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Osmium vs Protactinium

1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Os
Pa
1.2 Group Number
8NA
Gadolinium
0 17
2.5 Period Number
67
Lithium
2 7
2.6 Block
d block
f block
2.7 Element Family
Transition Metal
Actinide
2.8 CAS Number
74400427440133
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
2.11 Space Group Name
P63/mmc
I4/mmm
2.12 Space Group Number
194.00139.00
Plutonium
11 229
3 Facts
3.1 Interesting Facts
  • Osmium metal does not oxidize in air unless it is heated.
  • But if it heated den it forms Osmium Tetroxide, which is highly toxic.
  • Protactinium metal has 29 isotopes.
  • Isotopes of Protactinium-231 used in nuclear weapon.
3.2 Sources
Found As a By-product, Found in Minerals, Mining
Found in Uranium Ores, Mining, Ores of metals
3.3 History
3.3.1 Who Discovered
Smithson Tennant
William Crookes
3.3.2 Discovery
In 1803
In 1900
3.4 Abundance
3.4.1 Abundance In Universe
3 * 10-7 %NA
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
4.1.2 Abundance In Sun
~0.0000002 %~-9999 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
4.1.4 Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %NA
Gold
1.7E-07 22
4.1.7 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %0.00 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
5.3.1 Abundance In Oceans
NA0.00 %
Tin
2E-23 1.1
5.4.1 Abundance In Humans
NANA
Radium
1E-13 1.4
7 Uses
7.1 Uses & Benefits
  • Its has very limited uses and its alloys are very hard and are used in the manufacturing of pen tips, pivots, needles and electrical contacts.
  • It is also used as industrial catalyst to speed up the chemical reaction.
  • Currently known uses of Protactinium metal are limited to research purpose only.
7.1.1 Industrial Uses
Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
NA
7.1.2 Medical Uses
NA
NA
7.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
NA
7.2 Biological Properties
7.2.1 Toxicity
Highly Toxic
Highly Toxic
7.2.2 Present in Human Body
7.2.3 In Blood
NA0.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium
0 1970
7.3.1 In Bone
NA0.00 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
8 Physical
8.1 Melting Point
3,045.00 °C1,568.00 °C
Francium
27 3410
8.4 Boiling Point
5,027.00 °C4,027.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
8.5 Appearance
8.5.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
8.5.2 Color
Silvery Bluish-Gray
Silver
8.5.3 Luster
Metallic
Metallic
8.6 Hardness
8.6.1 Mohs Hardness
7.00NA
Cesium
0.2 8.5
8.6.4 Brinell Hardness
3,490.00 MPaNA
Cesium
0.14 3490
8.8.1 Vickers Hardness
NANA
Palladium
121 3430
9.3 Speed of Sound
4,940.00 m/sNA
Thallium
818 16200
10.3 Optical Properties
10.3.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
10.3.3 Reflectivity
NANA
Molybdenum
58 97
10.6 Allotropes
10.6.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
10.6.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
10.6.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
11 Chemical
11.1 Chemical Formula
Os
Pa
11.2 Isotopes
11.2.1 Known Isotopes
3527
Tennessine
0 38
11.3 Electronegativity
11.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity
2.201.50
Francium
0.7 2.54
11.3.4 Sanderson Electronegativity
NANA
Cesium
0.22 2.56
11.3.7 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.521.14
Cesium
0.86 1.82
12.0.9 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
NANA
Cesium
0.62 2.48
12.2.2 Allen Electronegativity
1.65NA
Cesium
0.659 2.7
12.5 Electropositivity
12.5.1 Pauling Electropositivity
1.802.50
Gold
1.46 3.3
12.7 Ionization Energies
12.7.1 1st Energy Level
840.00 kJ/mol568.00 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
12.7.3 2nd Energy Level
1,309.80 kJ/mol1,128.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
12.8.2 3rd Energy Level
1,600.00 kJ/mol1,814.00 kJ/mol
Tin
1600 34230
12.9.1 4th Energy Level
NA2,991.00 kJ/mol
Thorium
2780 37066
12.9.4 5th Energy Level
NANA
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
12.10.3 6th Energy Level
NANA
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
12.10.5 7th Energy level
NANA
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
12.10.7 8th Energy Level
NANA
Hassium
8857.4 125300
12.10.9 9th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium
14110 134700
12.10.12 10th Energy Level
NANA
Strontium
17100 144300
12.11.1 11th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium
19900 169988
12.11.3 12th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
22219 189368
12.11.5 13th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
26930 76015
12.11.7 14th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
29196 86450
12.11.8 15th Energy Level
NANA
Manganese
41987 97510
12.11.10 16th Energy Level
NANA
Iron
47206 109480
12.11.12 17th Energy Level
NANA
Cobalt
52737 122200
12.11.14 18th Energy Level
NANA
Nickel
58570 134810
12.11.16 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper
64702 148700
12.11.18 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
12.11.20 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
12.11.21 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
12.11.23 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
12.11.25 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
12.11.27 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
12.11.29 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
12.11.31 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
12.11.33 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
12.11.35 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
12.11.37 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
12.12 Electrochemical Equivalent
1.77 g/amp-hr1.72 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
12.14 Electron Work Function
4.83 eVNA
Cesium
2.14 5.65
12.15 Other Chemical Properties
Chemical Stability, Ionization, Solubility
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity
13 Atomic
13.1 Atomic Number
7691
Lithium
3 117
14.2 Electron Configuration
[Xe] 4f14 5d6 6s2
[Rn] 5f2 6d1 7s2
14.3 Crystal Structure
Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP)
Tetragonal (TETR)
14.3.1 Crystal Lattice
14.4 Atom
14.4.1 Number of Protons
7691
Lithium
3 117
14.6.1 Number of Neutrons
114122
Lithium
4 184
14.7.2 Number of Electrons
7691
Lithium
3 117
14.8 Radius of an Atom
14.8.1 Atomic Radius
133.80 pm163.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
14.8.3 Covalent Radius
NA200.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
14.8.4 Van der Waals Radius
216.00 pm243.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
14.10 Atomic Weight
190.23 amu231.04 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
14.11 Atomic Volume
8.49 cm3/mol15.00 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
14.13 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
14.13.1 Previous Element
14.13.2 Next Element
14.14 Valence Electron Potential
91.40 (-eV)92.00 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
14.16 Lattice Constant
273.44 pm392.50 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
14.17 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
π/2, π/2, π/2
14.18 Lattice C/A Ratio
1.58NA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
15 Mechanical
15.1 Density
15.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
22.59 g/cm315.37 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
15.2.1 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
20.00 g/cm3NA
Lithium
0.512 20
15.5 Tensile Strength
1,000.00 MPaNA
Indium
2.5 11000
16.2 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
16.3 Vapor Pressure
16.3.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
NANA
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
16.3.3 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
0.00 (Pa)NA
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
16.4 Elasticity properties
16.4.1 Shear Modulus
222.00 GPaNA
Potassium
1.3 222
16.5.1 Bulk Modulus
462.00 GPaNA
Cesium
1.6 462
16.7.2 Young's Modulus
NANA
Cesium
1.7 528
16.8 Poisson Ratio
0.25NA
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
16.10 Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile
Unknown
17 Magnetic
17.1 Magnetic Characteristics
17.1.1 Specific Gravity
22.5715.37
Lithium
0.53 4500
17.1.3 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Paramagnetic
17.1.4 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
17.1.5 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
17.2 Electrical Properties
17.2.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
Conductor
17.2.2 Resistivity
81.20 nΩ·m177.00 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
17.3.1 Electrical Conductivity
0.11 106/cm Ω0.05 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
18.1.2 Electron Affinity
106.10 kJ/molNA
Mercury
0 222.8
19 Thermal
19.1 Specific Heat
0.13 J/(kg K)0.12 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
19.3 Molar Heat Capacity
24.70 J/mol·KNA
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
19.4 Thermal Conductivity
87.60 W/m·K47.00 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
19.5 Critical Temperature
NANA
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
19.6 Thermal Expansion
5.10 µm/(m·K)9.90 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
20.2 Enthalpy
20.2.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
627.60 kJ/molNA
Zinc
7.32 799.1
20.3.1 Enthalpy of Fusion
29.30 kJ/mol12.34 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
20.4.1 Enthalpy of Atomization
669.00 kJ/molNA
Mercury
61.5 837
20.6 Standard Molar Entropy
32.60 J/mol.K198.10 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1