Symbol
Pa
Ga
Group Number
313
0
17
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Period Number
74
2
7
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Block
f block
p block
Element Family
Actinide
Post-Transition
CAS Number
74401337440553
7429905
54386242
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Space Group Name
I4/mmm
Cmca
Space Group Number
139.0064.00
11
276
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Interesting Facts
- Protactinium metal has 29 isotopes.
- Isotopes of Protactinium-231 used in nuclear weapon.
- A gram of Gallium metal can be bought for only three dollars.
- Gallium metal found in ores of following things Coal, Bauxite, Diaspore, Sphalerite, Germanite and Zinc.
Sources
Found in Uranium Ores, Mining, Ores of metals
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
History
Who Discovered
William Crookes
Lecoq de Boisbaudran
Discovery
In 1900
In 1875
Abundance
Abundance In Universe
0.00 %0.00 %
0
0.11
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Abundance In Sun
0.00 %0.00 %
0
0.1
👆🏻
Abundance In Meteorites
-0.00 %
0
22
👆🏻
Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %0.00 %
1E-37
8.1
👆🏻
Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %0.00 %
0
1.1
👆🏻
Abundance In Humans
0.00 %0.00 %
0
1.4
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Uses & Benefits
- Currently known uses of Protactinium metal are limited to research purpose only.
- Gallium arsenide is a very important component of many semiconductors and led manufacturing.
- Gallium nitride is also know as a semiconductor and it is used in Blu-ray technology, mobile smartphones and LED.
Industrial Uses
-
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Medical Uses
-
Surgical Instruments Manufacturing
Other Uses
-
Alloys
Biological Properties
Toxicity
Highly Toxic
Non Toxic
Present in Human Body
✔
✘
✔
✘
In Blood
0.00 Blood/mg dm-30.08 Blood/mg dm-3
0
1970
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In Bone
0.00 p.p.m.0.00 p.p.m.
0
170000
👆🏻
Melting Point
1,568.00 °C29.78 °C
-38.83
3410
👆🏻
Boiling Point
4,027.00 °C2,403.00 °C
0
5660
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Appearance
Physical State
Solid
Solid
Color
Silver
Silvery White
Luster
Metallic
Metallic
Hardness
Mohs Hardness
5.001.50
0.2
8.5
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Brinell Hardness
125.00 MPa56.80 MPa
0.14
3490
👆🏻
Vickers Hardness
220.00 MPa111.00 MPa
0
3920
👆🏻
Speed of Sound
12,400.00 m/s2,740.00 m/s
818
16200
👆🏻
Optical Properties
Refractive Index
1.601.81
0.155
3.41
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Reflectivity
60.00 %36.00 %
5
97
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Allotropes
✔
✘
✔
✘
α Allotropes
-
-
β Allotropes
-
-
γ Allotropes
-
-
Chemical Formula
Pa
Ga
Isotopes
Known Isotopes
2724
0
38
👆🏻
Electronegativity
Pauling Electronegativity
1.501.81
0
2.6
👆🏻
Sanderson Electronegativity
1.502.42
0.22
2.56
👆🏻
Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.141.82
0.86
1.9
👆🏻
Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
1.502.01
0.62
2.48
👆🏻
Allen Electronegativity
1.501.76
0.659
2.7
👆🏻
Electropositivity
Pauling Electropositivity
2.502.19
1.46
3.3
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Ionization Energies
1st Energy Level
568.00 kJ/mol578.80 kJ/mol
375.7
26130
👆🏻
2nd Energy Level
1,128.00 kJ/mol1,979.30 kJ/mol
392.8
28750
👆🏻
3rd Energy Level
1,814.00 kJ/mol2,963.00 kJ/mol
392.8
34230
👆🏻
4th Energy Level
2,991.00 kJ/mol6,180.00 kJ/mol
375.7
37066
👆🏻
5th Energy Level
5,120.00 kJ/mol5,787.00 kJ/mol
392
97510
👆🏻
6th Energy Level
5,680.00 kJ/mol5,787.00 kJ/mol
1007
105800
👆🏻
7th Energy level
5,680.00 kJ/mol5,780.00 kJ/mol
1007
114300
👆🏻
8th Energy Level
5,680.00 kJ/mol5,780.00 kJ/mol
730
125300
👆🏻
9th Energy Level
5,120.00 kJ/mol5,787.00 kJ/mol
1007
134700
👆🏻
10th Energy Level
5,120.00 kJ/mol5,787.00 kJ/mol
392
144300
👆🏻
11th Energy Level
5,680.00 kJ/mol5,780.00 kJ/mol
392
169988
👆🏻
12th Energy Level
5,680.00 kJ/mol57,800.00 kJ/mol
0
189368
👆🏻
13th Energy Level
5,680.00 kJ/mol5,780.00 kJ/mol
1007
76015
👆🏻
14th Energy Level
5,680.00 kJ/mol578.00 kJ/mol
380
86450
👆🏻
15th Energy Level
56,800.00 kJ/mol57,800.00 kJ/mol
33000
100700
👆🏻
16th Energy Level
56,800.00 kJ/mol57,800.00 kJ/mol
375.7
109480
👆🏻
17th Energy Level
568.50 kJ/mol578.80 kJ/mol
375.7
122200
👆🏻
18th Energy Level
5,680.00 kJ/mol5,787.00 kJ/mol
0
134810
👆🏻
19th Energy Level
568.30 kJ/mol578.80 kJ/mol
375.7
148700
👆🏻
20th Energy Level
568.00 kJ/mol578.00 kJ/mol
0
171200
👆🏻
21st Energy Level
568.00 kJ/mol578.80 kJ/mol
375.7
179100
👆🏻
22nd Energy Level
568.00 kJ/mol578.00 kJ/mol
330
184900
👆🏻
23rd Energy Level
568.00 kJ/mol578.80 kJ/mol
357.6
198800
👆🏻
24th Energy Level
568.00 kJ/mol578.80 kJ/mol
297.3
195200
👆🏻
25th Energy Level
568.00 kJ/mol578.00 kJ/mol
0
121900
👆🏻
26th Energy Level
568.00 kJ/mol578.80 kJ/mol
357.6
127700
👆🏻
27th Energy Level
568.00 kJ/mol578.80 kJ/mol
0
133800
👆🏻
28th Energy Level
568.00 kJ/mol578.80 kJ/mol
297.3
139800
👆🏻
29th Energy Level
568.00 kJ/mol578.80 kJ/mol
0
148100
👆🏻
30th Energy Level
568.00 kJ/mol578.80 kJ/mol
0
154500
👆🏻
Electrochemical Equivalent
1.72 g/amp-hr0.87 g/amp-hr
0.16812
8.3209
👆🏻
Electron Work Function
5.89 eV4.20 eV
2.14
6
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Other Chemical Properties
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes
Atomic Number
9131
3
117
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Electron Configuration
[Rn] 5f2 6d1 7s2
[Ar] 3d10 4s2 4p1
Crystal Structure
Tetragonal (TETR)
Orthorhombic (ORTH)
Crystal Lattice
Atom
Number of Protons
9131
3
117
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Number of Neutrons
12239
4
285
👆🏻
Number of Electrons
9131
3
117
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Radius of an Atom
Atomic Radius
163.00 pm135.00 pm
0
348
👆🏻
Covalent Radius
200.00 pm122.00 pm
0
260
👆🏻
Van der Waals Radius
243.00 pm187.00 pm
0
348
👆🏻
Atomic Weight
231.04 amu69.72 amu
6.94
294
👆🏻
Atomic Volume
15.00 cm3/mol11.80 cm3/mol
1.39
71.07
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Adjacent Atomic Numbers
Previous Element
Next Element
Valence Electron Potential
92.00 (-eV)69.70 (-eV)
0
392.42
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Lattice Constant
392.50 pm451.97 pm
0
891.25
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Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
π/2, π/2, π/2
Lattice C/A Ratio
1.581.30
0.423
1.9
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Density
Density At Room Temperature
15.37 g/cm35.91 g/cm3
0.534
40.7
👆🏻
Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
15.37 g/cm36.10 g/cm3
0.512
41
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Tensile Strength
80.00 MPa41.00 MPa
0.1
11000
👆🏻
Viscosity
0.000.00
1.5E-05
0.0035
👆🏻
Vapor Pressure
Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
0.00 (Pa)0.00 (Pa)
0
121
👆🏻
Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
0.00 (Pa)0.00 (Pa)
0
774
👆🏻
Elasticity properties
Shear Modulus
16.00 GPa7.20 GPa
1.3
222
👆🏻
Bulk Modulus
47.00 GPa37.30 GPa
0
462
👆🏻
Young's Modulus
47.00 GPa9.80 GPa
0
528
👆🏻
Poisson Ratio
0.230.47
0.032
0.47
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Other Mechanical Properties
-
-
Magnetic Characteristics
Specific Gravity
15.375.91
0.53
4500
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Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Diamagnetic
Permeability
0.00 H/m0.00 H/m
1.25643E-06
0.0063
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Susceptibility
0.000.00
-0.000166
200000
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Electrical Properties
Electrical Property
Conductor
Semiconductor
Resistivity
177.00 nΩ·m270.00 nΩ·m
0.1
961
👆🏻
Electrical Conductivity
0.05 106/cm Ω0.07 106/cm Ω
0
0.63
👆🏻
Electron Affinity
53.03 kJ/mol28.90 kJ/mol
0
222.8
👆🏻
Specific Heat
0.12 J/(kg K)0.37 J/(kg K)
0.1
3.6
👆🏻
Molar Heat Capacity
27.20 J/mol·K25.86 J/mol·K
13.1
62.7
👆🏻
Thermal Conductivity
47.00 W/m·K40.60 W/m·K
0
429
👆🏻
Critical Temperature
1,841.00 K302.00 K
26.3
3695
👆🏻
Thermal Expansion
9.90 µm/(m·K)18.00 µm/(m·K)
4.5
97
👆🏻
Enthalpy
Enthalpy of Vaporization
481.00 kJ/mol256.10 kJ/mol
7.32
799.1
👆🏻
Enthalpy of Fusion
12.34 kJ/mol5.59 kJ/mol
2.1
35.23
👆🏻
Enthalpy of Atomization
481.90 kJ/mol276.10 kJ/mol
61.5
837
👆🏻
Standard Molar Entropy
198.10 J/mol.K40.80 J/mol.K
9.5
198.1
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