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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
K
Cu
1.2 Group Number
111
Gadolinium Metal
0 17
1.4 Period Number
44
Lithium Metal
2 7
1.5 Block
s block
d block
1.6 Element Family
Alkali
Transition Metal
1.7 CAS Number
74400977440508
Aluminium Metal
7429905 54386242
1.3 Space Group Name
Im_ 3m
Fm_ 3m
1.4 Space Group Number
229.00225.00
Plutonium Metal
11 229
2 Facts
2.1 Interesting Facts
  • In the list of most abundant element Potassium is ranked 7th.
  • Potassium can easily be sliced (chopped) down using knife.
  • 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.
2.3 Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining
Found in Minerals
2.4 History
2.4.1 Who Discovered
Humphry Davy
Unknown
2.5.1 Discovery
In 1807
In Middle East (9000 BCE)
2.6 Abundance
2.6.1 Abundance In Universe
3 * 10-4 %6 * 10-6 %
Thallium Metal
5E-09 0.11
3.6.1 Abundance In Sun
~0.0004 %~0.00007 %
Beryllium Metal
1E-08 0.1
3.10.1 Abundance In Meteorites
0.07 %0.01 %
Gold Metal
1.7E-07 22
5.7.1 Abundance In Earth's Crust
1.50 %0.01 %
Radium Metal
9.9E-12 8.1
6.1.2 Abundance In Oceans
0.04 %0.00 %
Protactinium Metal
2E-23 1.1
7.6.2 Abundance In Humans
0.20 %0.00 %
Radium Metal
1E-13 1.4
8 Uses
8.1 Uses & Benefits
  • 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.
  • 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.
8.1.1 Industrial Uses
Ammunition Industry, Chemical Industry
Chemical Industry, Electronic Industry
8.1.2 Medical Uses
Pharmaceutical Industry
NA
8.1.3 Other Uses
NA
Alloys, Coinage, Jewellery
8.2 Biological Properties
8.2.1 Toxicity
Toxic
Non Toxic
8.2.2 Present in Human Body
8.2.3 In Blood
1,620.00 Blood/mg dm-31.01 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium Metal
0 1970
8.2.4 In Bone
2,100.00 p.p.m.26.00 p.p.m.
Plutonium Metal
0 170000
9 Physical
9.1 Melting Point
63.65 °C1,084.62 °C
Francium Metal
27 3410
10.4 Boiling Point
774.00 °C2,562.00 °C
Flerovium Metal
147 5660
11.3 Appearance
11.3.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
11.3.2 Color
Silvery Gray
Copper
11.3.3 Luster
NA
NA
11.4 Hardness
11.4.1 Mohs Hardness
0.403.00
Cesium Metal
0.2 8.5
1.3.1 Brinell Hardness
0.36 MPa235.00 MPa
Cesium Metal
0.14 3490
1.6.2 Vickers Hardness
NA343.00 MPa
Palladium Metal
121 3430
1.9 Speed of Sound
2,000.00 m/s3,810.00 m/s
Thallium Metal
818 16200
3.2 Optical Properties
3.2.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury Metal
1.000933 1.7229
3.5.2 Reflectivity
NA90.00 %
Molybdenum Metal
58 97
3.9 Allotropes
3.9.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
3.9.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
3.9.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
4 Chemical
4.1 Chemical Formula
K
Cu
4.2 Isotopes
4.2.1 Known Isotopes
2029
Tennessine Metal
0 38
5.2 Electronegativity
5.2.1 Pauling Electronegativity
0.821.90
Francium Metal
0.7 2.54
6.2.7 Sanderson Electronegativity
0.451.98
Cesium Metal
0.22 2.56
8.1.1 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
0.911.75
Cesium Metal
0.86 1.82
8.3.4 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
0.731.49
Cesium Metal
0.62 2.48
8.7.1 Allen Electronegativity
0.731.85
Cesium Metal
0.659 2.7
9.2 Electropositivity
9.2.1 Pauling Electropositivity
3.182.10
Gold Metal
1.46 3.3
10.3 Ionization Energies
10.3.1 1st Energy Level
418.80 kJ/mol745.50 kJ/mol
Cesium Metal
375.7 26130
10.6.3 2nd Energy Level
3,052.00 kJ/mol1,957.90 kJ/mol
Ruthenium Metal
710.2162 28750
10.8.2 3rd Energy Level
4,420.00 kJ/mol3,555.00 kJ/mol
Osmium Metal
1600 34230
11.3.4 4th Energy Level
5,877.00 kJ/mol5,536.00 kJ/mol
Thorium Metal
2780 37066
11.6.2 5th Energy Level
7,975.00 kJ/mol7,700.00 kJ/mol
Dubnium Metal
4305.2 97510
11.6.6 6th Energy Level
9,590.00 kJ/mol9,900.00 kJ/mol
Seaborgium Metal
5715.8 105800
11.6.8 7th Energy level
11,343.00 kJ/mol13,400.00 kJ/mol
Bohrium Metal
7226.8 114300
11.7.3 8th Energy Level
14,944.00 kJ/mol16,000.00 kJ/mol
Hassium Metal
8857.4 125300
11.8.2 9th Energy Level
16,963.70 kJ/mol19,200.00 kJ/mol
Yttrium Metal
14110 134700
11.8.5 10th Energy Level
48,610.00 kJ/mol22,400.00 kJ/mol
Strontium Metal
17100 144300
11.8.10 11th Energy Level
54,490.00 kJ/mol25,600.00 kJ/mol
Yttrium Metal
19900 169988
11.8.12 12th Energy Level
60,730.00 kJ/mol35,600.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum Metal
22219 189368
11.8.16 13th Energy Level
68,950.00 kJ/mol38,700.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum Metal
26930 76015
11.10.4 14th Energy Level
75,900.00 kJ/mol42,000.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum Metal
29196 86450
11.11.3 15th Energy Level
83,080.00 kJ/mol46,700.00 kJ/mol
Manganese Metal
41987 97510
11.11.7 16th Energy Level
93,400.00 kJ/mol50,200.00 kJ/mol
Iron Metal
47206 109480
11.11.10 17th Energy Level
99,710.00 kJ/mol53,700.00 kJ/mol
Cobalt Metal
52737 122200
11.11.12 18th Energy Level
NA61,100.00 kJ/mol
Nickel Metal
58570 134810
11.11.16 19th Energy Level
NA64,702.00 kJ/mol
Zinc
64702 148700
11.11.19 20th Energy Level
NA163,700.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum Metal
80400 171200
11.11.21 21st Energy Level
NA174,100.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum Metal
87000 179100
11.11.25 22nd Energy Level
NA184,900.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum Metal
93400 184900
11.11.26 23rd Energy Level
NA198,800.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum Metal
98420 198800
11.11.28 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
104400 195200
11.11.32 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
121900 121900
11.12.1 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
127700 127700
11.12.4 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
133800 133800
11.12.6 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
139800 139800
11.12.9 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
148100 148100
11.13.2 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
154500 154500
11.14 Electrochemical Equivalent
1.46 g/amp-hr1.19 g/amp-hr
Beryllium Metal
0.16812 8.3209
12.2 Electron Work Function
2.30 eV4.65 eV
Cesium Metal
2.14 5.65
12.3 Other Chemical Properties
Chemical Stability, Flammability, Ionization, Solubility
Chemical Stability, Corrosion, Ionization, Solubility
13 Atomic
13.1 Atomic Number
1929
Lithium Metal
3 117
13.5 Electron Configuration
[Ar] 4s1
[Ar] 3d10 4s1
13.6 Crystal Structure
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
13.6.1 Crystal Lattice
13.7 Atom
13.7.1 Number of Protons
1929
Lithium Metal
3 117
13.7.8 Number of Neutrons
2035
Lithium Metal
4 184
13.7.17 Number of Electrons
1929
Lithium Metal
3 117
13.9 Radius of an Atom
13.9.1 Atomic Radius
227.00 pm128.00 pm
Beryllium Metal
112 265
13.9.8 Covalent Radius
203.00 pm132.00 pm
Beryllium Metal
96 260
13.12.1 Van der Waals Radius
275.00 pm140.00 pm
Zinc Metal
139 348
13.16 Atomic Weight
39.10 amu63.55 amu
Lithium Metal
6.94 294
15.2 Atomic Volume
45.46 cm3/mol7.10 cm3/mol
Manganese Metal
1.39 71.07
15.6 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
15.6.1 Previous Element
15.6.2 Next Element
15.8 Valence Electron Potential
10.40 (-eV)34.00 (-eV)
Francium Metal
8 392.42
15.13 Lattice Constant
532.80 pm361.49 pm
Beryllium Metal
228.58 891.25
16.2 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
π/2, π/2, π/2
16.3 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium Metal
1.567 1.886
17 Mechanical
17.1 Density
17.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
0.86 g/cm38.96 g/cm3
Lithium Metal
0.534 40.7
17.2.6 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
0.83 g/cm38.02 g/cm3
Lithium Metal
0.512 20
18.4 Tensile Strength
NANA
Indium Metal
2.5 11000
18.7 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury Metal
0.001526 0.001526
19.2 Vapor Pressure
19.2.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
NA1.53 (Pa)
Cerium Metal
2.47E-11 121
20.2.3 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
NANA
Tungsten Metal
2.62E-10 774
21.5 Elasticity properties
21.5.1 Shear Modulus
1.30 GPa48.00 GPa
Palladium
1.3 222
21.12.1 Bulk Modulus
3.10 GPa140.00 GPa
Cesium Metal
1.6 462
22.4.1 Young's Modulus
3.53 GPa120.00 GPa
Cesium Metal
1.7 528
22.8 Poisson Ratio
NA0.34
Beryllium Metal
0.032 0.47
22.12 Other Mechanical Properties
NA
Ductile, Malleable
23 Magnetic
23.1 Magnetic Characteristics
23.1.1 Specific Gravity
0.868.89
Lithium Metal
0.53 4500
24.3.4 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Diamagnetic
24.3.5 Permeability
NA1.256629 * 10-6 H/m
Bismuth Metal
1.25643E-06 0.0063
24.3.9 Susceptibility
NA-9.63 * 10-6
Bismuth Metal
-0.000166 200000
24.6 Electrical Properties
24.6.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
Conductor
24.6.2 Resistivity
72.00 nΩ·m16.78 nΩ·m
Thallium Metal
0.18 961
25.2.1 Electrical Conductivity
0.14 106/cm Ω0.60 106/cm Ω
Plutonium Metal
0.00666 0.63
26.1.3 Electron Affinity
48.40 kJ/mol222.80 kJ/mol
Mercury Metal
0 222.8
27 Thermal
27.1 Specific Heat
0.75 J/(kg K)0.38 J/(kg K)
Americium Metal
0.11 3.6
27.5 Molar Heat Capacity
29.60 J/mol·K24.44 J/mol·K
Beryllium Metal
16.443 62.7
28.3 Thermal Conductivity
102.50 W/m·K401.00 W/m·K
Neptunium Metal
6.3 429
28.5 Critical Temperature
2,223.00 KNA
Ytterbium Metal
26.3 3223
28.8 Thermal Expansion
83.30 µm/(m·K)16.50 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten Metal
4.5 97
29.2 Enthalpy
29.2.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
77.50 kJ/mol283.70 kJ/mol
Zinc Metal
7.32 799.1
29.4.1 Enthalpy of Fusion
2.32 kJ/mol7.11 kJ/mol
Cesium Metal
2.1 35.23
29.7.1 Enthalpy of Atomization
89.50 kJ/mol338.90 kJ/mol
Mercury Metal
61.5 837
29.8 Standard Molar Entropy
64.70 J/mol.K33.20 J/mol.K
Beryllium Metal
9.5 198.1