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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Ra
Hg
1.2 Group Number
212
Gadolinium Metal
0 17
1.3 Period Number
76
Lithium Metal
2 7
1.4 Block
s block
d block
1.5 Element Family
Alkaline Earth
Transition Metal
1.6 CAS Number
74401447439976
Aluminium Metal
7429905 54386242
1.7 Space Group Name
Im_ 3m
R_ 3m
1.8 Space Group Number
229.00166.00
Plutonium Metal
11 229
2 Facts
2.1 Interesting Facts
  • Radium metal is the heaviest metal of Alkaline earth metals column.
  • Radium metal is highly radioactive and does not have any stable isotopes.
  • At room temperature mercury is found in a liquid state.
  • A coin of pound or rupees floats in mercury.
  • Because of its low melting point and boiling point it is used in thermometers.
2.2 Sources
Mining, Ores of metals
Mining, Ores of Minerals
2.3 History
2.3.1 Who Discovered
Not Available
Ancient Chinese and Indians
2.3.2 Discovery
In 1898
Before 2000 BCE
2.4 Abundance
2.4.1 Abundance In Universe
NANA
Thallium Metal
5E-09 0.11
2.4.3 Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %~-9999 %
Beryllium Metal
1E-08 0.1
2.4.4 Abundance In Meteorites
NANA
Gold Metal
1.7E-07 22
2.4.6 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %0.05 %
Palladium
9.9E-12 8.1
2.4.8 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %NA
Protactinium Metal
2E-23 1.1
2.4.10 Abundance In Humans
0.00 %NA
Tin
1E-13 1.4
3 Uses
3.1 Uses & Benefits
  • It is a highly radioactive metal; and sometime Radium-223 is used to treat prostate cancer.
  • It is used in luminous paints.
  • It is a liquid metal at room temperature, but it is a toxic heavy metal and hence many uses of mercury are under review or phased out.
  • It is manly used as a catalysts in chemical industry.
3.1.1 Industrial Uses
NA
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
3.1.2 Medical Uses
Pharmaceutical Industry
Dentistry
3.1.3 Other Uses
NA
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Industry
3.2 Biological Properties
3.2.1 Toxicity
Highly Toxic
Highly Toxic
3.2.2 Present in Human Body
3.2.3 In Blood
NA0.01 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium Metal
0 1970
3.2.4 In Bone
NA0.45 p.p.m.
Plutonium Metal
0 170000
4 Physical
4.1 Melting Point
700.00 °CNA
Francium Metal
27 3410
4.2 Boiling Point
1,737.00 °C356.58 °C
Flerovium Metal
147 5660
4.3 Appearance
4.3.1 Physical State
Solid
Liquid
4.3.2 Color
Silvery White
Silver
4.3.3 Luster
Metallic
NA
4.4 Hardness
4.4.1 Mohs Hardness
NANA
Cesium Metal
0.2 8.5
4.4.4 Brinell Hardness
NANA
Cesium Metal
0.14 3490
4.4.6 Vickers Hardness
NANA
Palladium Metal
121 3430
4.5 Speed of Sound
NA1,451.40 m/s
Thallium Metal
818 16200
4.6 Optical Properties
4.6.1 Refractive Index
NA1.00
Palladium Metal
1.000933 1.7229
4.6.2 Reflectivity
NA73.00 %
Molybdenum Metal
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
Ra
Hg
5.2 Isotopes
5.2.1 Known Isotopes
3334
Tennessine Metal
0 38
5.3 Electronegativity
5.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity
0.902.00
Francium Metal
0.7 2.54
5.3.3 Sanderson Electronegativity
NA2.20
Cesium Metal
0.22 2.56
5.3.6 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
0.971.44
Cesium Metal
0.86 1.82
5.3.8 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
0.921.81
Cesium Metal
0.62 2.48
5.3.10 Allen Electronegativity
0.891.44
Cesium Metal
0.659 2.7
5.5 Electropositivity
5.5.1 Pauling Electropositivity
3.102.00
Gold Metal
1.46 3.3
5.7 Ionization Energies
5.7.1 1st Energy Level
509.30 kJ/mol1,007.10 kJ/mol
Cesium Metal
375.7 26130
5.7.2 2nd Energy Level
979.00 kJ/mol1,810.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium Metal
710.2162 28750
6.1.1 3rd Energy Level
NA3,300.00 kJ/mol
Osmium Metal
1600 34230
6.3.1 4th Energy Level
NANA
Thorium Metal
2780 37066
6.4.2 5th Energy Level
NANA
Dubnium Metal
4305.2 97510
6.4.4 6th Energy Level
NANA
Seaborgium Metal
5715.8 105800
6.4.5 7th Energy level
NANA
Bohrium Metal
7226.8 114300
6.4.7 8th Energy Level
NANA
Hassium Metal
8857.4 125300
6.4.8 9th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium Metal
14110 134700
6.5.2 10th Energy Level
NANA
Strontium Metal
17100 144300
6.5.4 11th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium Metal
19900 169988
6.5.6 12th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
22219 189368
6.6.1 13th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
26930 76015
6.7.1 14th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
29196 86450
6.7.2 15th Energy Level
NANA
Manganese Metal
41987 97510
6.9.1 16th Energy Level
NANA
Iron Metal
47206 109480
6.10.1 17th Energy Level
NANA
Cobalt Metal
52737 122200
6.10.2 18th Energy Level
NANA
Nickel Metal
58570 134810
6.12.1 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper Metal
64702 148700
7.1.2 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
80400 171200
7.1.3 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
87000 179100
7.1.5 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
93400 184900
7.1.6 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
98420 198800
7.2.1 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
104400 195200
7.2.2 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
121900 121900
7.3.1 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
127700 127700
7.4.2 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
133800 133800
7.4.3 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
139800 139800
7.4.5 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
148100 148100
7.4.6 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
154500 154500
7.6 Electrochemical Equivalent
4.22 g/amp-hr3.74 g/amp-hr
Beryllium Metal
0.16812 8.3209
7.7 Electron Work Function
NA4.49 eV
Cesium Metal
2.14 5.65
7.8 Other Chemical Properties
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity
Flammability, Ionization, Solubility
8 Atomic
8.1 Atomic Number
8880
Lithium Metal
3 117
8.2 Electron Configuration
[Rn] 7s2
[Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2
8.3 Crystal Structure
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
Rhombohedral (RHO)
8.3.1 Crystal Lattice
8.4 Atom
8.4.1 Number of Protons
8880
Lithium Metal
3 117
8.5.1 Number of Neutrons
138121
Lithium Metal
4 184
8.5.2 Number of Electrons
8880
Lithium Metal
3 117
9.2 Radius of an Atom
9.2.1 Atomic Radius
NA151.00 pm
Beryllium Metal
112 265
9.2.5 Covalent Radius
221.00 pm132.00 pm
Beryllium Metal
96 260
9.3.3 Van der Waals Radius
283.00 pm155.00 pm
Zinc Metal
139 348
9.4 Atomic Weight
226.00 amu200.59 amu
Lithium Metal
6.94 294
9.5 Atomic Volume
45.20 cm3/mol14.82 cm3/mol
Manganese Metal
1.39 71.07
9.6 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
9.6.1 Previous Element
9.6.2 Next Element
9.7 Valence Electron Potential
20.10 (-eV)28.20 (-eV)
Francium Metal
8 392.42
10.2 Lattice Constant
514.80 pm300.50 pm
Beryllium Metal
228.58 891.25
10.4 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
NA
10.5 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium Metal
1.567 1.886
11 Mechanical
11.1 Density
11.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
5.50 g/cm313.53 g/cm3
Lithium Metal
0.534 40.7
11.3.1 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
NANA
Lithium Metal
0.512 20
11.5 Tensile Strength
NANA
Indium Metal
2.5 11000
11.7 Viscosity
NA0.00
0.001526 0.001526
11.8 Vapor Pressure
11.8.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
NANA
Cerium Metal
2.47E-11 121
11.8.4 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
NANA
Tungsten Metal
2.62E-10 774
11.9 Elasticity properties
11.9.1 Shear Modulus
NANA
Potassium Metal
1.3 222
11.10.1 Bulk Modulus
NANA
Cesium Metal
1.6 462
11.10.2 Young's Modulus
NANA
Cesium Metal
1.7 528
11.11 Poisson Ratio
NANA
Beryllium Metal
0.032 0.47
11.12 Other Mechanical Properties
NA
NA
12 Magnetic
12.1 Magnetic Characteristics
12.1.1 Specific Gravity
5.0013.53
Lithium Metal
0.53 4500
12.1.2 Magnetic Ordering
Nonmagnetic
Diamagnetic
12.1.3 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth Metal
1.25643E-06 0.0063
12.1.4 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth Metal
-0.000166 200000
12.2 Electrical Properties
12.2.1 Electrical Property
NA
Conductor
12.2.2 Resistivity
100.00 nΩ·m961.00 nΩ·m
Thallium Metal
0.18 961
12.2.3 Electrical Conductivity
NA0.01 106/cm Ω
Plutonium Metal
0.00666 0.63
12.2.4 Electron Affinity
NA0.00 kJ/mol
Palladium
0 222.8
13 Thermal
13.1 Specific Heat
0.12 J/(kg K)0.14 J/(kg K)
Americium Metal
0.11 3.6
13.2 Molar Heat Capacity
NA27.98 J/mol·K
Beryllium Metal
16.443 62.7
13.3 Thermal Conductivity
18.60 W/m·K8.30 W/m·K
Neptunium Metal
6.3 429
13.4 Critical Temperature
NA1,750.00 K
Ytterbium Metal
26.3 3223
13.5 Thermal Expansion
NA60.40 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten Metal
4.5 97
13.6 Enthalpy
13.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
NA56.90 kJ/mol
Zinc Metal
7.32 799.1
13.6.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
NA2.29 kJ/mol
Cesium Metal
2.1 35.23
13.6.3 Enthalpy of Atomization
163.00 kJ/mol61.50 kJ/mol
Sodium
61.5 837
13.7 Standard Molar Entropy
71.00 J/mol.K75.80 J/mol.K
Beryllium Metal
9.5 198.1