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Potassium Properties



Physical
0

Melting Point
63.65 °C 77

Boiling Point
774.00 °C 72

Hardness
0

Mohs Hardness
0.40 23

Brinell Hardness
0.36 MPa 54

Vickers Hardness
Not Available 0

Optical Properties
0

Refractive Index
Not Available 0

Reflectivity
Not Available 0

Speed of Sound
2,000.00 m/s 45

Allotropes
No 0

α Allotropes
Not Available 0

β Allotropes
Not Available 0

γ Allotropes
Not Available 0

Chemical
0

Chemical Formula
K 0

Isotopes
0

Known Isotopes
20 19

Electronegativity
0

Pauling Electronegativity
0.82 51

Sanderson Electronegativity
0.45 31

Allred Rochow Electronegativity
0.91 39

Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
0.73 23

Allen Electronegativity
0.73 45

Electropositivity
0

Pauling Electropositivity
3.18 3

Ionization Energies
0

1st Energy Level
418.80 kJ/mol 87

2nd Energy Level
3,052.00 kJ/mol 5

3rd Energy Level
4,420.00 kJ/mol 8

Electrochemical Equivalent
1.46 g/amp-hr 47

Electron Work Function
2.30 eV 44

Other Chemical Properties
Chemical Stability, Flammability, Ionization, Solubility 0

Mechanical
0

Density
0

Density At Room Temperature
0.86 g/cm3 83

Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
0.83 g/cm3 59

Vapor Pressure
0

Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
Not Available 0

Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
Not Available 0

Tensile Strength
Not Available 0

Viscosity
Not Available 0

Elasticity properties
0

Shear Modulus
1.30 GPa 52

Bulk Modulus
3.10 GPa 48

Young's Modulus
3.53 GPa 56

Poisson Ratio
Not Available 0

Other Mechanical Properties
NA 0

Periodic Table
0

Symbol
K 0

Group Number
1 17

Period Number
4 4

Block
s block 0

Element Family
Alkali 0

Atomic
0

Atomic Number
19 87

Atomic Weight
39.10 amu 81

Atomic Volume
45.46 cm3/mol 3

Electron Configuration
[Ar] 4s1 0

Valence Electron Potential
10.40 (-eV) 63

Atom
0

Number of Protons
19 86

Number of Neutrons
20 64

Number of Electrons
19 86

Crystal Structure
Body Centered Cubic (BCC) 0

Crystal Lattice
BCC-Crystal-Structure-.jpg#100 0

Radius of an Atom
0

Atomic Radius
227.00 pm 3

Covalent Radius
203.00 pm 9

Van der Waals Radius
275.00 pm 5

Lattice Constant
532.80 pm 12

Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2 0

Lattice C/A Ratio
Not Available 0

Adjacent Atomic Numbers
0

Next Element
12 0

Previous Element
17 0

Magnetic
0

Electrical Properties
0

Resistivity
72.00 nΩ·m 37

Electrical Conductivity
0.14 106/cm Ω 14

Electron Affinity
48.40 kJ/mol 22

Electrical Property
Conductor 0

Magnetic Characteristics
0

Specific Gravity
0.86 69

Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic 0

Permeability
Not Available 0

Susceptibility
Not Available 0

Thermal
0

Specific Heat
0.75 J/(kg K) 6

Thermal Conductivity
102.50 W/m·K 15

Critical Temperature
2,223.00 K 3

Molar Heat Capacity
29.60 J/mol·K 6

Thermal Expansion
83.30 µm/(m·K) 3

Standard Molar Entropy
64.70 J/mol.K 18

Enthalpy
0

Enthalpy of Vaporization
77.50 kJ/mol 55

Enthalpy of Fusion
2.32 kJ/mol 60

Enthalpy of Atomization
89.50 kJ/mol 58

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