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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Pd
K
1.2 Group Number
101
Gadolinium
0 17
1.3 Period Number
54
Lithium
2 7
1.4 Block
d block
s block
1.5 Element Family
Transition Metal
Alkali
1.6 CAS Number
74400537440097
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
1.7 Space Group Name
Fm_ 3m
Im_ 3m
1.8 Space Group Number
225.00229.00
Plutonium
11 229
2 Facts
2.1 Interesting Facts
  • Palladium alloys are used for Jewelry contains (95% Palladium and 5% Ruthenium)
  • In the late 1800s, Palladium metal used have more economical value than the Platinum metal.
  • Palladium element is known as a good catalyst
  • In the list of most abundant element Potassium is ranked 7th.
  • Potassium can easily be sliced (chopped) down using knife.
2.2 Sources
Ores of metals
Found in Minerals, Mining
2.3 History
2.3.1 Who Discovered
William Hyde Wollaston
Humphry Davy
2.3.2 Discovery
In 1803
In 1807
2.4 Abundance
2.4.1 Abundance In Universe
2 * 10-7 %3 * 10-4 %
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
2.4.2 Abundance In Sun
~0.0000003 %~0.0004 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
2.4.3 Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %0.07 %
Gold
1.7E-07 22
2.4.4 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %1.50 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
2.4.5 Abundance In Oceans
NA0.04 %
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
2.4.6 Abundance In Humans
NA0.20 %
Radium
1E-13 1.4
3 Uses
3.1 Uses & Benefits
  • Mostly palladium metal is used in catalytic converters. In electronic industry it is used in ceramic capacitors of mobile and computer.
  • It is used in jewellery and dental fillings and crowns.
  • Potassium’s compounds are in high demand for their application in Fertilizer manufacturing.
  • Potassium carbonate is used in glass manufacturing and Potassium carbonate in manufacturing detergent and body wash.
3.1.1 Industrial Uses
Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry, Electronic Industry
Ammunition Industry, Chemical Industry
3.1.2 Medical Uses
Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Industry, Surgical Instruments Manufacturing
Pharmaceutical Industry
3.1.3 Other Uses
Coinage, Bullion, Jewellery
NA
3.2 Biological Properties
3.2.1 Toxicity
Toxic
Toxic
3.2.2 Present in Human Body
3.2.3 In Blood
NA1,620.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium
0 1970
3.2.4 In Bone
NA2,100.00 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
4 Physical
4.1 Melting Point
1,554.90 °C63.65 °C
Francium
27 3410
4.2 Boiling Point
2,963.00 °C774.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
4.3 Appearance
4.3.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
4.3.2 Color
Silver
Silvery Gray
4.3.3 Luster
Metallic
NA
4.4 Hardness
4.4.1 Mohs Hardness
4.750.40
Cesium
0.2 8.5
4.4.2 Brinell Hardness
320.00 MPa0.36 MPa
Cesium
0.14 3490
4.4.3 Vickers Hardness
121.00 MPaNA
Gold
121 3430
4.5 Speed of Sound
3,070.00 m/s2,000.00 m/s
Thallium
818 16200
4.6 Optical Properties
4.6.1 Refractive Index
1.72NA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
4.6.2 Reflectivity
84.00 %NA
Molybdenum
58 97
4.7 Allotropes
4.7.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
4.7.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
4.7.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
5 Chemical
5.1 Chemical Formula
Pd
K
5.2 Isotopes
5.2.1 Known Isotopes
3820
Tennessine
0 38
5.3 Electronegativity
5.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity
2.200.82
Francium
0.7 2.54
5.3.2 Sanderson Electronegativity
NA0.45
Cesium
0.22 2.56
5.3.3 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.350.91
Cesium
0.86 1.82
5.3.4 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
NA0.73
Cesium
0.62 2.48
5.3.5 Allen Electronegativity
1.590.73
Cesium
0.659 2.7
5.4 Electropositivity
5.4.1 Pauling Electropositivity
1.803.18
Gold
1.46 3.3
5.5 Ionization Energies
5.5.1 1st Energy Level
520.23 kJ/mol418.80 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
5.5.2 2nd Energy Level
7,298.22 kJ/mol3,052.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
5.5.3 3rd Energy Level
11,815.13 kJ/mol4,420.00 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
5.5.4 4th Energy Level
NA5,877.00 kJ/mol
Thorium
2780 37066
5.5.5 5th Energy Level
NA7,975.00 kJ/mol
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
5.5.6 6th Energy Level
NA9,590.00 kJ/mol
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
5.5.7 7th Energy level
NA11,343.00 kJ/mol
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
5.5.8 8th Energy Level
NA14,944.00 kJ/mol
Hassium
8857.4 125300
5.5.9 9th Energy Level
NA16,963.70 kJ/mol
Yttrium
14110 134700
5.5.10 10th Energy Level
NA48,610.00 kJ/mol
Strontium
17100 144300
5.5.11 11th Energy Level
NA54,490.00 kJ/mol
Yttrium
19900 169988
5.5.12 12th Energy Level
NA60,730.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum
22219 189368
5.5.13 13th Energy Level
NA68,950.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum
26930 76015
5.5.14 14th Energy Level
NA75,900.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum
29196 86450
5.5.15 15th Energy Level
NA83,080.00 kJ/mol
Manganese
41987 97510
5.5.16 16th Energy Level
NA93,400.00 kJ/mol
Iron
47206 109480
5.5.17 17th Energy Level
NA99,710.00 kJ/mol
Cobalt
52737 122200
5.5.18 18th Energy Level
NANA
Nickel
58570 134810
5.5.19 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper
64702 148700
5.5.20 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
5.5.21 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
5.5.22 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
5.5.23 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
5.5.24 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
5.5.25 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
5.5.26 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
5.5.27 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
5.5.28 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
5.5.29 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
5.5.30 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
5.6 Electrochemical Equivalent
1.99 g/amp-hr1.46 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
5.7 Electron Work Function
5.12 eV2.30 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
5.8 Other Chemical Properties
Chemical Stability, Corrosion, Ionization, Solubility
Chemical Stability, Flammability, Ionization, Solubility
6 Atomic
6.1 Atomic Number
4619
Lithium
3 117
6.2 Electron Configuration
[Kr] 4d10
[Ar] 4s1
6.3 Crystal Structure
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
6.3.1 Crystal Lattice
6.4 Atom
6.4.1 Number of Protons
4619
Lithium
3 117
6.4.2 Number of Neutrons
6020
Lithium
4 184
6.4.3 Number of Electrons
4619
Lithium
3 117
6.5 Radius of an Atom
6.5.1 Atomic Radius
137.00 pm227.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
6.5.2 Covalent Radius
139.00 pm203.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
6.5.3 Van der Waals Radius
163.00 pm275.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
6.6 Atomic Weight
106.42 amu39.10 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
6.7 Atomic Volume
8.90 cm3/mol45.46 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
6.8 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
6.8.1 Previous Element
6.8.2 Next Element
6.9 Valence Electron Potential
33.00 (-eV)10.40 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
6.10 Lattice Constant
389.07 pm532.80 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
6.11 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
π/2, π/2, π/2
6.12 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
7 Mechanical
7.1 Density
7.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
12.02 g/cm30.86 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
7.1.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
10.38 g/cm30.83 g/cm3
Lithium
0.512 20
7.2 Tensile Strength
NANA
Indium
2.5 11000
7.3 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
7.4 Vapor Pressure
7.4.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
0.00 (Pa)NA
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
7.4.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
0.00 (Pa)NA
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
7.5 Elasticity properties
7.5.1 Shear Modulus
44.00 GPa1.30 GPa
Iron
1.3 222
7.5.2 Bulk Modulus
180.00 GPa3.10 GPa
Cesium
1.6 462
7.5.3 Young's Modulus
121.00 GPa3.53 GPa
Cesium
1.7 528
7.6 Poisson Ratio
0.39NA
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
7.7 Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile, Malleable, Weldable
NA
8 Magnetic
8.1 Magnetic Characteristics
8.1.1 Specific Gravity
12.020.86
Lithium
0.53 4500
8.1.2 Magnetic Ordering
Diamagnetic
Paramagnetic
8.1.3 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
8.1.4 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
8.2 Electrical Properties
8.2.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
Conductor
8.2.2 Resistivity
105.40 nΩ·m72.00 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
8.2.3 Electrical Conductivity
0.10 106/cm Ω0.14 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
8.2.4 Electron Affinity
54.23 kJ/mol48.40 kJ/mol
Mercury
0 222.8
9 Thermal
9.1 Specific Heat
0.24 J/(kg K)0.75 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
9.2 Molar Heat Capacity
25.98 J/mol·K29.60 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
9.3 Thermal Conductivity
71.80 W/m·K102.50 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
9.4 Critical Temperature
NA2,223.00 K
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
9.5 Thermal Expansion
11.80 µm/(m·K)83.30 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
9.6 Enthalpy
9.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
376.60 kJ/mol77.50 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
9.6.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
16.74 kJ/mol2.32 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
9.6.3 Enthalpy of Atomization
393.30 kJ/mol89.50 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
9.7 Standard Molar Entropy
37.60 J/mol.K64.70 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1