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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Ra
Th
1.2 Group Number
20
Gadolinium
0 17
1.4 Period Number
77
Lithium
2 7
1.5 Block
s block
f block
1.6 Element Family
Alkaline Earth
Actinide
1.7 CAS Number
74401447440326
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
1.10 Space Group Name
Im_ 3m
P63/mmc
1.11 Space Group Number
229.00194.00
Plutonium
11 229
3 Facts
3.1 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.
  • Thorium metal is used as an alternate option over Uranium for nuclear fuel.
  • Thorium metals appearance (silvery white, soft) is somewhat similar to Lead metal.
3.2 Sources
Mining, Ores of metals
Found in Minerals, Mining
3.3 History
3.3.1 Who Discovered
Not Available
Jöns Jakob Berzelius
3.3.2 Discovery
In 1898
In 1829
3.4 Abundance
3.4.1 Abundance In Universe
NA3 * 10-4 %
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
4.2.2 Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %~0.0004 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
4.2.4 Abundance In Meteorites
NA0.05 %
Gold
1.7E-07 22
4.3.2 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %0.66 %
Palladium
9.9E-12 8.1
4.3.5 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %0.00 %
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
4.3.7 Abundance In Humans
0.00 %NA
Tin
1E-13 1.4
5 Uses
5.1 Uses & Benefits
  • It is a highly radioactive metal; and sometime Radium-223 is used to treat prostate cancer.
  • It is used in luminous paints.
  • Thorium metal is used as an allying agent for Magnesium, It imparts greater strength and resistance to temperature.
  • compound of this metal Thorium oxide is used as an industrial catalyst.
5.1.1 Industrial Uses
NA
Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry, Chemical Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
5.1.2 Medical Uses
Pharmaceutical Industry
Dentistry, Surgical Instruments Manufacturing
5.1.3 Other Uses
NA
Alloys, Jewellery, Sculptures, Statues
5.2 Biological Properties
5.2.1 Toxicity
Highly Toxic
Non Toxic
5.2.2 Present in Human Body
5.2.3 In Blood
NA0.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium
0 1970
5.3.2 In Bone
NA0.02 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
6 Physical
6.1 Melting Point
700.00 °C1,750.00 °C
Francium
27 3410
6.2 Boiling Point
1,737.00 °C4,790.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
6.4 Appearance
6.4.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
6.4.2 Color
Silvery White
Silver
6.4.3 Luster
Metallic
NA
6.5 Hardness
6.5.1 Mohs Hardness
NA3.00
Cesium
0.2 8.5
6.6.3 Brinell Hardness
NA390.00 MPa
Cesium
0.14 3490
6.6.7 Vickers Hardness
NA295.00 MPa
Palladium
121 3430
6.7 Speed of Sound
NA2,490.00 m/s
Thallium
818 16200
6.8 Optical Properties
6.8.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
6.8.4 Reflectivity
NANA
Molybdenum
58 97
6.9 Allotropes
6.9.2 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
6.9.3 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
6.9.4 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
7 Chemical
7.1 Chemical Formula
Ra
Th
7.2 Isotopes
7.2.1 Known Isotopes
3328
Tennessine
0 38
7.3 Electronegativity
7.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity
0.901.30
Francium
0.7 2.54
7.3.4 Sanderson Electronegativity
NANA
Cesium
0.22 2.56
7.3.7 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
0.971.11
Cesium
0.86 1.82
7.3.9 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
0.92NA
Cesium
0.62 2.48
7.3.11 Allen Electronegativity
0.89NA
Cesium
0.659 2.7
7.4 Electropositivity
7.4.1 Pauling Electropositivity
3.102.70
Gold
1.46 3.3
7.5 Ionization Energies
7.5.1 1st Energy Level
509.30 kJ/mol587.00 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
7.5.3 2nd Energy Level
979.00 kJ/mol1,110.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
7.5.6 3rd Energy Level
NA1,978.00 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
7.5.9 4th Energy Level
NA2,780.00 kJ/mol
Tin
2780 37066
7.5.12 5th Energy Level
NANA
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
7.5.14 6th Energy Level
NANA
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
7.5.18 7th Energy level
NANA
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
7.5.21 8th Energy Level
NANA
Hassium
8857.4 125300
7.5.24 9th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium
14110 134700
7.5.27 10th Energy Level
NANA
Strontium
17100 144300
7.5.31 11th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium
19900 169988
7.5.34 12th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
22219 189368
7.6.1 13th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
26930 76015
7.7.2 14th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
29196 86450
7.7.4 15th Energy Level
NANA
Manganese
41987 97510
8.1.2 16th Energy Level
NANA
Iron
47206 109480
8.4.2 17th Energy Level
NANA
Cobalt
52737 122200
8.4.4 18th Energy Level
NANA
Nickel
58570 134810
8.4.7 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper
64702 148700
8.4.10 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
8.5.1 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
8.6.2 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
8.7.1 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
8.7.3 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
9.1.1 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
9.2.1 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
9.4.1 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
9.6.1 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
9.6.2 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
9.8.1 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
9.9 Electrochemical Equivalent
4.22 g/amp-hr2.16 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
9.11 Electron Work Function
NA3.41 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
10.2 Other Chemical Properties
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity
Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity
11 Atomic
11.1 Atomic Number
8890
Lithium
3 117
11.2 Electron Configuration
[Rn] 7s2
[Rn] 6d2 7s2
11.3 Crystal Structure
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
11.3.1 Crystal Lattice
11.4 Atom
11.4.1 Number of Protons
8890
Lithium
3 117
11.4.4 Number of Neutrons
138142
Lithium
4 184
11.6.1 Number of Electrons
8890
Lithium
3 117
11.10 Radius of an Atom
11.10.1 Atomic Radius
NA179.80 pm
Beryllium
112 265
11.10.3 Covalent Radius
221.00 pm206.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
11.13.2 Van der Waals Radius
283.00 pm237.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
11.15 Atomic Weight
226.00 amu232.04 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
11.18 Atomic Volume
45.20 cm3/mol19.90 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
12.2 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
12.2.1 Previous Element
12.2.2 Next Element
12.3 Valence Electron Potential
20.10 (-eV)59.30 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
12.5 Lattice Constant
514.80 pm508.42 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
13.2 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
π/2, π/2, π/2
13.3 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
14 Mechanical
14.1 Density
14.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
5.50 g/cm311.72 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
14.3.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
NANA
Lithium
0.512 20
14.5 Tensile Strength
NANA
Indium
2.5 11000
14.6 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
14.7 Vapor Pressure
14.7.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
NANA
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
14.8.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
NA0.00 (Pa)
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
15.2 Elasticity properties
15.2.1 Shear Modulus
NA31.00 GPa
Potassium
1.3 222
15.3.1 Bulk Modulus
NA54.00 GPa
Cesium
1.6 462
15.4.1 Young's Modulus
NA79.00 GPa
Cesium
1.7 528
15.7 Poisson Ratio
NA0.27
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
16.2 Other Mechanical Properties
NA
Ductile
17 Magnetic
17.1 Magnetic Characteristics
17.1.1 Specific Gravity
5.0011.70
Lithium
0.53 4500
17.2.4 Magnetic Ordering
Nonmagnetic
Paramagnetic
17.2.5 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
17.2.7 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
17.3 Electrical Properties
17.3.1 Electrical Property
NA
Superconductor
17.3.2 Resistivity
100.00 nΩ·m157.00 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
17.5.1 Electrical Conductivity
NA0.07 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
17.5.3 Electron Affinity
NANA
Mercury
0 222.8
18 Thermal
18.1 Specific Heat
0.12 J/(kg K)0.12 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
19.2 Molar Heat Capacity
NA26.23 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
19.3 Thermal Conductivity
18.60 W/m·K54.00 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
19.5 Critical Temperature
NANA
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
19.7 Thermal Expansion
NA11.00 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
19.9 Enthalpy
19.9.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
NA429.00 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
19.10.1 Enthalpy of Fusion
NA15.48 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
19.10.2 Enthalpy of Atomization
163.00 kJ/mol468.60 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
19.12 Standard Molar Entropy
71.00 J/mol.K27.30 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1