7.3 Luster
Metallic
Metallic
6.8 Hardness
6.8.1 Mohs Hardness
6.001.50
Cesium
0.2 8.5
6.10.3 Brinell Hardness
735.00 MPa38.00 MPa
Cesium
0.14 3490
6.10.6 Vickers Hardness
870.00 MPaNA
Palladium
121 3430
6.11 Speed of Sound
3,480.00 m/s1,190.00 m/s
Thallium
818 16200
6.13 Optical Properties
6.13.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
7.2.2 Reflectivity
NANA
Molybdenum
58 97
7.4 Allotropes
7.4.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
7.4.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
7.4.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
8 Chemical
8.1 Chemical Formula
Nb
Pb
8.2 Isotopes
8.2.1 Known Isotopes
1735
Tennessine
0 38
9.3 Electronegativity
9.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity
1.601.87
Francium
0.7 2.54
10.2.2 Sanderson Electronegativity
1.422.29
Cesium
0.22 2.56
10.3.2 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.231.55
Cesium
0.86 1.82
10.3.3 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
NA2.41
Cesium
0.62 2.48
10.5.3 Allen Electronegativity
1.411.85
Cesium
0.659 2.7
10.6 Electropositivity
10.6.1 Pauling Electropositivity
2.401.67
Gold
1.46 3.3
10.7 Ionization Energies
10.7.1 1st Energy Level
652.10 kJ/mol715.60 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
10.8.2 2nd Energy Level
1,380.00 kJ/mol1,450.50 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
10.9.2 3rd Energy Level
2,416.00 kJ/mol3,081.50 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
10.10.2 4th Energy Level
3,700.00 kJ/mol4,083.00 kJ/mol
Thorium
2780 37066
10.11.2 5th Energy Level
4,877.00 kJ/mol6,640.00 kJ/mol
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
10.11.5 6th Energy Level
9,847.00 kJ/molNA
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
11.2.2 7th Energy level
12,100.00 kJ/molNA
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
11.2.4 8th Energy Level
NANA
Hassium
8857.4 125300
11.3.2 9th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium
14110 134700
11.3.4 10th Energy Level
NANA
Strontium
17100 144300
11.3.7 11th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium
19900 169988
11.3.11 12th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
22219 189368
11.3.14 13th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
26930 76015
11.3.16 14th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
29196 86450
11.3.19 15th Energy Level
NANA
Manganese
41987 97510
11.4.2 16th Energy Level
NANA
Iron
47206 109480
11.4.4 17th Energy Level
NANA
Cobalt
52737 122200
11.5.3 18th Energy Level
NANA
Nickel
58570 134810
11.5.7 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper
64702 148700
11.5.10 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
11.5.12 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
11.5.15 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
11.5.17 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
11.5.19 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
11.5.22 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
11.5.24 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
11.5.27 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
11.5.30 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
11.5.32 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
11.5.35 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
11.6 Electrochemical Equivalent
0.69 g/amp-hr3.87 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
11.8 Electron Work Function
4.30 eV4.25 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
11.10 Other Chemical Properties
Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes
12 Atomic
12.1 Atomic Number
4182
Lithium
3 117
13.2 Electron Configuration
[Kr] 4d4 5s1
[Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2 6p2
13.3 Crystal Structure
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
13.3.1 Crystal Lattice
13.4 Atom
13.4.1 Number of Protons
4182
Lithium
3 117
13.7.4 Number of Neutrons
52125
Lithium
4 184
13.8.2 Number of Electrons
4182
Lithium
3 117
13.13 Radius of an Atom
13.13.1 Atomic Radius
146.00 pm175.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
13.15.2 Covalent Radius
164.00 pm146.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
13.15.4 Van der Waals Radius
200.00 pm202.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
14.5 Atomic Weight
92.91 amu207.20 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
14.7 Atomic Volume
10.87 cm3/mol18.17 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
14.9 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
14.9.1 Previous Element
14.9.2 Next Element
14.10 Valence Electron Potential
104.00 (-eV)24.20 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
14.13 Lattice Constant
330.04 pm495.08 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
14.15 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
π/2, π/2, π/2
14.16 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
15 Mechanical
15.1 Density
15.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
8.57 g/cm311.34 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
17.2.5 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
NA10.66 g/cm3
Lithium
0.512 20
17.3 Tensile Strength
330.00 MPa12.00 MPa
Indium
2.5 11000
18.2 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
18.4 Vapor Pressure
18.4.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
NA1.64 (Pa)
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
18.8.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
0.00 (Pa)NA
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
18.10 Elasticity properties
18.10.2 Shear Modulus
38.00 GPa5.60 GPa
Potassium
1.3 222
19.2.2 Bulk Modulus
170.00 GPa46.00 GPa
Cesium
1.6 462
19.5.2 Young's Modulus
105.00 GPa16.00 GPa
Cesium
1.7 528
19.7 Poisson Ratio
0.400.44
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
19.8 Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile, Malleable
Ductile, Malleable
20 Magnetic
20.1 Magnetic Characteristics
20.1.1 Specific Gravity
8.5711.35
Lithium
0.53 4500
20.2.1 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Diamagnetic
20.2.2 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
21.2.2 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
22.3 Electrical Properties
22.3.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
Poor Conductor
22.3.2 Resistivity
152.00 nΩ·m208.00 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
22.4.3 Electrical Conductivity
0.07 106/cm Ω0.05 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
22.5.2 Electron Affinity
86.10 kJ/mol35.10 kJ/mol
Mercury
0 222.8
23 Thermal
23.1 Specific Heat
0.26 J/(kg K)0.13 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
23.2 Molar Heat Capacity
24.60 J/mol·K26.65 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
24.3 Thermal Conductivity
53.70 W/m·K35.30 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
24.7 Critical Temperature
NANA
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
25.2 Thermal Expansion
7.30 µm/(m·K)28.90 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
25.4 Enthalpy
25.4.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
696.60 kJ/mol179.40 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
25.5.1 Enthalpy of Fusion
27.20 kJ/mol4.77 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
25.7.2 Enthalpy of Atomization
745.00 kJ/mol194.60 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
25.10 Standard Molar Entropy
36.40 J/mol.K64.80 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1