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Protactinium vs Potassium

1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Pa
K
1.2 Group Number
NA1
Gadolinium
0 17
1.3 Period Number
74
Lithium
2 7
1.4 Block
f block
s block
1.5 Element Family
Actinide
Alkali
1.6 CAS Number
74401337440097
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
1.11 Space Group Name
I4/mmm
Im_ 3m
1.12 Space Group Number
139.00229.00
Plutonium
11 229
2 Facts
2.1 Interesting Facts
  • Protactinium metal has 29 isotopes.
  • Isotopes of Protactinium-231 used in nuclear weapon.
  • In the list of most abundant element Potassium is ranked 7th.
  • Potassium can easily be sliced (chopped) down using knife.
2.2 Sources
Found in Uranium Ores, Mining, Ores of metals
Found in Minerals, Mining
2.3 History
2.3.1 Who Discovered
William Crookes
Humphry Davy
3.1.1 Discovery
In 1900
In 1807
3.4 Abundance
3.4.1 Abundance In Universe
NA3 * 10-4 %
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
3.5.3 Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %~0.0004 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
3.5.6 Abundance In Meteorites
NA0.07 %
Gold
1.7E-07 22
3.5.9 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %1.50 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
4.2.5 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %0.04 %
Tin
2E-23 1.1
5.1.1 Abundance In Humans
NA0.20 %
Radium
1E-13 1.4
6 Uses
6.2 Uses & Benefits
  • Currently known uses of Protactinium metal are limited to research purpose only.
  • 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.
6.2.2 Industrial Uses
NA
Ammunition Industry, Chemical Industry
6.2.3 Medical Uses
NA
Pharmaceutical Industry
6.2.4 Other Uses
NA
NA
6.3 Biological Properties
6.3.1 Toxicity
Highly Toxic
Toxic
6.3.2 Present in Human Body
6.3.3 In Blood
0.00 Blood/mg dm-31,620.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium
0 1970
6.3.5 In Bone
0.00 p.p.m.2,100.00 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
7 Physical
7.1 Melting Point
1,568.00 °C63.65 °C
Francium
27 3410
7.4 Boiling Point
4,027.00 °C774.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
8.4 Appearance
8.4.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
8.4.2 Color
Silver
Silvery Gray
8.4.3 Luster
Metallic
NA
8.5 Hardness
8.5.1 Mohs Hardness
NA0.40
Cesium
0.2 8.5
8.5.4 Brinell Hardness
NA0.36 MPa
Cesium
0.14 3490
8.6.2 Vickers Hardness
NANA
Palladium
121 3430
8.8 Speed of Sound
NA2,000.00 m/s
Thallium
818 16200
8.9 Optical Properties
8.9.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
8.9.4 Reflectivity
NANA
Molybdenum
58 97
8.10 Allotropes
8.10.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
8.10.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
8.10.4 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
9 Chemical
9.1 Chemical Formula
Pa
K
9.2 Isotopes
9.2.1 Known Isotopes
2720
Tennessine
0 38
9.3 Electronegativity
9.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity
1.500.82
Francium
0.7 2.54
9.3.4 Sanderson Electronegativity
NA0.45
Cesium
0.22 2.56
9.3.7 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.140.91
Cesium
0.86 1.82
9.3.10 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
NA0.73
Cesium
0.62 2.48
9.3.13 Allen Electronegativity
NA0.73
Cesium
0.659 2.7
9.4 Electropositivity
9.4.1 Pauling Electropositivity
2.503.18
Gold
1.46 3.3
9.5 Ionization Energies
9.5.1 1st Energy Level
568.00 kJ/mol418.80 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
9.5.4 2nd Energy Level
1,128.00 kJ/mol3,052.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
9.5.7 3rd Energy Level
1,814.00 kJ/mol4,420.00 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
9.5.10 4th Energy Level
2,991.00 kJ/mol5,877.00 kJ/mol
Thorium
2780 37066
9.6.1 5th Energy Level
NA7,975.00 kJ/mol
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
9.7.1 6th Energy Level
NA9,590.00 kJ/mol
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
9.7.2 7th Energy level
NA11,343.00 kJ/mol
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
10.1.1 8th Energy Level
NA14,944.00 kJ/mol
Hassium
8857.4 125300
10.4.2 9th Energy Level
NA16,963.70 kJ/mol
Yttrium
14110 134700
10.4.4 10th Energy Level
NA48,610.00 kJ/mol
Strontium
17100 144300
10.4.5 11th Energy Level
NA54,490.00 kJ/mol
Yttrium
19900 169988
10.4.7 12th Energy Level
NA60,730.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum
22219 189368
10.5.2 13th Energy Level
NA68,950.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum
26930 76015
10.5.4 14th Energy Level
NA75,900.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum
29196 86450
10.5.6 15th Energy Level
NA83,080.00 kJ/mol
Manganese
41987 97510
10.6.1 16th Energy Level
NA93,400.00 kJ/mol
Iron
47206 109480
10.7.1 17th Energy Level
NA99,710.00 kJ/mol
Cobalt
52737 122200
10.7.0 18th Energy Level
NANA
Nickel
58570 134810
10.9.1 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper
64702 148700
10.10.1 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
10.12.1 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
11.1.2 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
11.1.3 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
11.1.5 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
11.1.6 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
11.2.1 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
11.3.1 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
11.4.2 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
11.4.3 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
11.4.5 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
11.6 Electrochemical Equivalent
1.72 g/amp-hr1.46 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
11.7 Electron Work Function
NA2.30 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
11.8 Other Chemical Properties
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity
Chemical Stability, Flammability, Ionization, Solubility
12 Atomic
12.1 Atomic Number
9119
Lithium
3 117
12.2 Electron Configuration
[Rn] 5f2 6d1 7s2
[Ar] 4s1
12.3 Crystal Structure
Tetragonal (TETR)
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
12.3.1 Crystal Lattice
12.4 Atom
12.4.1 Number of Protons
9119
Lithium
3 117
12.5.1 Number of Neutrons
12220
Lithium
4 184
13.1.4 Number of Electrons
9119
Lithium
3 117
13.2 Radius of an Atom
13.2.1 Atomic Radius
163.00 pm227.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
13.3.3 Covalent Radius
200.00 pm203.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
13.3.5 Van der Waals Radius
243.00 pm275.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
13.4 Atomic Weight
231.04 amu39.10 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
13.5 Atomic Volume
15.00 cm3/mol45.46 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
14.2 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
14.2.1 Previous Element
14.2.2 Next Element
14.3 Valence Electron Potential
92.00 (-eV)10.40 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
14.6 Lattice Constant
392.50 pm532.80 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
14.7 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
π/2, π/2, π/2
14.9 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
15 Mechanical
15.1 Density
15.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
15.37 g/cm30.86 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
15.2.1 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
NA0.83 g/cm3
Lithium
0.512 20
15.4 Tensile Strength
NANA
Indium
2.5 11000
15.5 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
15.6 Vapor Pressure
15.6.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
NANA
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
15.6.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
NANA
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
15.8 Elasticity properties
15.8.1 Shear Modulus
NA1.30 GPa
Palladium
1.3 222
15.8.2 Bulk Modulus
NA3.10 GPa
Cesium
1.6 462
15.8.3 Young's Modulus
NA3.53 GPa
Cesium
1.7 528
15.9 Poisson Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
15.10 Other Mechanical Properties
Unknown
NA
16 Magnetic
16.1 Magnetic Characteristics
16.1.1 Specific Gravity
15.370.86
Lithium
0.53 4500
16.1.2 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Paramagnetic
16.1.3 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
16.1.4 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
16.2 Electrical Properties
16.2.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
Conductor
16.2.2 Resistivity
177.00 nΩ·m72.00 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
16.2.3 Electrical Conductivity
0.05 106/cm Ω0.14 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
16.2.4 Electron Affinity
NA48.40 kJ/mol
Mercury
0 222.8
17 Thermal
17.1 Specific Heat
0.12 J/(kg K)0.75 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
17.2 Molar Heat Capacity
NA29.60 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
17.3 Thermal Conductivity
47.00 W/m·K102.50 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
17.4 Critical Temperature
NA2,223.00 K
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
17.5 Thermal Expansion
9.90 µm/(m·K)83.30 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
17.6 Enthalpy
17.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
NA77.50 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
17.6.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
12.34 kJ/mol2.32 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
17.6.3 Enthalpy of Atomization
NA89.50 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
17.7 Standard Molar Entropy
198.10 J/mol.K64.70 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1