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Radium vs Seaborgium


Seaborgium vs Radium


Periodic Table

Symbol
Ra  
Sg  

Group Number
2  
16
6  
12

Period Number
7  
7  

Block
s block  
d block  

Element Family
Alkaline Earth  
Transition Metal  

CAS Number
7440144  
99+
54038812  
9

Space Group Name
Im_ 3m  
Not Available  

Space Group Number
229.00  
1
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Seaborgium most stable isotope is Sg and it has 2.1 min of half- life.
  • And other isotopes of Seaborgium have half-lives as short as 3 ms.
  

Sources
Mining, Ores of metals  
Synthetically Produced  

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Not Available  
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory  

Discovery
In 1898  
In 1974  

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %  
99+
Not Available  

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %  
99+
Not Available  

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %  
20
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Currently known uses of Seaborgium metal are limited to research purpose only.
  

Industrial Uses
NA  
NA  

Medical Uses
Pharmaceutical Industry  
NA  

Other Uses
NA  
Research Purposes  

Biological Properties
  
  

Toxicity
Highly Toxic  
Unknown  

Present in Human Body
No  
No  

Physical Properties

Melting Point
700.00 °C  
99+
Not Available  

Boiling Point
1,737.00 °C  
99+
Not Available  

Appearance
  
  

Physical State
Solid  
Solid  

Color
Silvery White  
Unknown  

Luster
Metallic  
Unknown Luster  

Hardness
  
  

Speed of Sound
Not Available  
Not Available  

Optical Properties
  
  

Allotropes
No  
No  

α Allotropes
Not Available  
Not Available  

β Allotropes
Not Available  
Not Available  

γ Allotropes
Not Available  
Not Available  

Chemical Properties

Chemical Formula
Ra  
Sg  

Isotopes
  
  

Known Isotopes
33  
6
9  
29

Electronegativity
  
  

Pauling Electronegativity
0.90  
99+
Not Available  

Allred Rochow Electronegativity
0.97  
38
Not Available  

Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
0.92  
20
Not Available  

Allen Electronegativity
0.89  
99+
Not Available  

Electropositivity
  
  

Pauling Electropositivity
3.10  
5
Not Available  

Ionization Energies
  
  

1st Energy Level
509.30 kJ/mol  
99+
757.40 kJ/mol  
21

2nd Energy Level
979.00 kJ/mol  
99+
1,732.90 kJ/mol  
28

3rd Energy Level
Not Available  
2,483.50 kJ/mol  
99+

4th Energy Level
Not Available  
3,415.60 kJ/mol  
99+

5th Energy Level
Not Available  
4,561.80 kJ/mol  
38

6th Energy Level
Not Available  
5,715.80 kJ/mol  
25

Electrochemical Equivalent
4.22 g/amp-hr  
6
Not Available  

Electron Work Function
Not Available  
Not Available  

Other Chemical Properties
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity  
NA  

Atomic Properties

Atomic Number
88  
30
106  
12

Electron Configuration
[Rn] 7s2  
[Rn] 5f14 6d2 7s2  

Crystal Structure
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)  
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)  

Crystal Lattice
BCC-Crystal-Structure-.jpg#100  
BCC-Crystal-Structure-.jpg#100  

Atom
  
  

Number of Protons
88  
30
106  
12

Number of Neutrons
138  
16
157  
7

Number of Electrons
88  
30
106  
12

Radius of an Atom
  
  

Atomic Radius
Not Available  
132.00 pm  
99+

Covalent Radius
221.00 pm  
3
143.00 pm  
99+

Van der Waals Radius
283.00 pm  
4
Not Available  

Atomic Weight
226.00 amu  
26
269.00 amu  
9

Atomic Volume
45.20 cm3/mol  
4
Not Available  

Adjacent Atomic Numbers
  
  

Previous Element
Francium
  
Dubnium
  

Next Element
Actinium
  
Bohrium
  

Valence Electron Potential
20.10 (-eV)  
99+
Not Available  

Lattice Constant
514.80 pm  
13
Not Available  

Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2  
Unknown  

Lattice C/A Ratio
Not Available  
Not Available  

Mechanical Properties

Density
  
  

Density At Room Temperature
5.50 g/cm3  
99+
35.00 g/cm3  
4

Tensile Strength
Not Available  
Not Available  

Viscosity
Not Available  
Not Available  

Vapor Pressure
  
  

Elasticity properties
  
  

Poisson Ratio
Not Available  
Not Available  

Other Mechanical Properties
NA  
Unknown  

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic Characteristics
  
  

Specific Gravity
5.00  
99+
Not Available  

Magnetic Ordering
Nonmagnetic  
Unknown  

Electrical Properties
  
  

Electrical Property
NA  
Unknown  

Resistivity
100.00 nΩ·m  
31
Not Available  

Thermal Properties

Specific Heat
0.12 J/(kg K)  
40
Not Available  

Molar Heat Capacity
Not Available  
Not Available  

Thermal Conductivity
18.60 W/m·K  
99+
Not Available  

Critical Temperature
Not Available  
Not Available  

Thermal Expansion
Not Available  
Not Available  

Enthalpy
  
  

Enthalpy of Atomization
163.00 kJ/mol  
99+
Not Available  

Standard Molar Entropy
71.00 J/mol.K  
14
Not Available  

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