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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
1.7 Space Group Name
I4/mmm
Im_ 3m
1.8 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
2.3.2 Discovery
In 1900
In 1807
2.4 Abundance
2.4.1 Abundance In Universe
NA3 * 10-4 %
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
2.4.2 Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %~0.0004 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
2.4.3 Abundance In Meteorites
NA0.07 %
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
0.00 %0.04 %
Tin
2E-23 1.1
2.4.6 Abundance In Humans
NA0.20 %
Radium
1E-13 1.4
3 Uses
3.1 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.
3.1.1 Industrial Uses
NA
Ammunition Industry, Chemical Industry
3.1.2 Medical Uses
NA
Pharmaceutical Industry
3.1.3 Other Uses
NA
NA
3.2 Biological Properties
3.2.1 Toxicity
Highly Toxic
Toxic
3.2.2 Present in Human Body
3.2.3 In Blood
0.00 Blood/mg dm-31,620.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium
0 1970
3.2.4 In Bone
0.00 p.p.m.2,100.00 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
4 Physical
4.1 Melting Point
1,568.00 °C63.65 °C
Francium
27 3410
4.2 Boiling Point
4,027.00 °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
NA0.40
Cesium
0.2 8.5
4.4.2 Brinell Hardness
NA0.36 MPa
Cesium
0.14 3490
4.4.3 Vickers Hardness
NANA
Palladium
121 3430
4.5 Speed of Sound
NA2,000.00 m/s
Thallium
818 16200
4.6 Optical Properties
4.6.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
4.6.2 Reflectivity
NANA
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
Pa
K
5.2 Isotopes
5.2.1 Known Isotopes
2720
Tennessine
0 38
5.3 Electronegativity
5.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity
1.500.82
Francium
0.7 2.54
5.3.2 Sanderson Electronegativity
NA0.45
Cesium
0.22 2.56
5.3.3 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.140.91
Cesium
0.86 1.82
5.3.4 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
NA0.73
Cesium
0.62 2.48
5.3.5 Allen Electronegativity
NA0.73
Cesium
0.659 2.7
5.4 Electropositivity
5.4.1 Pauling Electropositivity
2.503.18
Gold
1.46 3.3
5.5 Ionization Energies
5.5.1 1st Energy Level
568.00 kJ/mol418.80 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
5.5.2 2nd Energy Level
1,128.00 kJ/mol3,052.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
5.5.3 3rd Energy Level
1,814.00 kJ/mol4,420.00 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
5.5.4 4th Energy Level
2,991.00 kJ/mol5,877.00 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
1.72 g/amp-hr1.46 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
5.7 Electron Work Function
NA2.30 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
5.8 Other Chemical Properties
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity
Chemical Stability, Flammability, Ionization, Solubility
6 Atomic
6.1 Atomic Number
9119
Lithium
3 117
6.2 Electron Configuration
[Rn] 5f2 6d1 7s2
[Ar] 4s1
6.3 Crystal Structure
Tetragonal (TETR)
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
6.3.1 Crystal Lattice
6.4 Atom
6.4.1 Number of Protons
9119
Lithium
3 117
6.4.2 Number of Neutrons
12220
Lithium
4 184
6.4.3 Number of Electrons
9119
Lithium
3 117
6.5 Radius of an Atom
6.5.1 Atomic Radius
163.00 pm227.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
6.5.2 Covalent Radius
200.00 pm203.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
6.5.3 Van der Waals Radius
243.00 pm275.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
6.6 Atomic Weight
231.04 amu39.10 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
6.7 Atomic Volume
15.00 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
92.00 (-eV)10.40 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
6.10 Lattice Constant
392.50 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
15.37 g/cm30.86 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
7.1.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
NA0.83 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
NANA
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
7.4.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
NANA
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
7.5 Elasticity properties
7.5.1 Shear Modulus
NA1.30 GPa
Palladium
1.3 222
7.5.2 Bulk Modulus
NA3.10 GPa
Cesium
1.6 462
7.5.3 Young's Modulus
NA3.53 GPa
Cesium
1.7 528
7.6 Poisson Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
7.7 Other Mechanical Properties
Unknown
NA
8 Magnetic
8.1 Magnetic Characteristics
8.1.1 Specific Gravity
15.370.86
Lithium
0.53 4500
8.1.2 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
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
177.00 nΩ·m72.00 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
8.2.3 Electrical Conductivity
0.05 106/cm Ω0.14 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
8.2.4 Electron Affinity
NA48.40 kJ/mol
Mercury
0 222.8
9 Thermal
9.1 Specific Heat
0.12 J/(kg K)0.75 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
9.2 Molar Heat Capacity
NA29.60 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
9.3 Thermal Conductivity
47.00 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
9.90 µm/(m·K)83.30 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
9.6 Enthalpy
9.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
NA77.50 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
9.6.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
12.34 kJ/mol2.32 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
9.6.3 Enthalpy of Atomization
NA89.50 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
9.7 Standard Molar Entropy
198.10 J/mol.K64.70 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1