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Radium Scandium Comparison


Scandium Radium comparison


Periodic Table

Symbol
Ra  
Sc  

Group Number
2  
16
3  
15

Period Number
7  
4  

Block
s block  
d block  

Element Family
Alkaline Earth  
Transition Metal  

CAS Number
7440144  
99+
7440202  
99+

Space Group Name
Im_ 3m  
P63/mmc  

Space Group Number
229.00  
2
194.00  
7

Facts

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.
  
  • Scandium is known as one of the rare earth elements.
  • Scandium metal found in rare minerals called Wolframite .
  

Sources
Mining, Ores of metals  
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals  

History
  
  

Who Discovered
-  
Lars Fredrik Nilson  

Discovery
In 1898  
In 1879  

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
0.00 %  
40
0.00 %  
16

Abundance In Sun
0.00 %  
26
0.00 %  
16

Abundance In Meteorites
-  
0.00 %  
18

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %  
99+
0.00 %  
23

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %  
99+
0.00 %  
32

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %  
23
0.00 %  
24

Uses

Uses & Benefits
  • It is a highly radioactive metal; and sometime Radium-223 is used to treat prostate cancer.
  • It is used in luminous paints.
  
  • Uses of Scandium are limited to research purpose only. However, it has very low density and higher melting point.
  • Its compounds like scandium iodide is used in mercury vapor lamps to produce very bright white light.
  

Industrial Uses
-  
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry  

Medical Uses
Pharmaceutical Industry  
-  

Other Uses
-  
Alloys  

Biological Properties
  
  

Toxicity
Highly Toxic  
Non Toxic  

Present in Human Body
No  
Yes  

In Blood
0.00 Blood/mg dm-3  
34
0.01 Blood/mg dm-3  
22

In Bone
0.00 p.p.m.  
99+
0.00 p.p.m.  
39

Physical

Melting Point
700.00 °C  
99+
1,539.00 °C  
24

Boiling Point
1,737.00 °C  
99+
2,832.00 °C  
36

Appearance
  
  

Physical State
Solid  
Solid  

Color
Silvery White  
Silvery White  

Luster
Metallic  
Lustrous  

Hardness
  
  

Mohs Hardness
1.00  
22
5.50  
7

Brinell Hardness
700.00 MPa  
17
750.00 MPa  
13

Vickers Hardness
140.00 MPa  
99+
1,200.00 MPa  
13

Speed of Sound
3,150.00 m/s  
37
6,100.00 m/s  
5

Optical Properties
  
  

Refractive Index
1.00  
99+
1.80  
21

Reflectivity
83.00 %  
6
93.00 %  
3

Allotropes
No  
No  

α Allotropes
-  
-  

β Allotropes
-  
-  

γ Allotropes
-  
-  

Chemical

Chemical Formula
Ra  
Sc  

Isotopes
  
  

Known Isotopes
33  
6
13  
26

Electronegativity
  
  

Pauling Electronegativity
0.90  
99+
1.36  
30

Sanderson Electronegativity
0.89  
99+
1.02  
40

Allred Rochow Electronegativity
0.97  
39
1.20  
28

Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
0.92  
99+
1.36  
31

Allen Electronegativity
0.89  
99+
1.19  
99+

Electropositivity
  
  

Pauling Electropositivity
3.10  
5
2.64  
25

Ionization Energies
  
  

1st Energy Level
509.30 kJ/mol  
99+
633.10 kJ/mol  
99+

2nd Energy Level
979.00 kJ/mol  
99+
1,235.00 kJ/mol  
99+

3rd Energy Level
509.30 kJ/mol  
99+
2,388.60 kJ/mol  
99+

4th Energy Level
5,093.00 kJ/mol  
27
7,090.60 kJ/mol  
13

5th Energy Level
5,090.00 kJ/mol  
99+
8,843.00 kJ/mol  
7

6th Energy Level
5,090.00 kJ/mol  
99+
10,679.00 kJ/mol  
13

7th Energy level
5,090.00 kJ/mol  
99+
13,310.00 kJ/mol  
8

8th Energy Level
5,090.00 kJ/mol  
99+
15,250.00 kJ/mol  
11

9th Energy Level
5,090.00 kJ/mol  
99+
17,370.00 kJ/mol  
14

10th Energy Level
5,090.00 kJ/mol  
99+
21,726.00 kJ/mol  
13

11th Energy Level
5,090.00 kJ/mol  
99+
24,102.00 kJ/mol  
16

12th Energy Level
5,090.00 kJ/mol  
99+
66,320.00 kJ/mol  
7

13th Energy Level
5,090.00 kJ/mol  
99+
73,010.00 kJ/mol  
2

14th Energy Level
5,090.00 kJ/mol  
99+
80,160.00 kJ/mol  
3

15th Energy Level
50,900.00 kJ/mol  
99+
89,490.00 kJ/mol  
6

16th Energy Level
50,900.00 kJ/mol  
99+
97,400.00 kJ/mol  
5

17th Energy Level
509.30 kJ/mol  
99+
105,600.00 kJ/mol  
6

18th Energy Level
5,090.00 kJ/mol  
99+
117,000.00 kJ/mol  
7

19th Energy Level
509.30 kJ/mol  
99+
124,270.00 kJ/mol  
8

20th Energy Level
509.00 kJ/mol  
99+
633.00 kJ/mol  
99+

21st Energy Level
509.30 kJ/mol  
99+
633.10 kJ/mol  
99+

22nd Energy Level
509.00 kJ/mol  
99+
633.00 kJ/mol  
35

23rd Energy Level
509.30 kJ/mol  
99+
633.10 kJ/mol  
99+

24th Energy Level
509.30 kJ/mol  
99+
633.10 kJ/mol  
37

25th Energy Level
509.00 kJ/mol  
99+
633.00 kJ/mol  
39

26th Energy Level
509.30 kJ/mol  
99+
633.10 kJ/mol  
38

27th Energy Level
509.30 kJ/mol  
99+
633.10 kJ/mol  
40

28th Energy Level
509.30 kJ/mol  
99+
633.10 kJ/mol  
99+

29th Energy Level
509.30 kJ/mol  
99+
633.10 kJ/mol  
99+

30th Energy Level
509.00 kJ/mol  
99+
633.00 kJ/mol  
99+

Electrochemical Equivalent
4.22 g/amp-hr  
6
0.56 g/amp-hr  
99+

Electron Work Function
4.30 eV  
25
3.50 eV  
99+

Other Chemical Properties
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity  
Corrosion, Flammable, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility  

Atomic

Atomic Number
88  
30
21  
99+

Electron Configuration
[Rn] 7s2  
[Ar] 3d1 4s2  

Crystal Structure
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)  
Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP)  

Crystal Lattice
BCC-Crystal-Structure-.jpg#100  
HCP-Crystal-Structure-of-Scandium.jpg#100  

Atom
  
  

Number of Protons
88  
30
21  
99+

Number of Neutrons
138  
17
24  
99+

Number of Electrons
88  
30
21  
99+

Radius of an Atom
  
  

Atomic Radius
215.00 pm  
6
162.00 pm  
28

Covalent Radius
221.00 pm  
3
170.00 pm  
27

Van der Waals Radius
283.00 pm  
5
211.00 pm  
32

Atomic Weight
226.00 amu  
26
44.96 amu  
99+

Atomic Volume
45.20 cm3/mol  
5
15.00 cm3/mol  
99+

Adjacent Atomic Numbers
  
  

Previous Element
Francium
  
Calcium
  

Next Element
Actinium
  
Titanium
  

Valence Electron Potential
20.10 (-eV)  
99+
58.00 (-eV)  
25

Lattice Constant
514.80 pm  
15
330.90 pm  
99+

Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2  
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3  

Lattice C/A Ratio
1.57  
99+
1.59  
24

Mechanical

Density
  
  

Density At Room Temperature
5.50 g/cm3  
99+
2.99 g/cm3  
99+

Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
5.50 g/cm3  
99+
2.80 g/cm3  
99+

Tensile Strength
40.00 MPa  
99+
150.00 MPa  
25

Viscosity
0.00  
2
0.00  
25

Vapor Pressure
  
  

Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
0.00 (Pa)  
16
0.00 (Pa)  
24

Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
0.00 (Pa)  
33
91.30 (Pa)  
3

Elasticity properties
  
  

Shear Modulus
25.00 GPa  
38
29.10 GPa  
28

Bulk Modulus
43.00 GPa  
33
56.60 GPa  
22

Young's Modulus
83.00 GPa  
25
74.40 GPa  
28

Poisson Ratio
0.31  
13
0.28  
18

Other Mechanical Properties
-  
-  

Magnetic

Magnetic Characteristics
  
  

Specific Gravity
5.00  
99+
2.99  
99+

Magnetic Ordering
Nonmagnetic  
Paramagnetic  

Permeability
0.00 H/m  
9
0.00 H/m  
8

Susceptibility
0.00  
18
0.00  
24

Electrical Properties
  
  

Electrical Property
-  
Conductor  

Resistivity
100.00 nΩ·m  
31
562.00 nΩ·m  
10

Electrical Conductivity
0.00 106/cm Ω  
99+
0.02 106/cm Ω  
99+

Electron Affinity
0.90 kJ/mol  
99+
18.10 kJ/mol  
39

Thermal

Specific Heat
0.12 J/(kg K)  
99+
0.60 J/(kg K)  
8

Molar Heat Capacity
20.05 J/mol·K  
99+
25.52 J/mol·K  
99+

Thermal Conductivity
18.60 W/m·K  
99+
15.80 W/m·K  
99+

Critical Temperature
973.00 K  
99+
1,814.00 K  
28

Thermal Expansion
8.50 µm/(m·K)  
99+
10.20 µm/(m·K)  
99+

Enthalpy
  
  

Enthalpy of Vaporization
113.00 kJ/mol  
99+
314.20 kJ/mol  
99+

Enthalpy of Fusion
8.60 kJ/mol  
99+
14.10 kJ/mol  
29

Enthalpy of Atomization
163.00 kJ/mol  
99+
343.00 kJ/mol  
38

Standard Molar Entropy
71.00 J/mol.K  
14
34.60 J/mol.K  
99+

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