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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Ru
Rh
1.2 Group Number
89
Gadolinium
0 17
2.3 Period Number
55
Lithium
2 7
2.5 Block
d block
d block
2.6 Element Family
Transition Metal
Transition Metal
2.7 CAS Number
74401887440166
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
2.8 Space Group Name
P63/mmc
Fm_ 3m
2.9 Space Group Number
194.00225.00
Plutonium
11 229
3 Facts
3.1 Interesting Facts
  • Ruthenium element has been extracted from used nuclear fuel.
  • Ruthenium metal also produces as a by-product of the Nickel mining.
  • Rhodium is the rarest element out of all non-radioactive metals on the earth .
  • Rhodium is one of the most durable and hard metal, which also have high reflectance.
3.2 Sources
By-product of Nickel Refining, Found in Minerals, Mining
Earth's crust, Found As a By-product, Found in Minerals, Mining
3.3 History
3.3.1 Who Discovered
Karl Ernst Claus
William Hyde Wollaston
3.3.2 Discovery
In 1844
In 1804
3.4 Abundance
3.4.1 Abundance In Universe
4 * 10-7 %6 * 10-8 %
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
3.6.1 Abundance In Sun
~0.0000005 %~0.0000002 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
3.8.1 Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %0.00 %
Gold
1.7E-07 22
3.8.3 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %0.00 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
3.9.2 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %NA
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
3.9.4 Abundance In Humans
NANA
Radium
1E-13 1.4
4 Uses
4.1 Uses & Benefits
  • It is used for producing chip resistors and contact.
  • Ruthenium oxide is used to coat the anodes cells for chlorine production in chemical industry. It also works as catalysts for ammonia and acetic acid reaction.
  • Rhodium metal is mainly used in catalytic converters for cars as it reduces nitrogen oxides in exhaust gases.
  • It is used as an industrial catalyst for nitric acid, acetic acid, hydrogenation reaction, etc.
4.1.1 Industrial Uses
Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry, Chemical Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
4.1.2 Medical Uses
Medical Research
NA
4.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys
4.2 Biological Properties
4.2.1 Toxicity
Low Toxic
NA
4.2.2 Present in Human Body
4.2.3 In Blood
NANA
Plutonium
0 1970
4.3.1 In Bone
NANA
Plutonium
0 170000
6 Physical
6.1 Melting Point
2,250.00 °C1,966.00 °C
Francium
27 3410
7.2 Boiling Point
3,900.00 °C3,727.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
7.5 Appearance
7.5.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
7.5.2 Color
Silvery White
Silvery White
7.5.3 Luster
Metallic
Metallic
7.6 Hardness
7.6.1 Mohs Hardness
6.506.00
Cesium
0.2 8.5
7.8.3 Brinell Hardness
2,160.00 MPa980.00 MPa
Cesium
0.14 3490
7.8.5 Vickers Hardness
NA1,100.00 MPa
Palladium
121 3430
7.10 Speed of Sound
5,970.00 m/s4,700.00 m/s
Thallium
818 16200
7.11 Optical Properties
7.11.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
7.11.2 Reflectivity
NA84.00 %
Molybdenum
58 97
7.12 Allotropes
7.12.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
7.12.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
7.12.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
8 Chemical
8.1 Chemical Formula
Ru
Rh
8.2 Isotopes
8.2.1 Known Isotopes
2616
Tennessine
0 38
9.2 Electronegativity
9.2.1 Pauling Electronegativity
2.202.28
Francium
0.7 2.54
9.3.1 Sanderson Electronegativity
NANA
Cesium
0.22 2.56
9.4.1 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.421.45
Cesium
0.86 1.82
9.5.1 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
NANA
Cesium
0.62 2.48
9.6.1 Allen Electronegativity
1.541.56
Cesium
0.659 2.7
9.8 Electropositivity
9.8.1 Pauling Electropositivity
1.801.72
Gold
1.46 3.3
9.9 Ionization Energies
9.9.1 1st Energy Level
710.20 kJ/mol719.70 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
9.9.3 2nd Energy Level
710.22 kJ/mol1,740.00 kJ/mol
Palladium
710.2162 28750
9.9.4 3rd Energy Level
2,747.00 kJ/mol2,997.00 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
9.9.7 4th Energy Level
NANA
Thorium
2780 37066
9.10.1 5th Energy Level
NANA
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
9.11.1 6th Energy Level
NANA
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
10.1.2 7th Energy level
NANA
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
10.1.5 8th Energy Level
NANA
Hassium
8857.4 125300
10.1.7 9th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium
14110 134700
10.2.3 10th Energy Level
NANA
Strontium
17100 144300
10.2.4 11th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium
19900 169988
10.2.6 12th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
22219 189368
10.2.8 13th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
26930 76015
10.2.9 14th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
29196 86450
10.2.10 15th Energy Level
NANA
Manganese
41987 97510
11.1.1 16th Energy Level
NANA
Iron
47206 109480
11.2.1 17th Energy Level
NANA
Cobalt
52737 122200
11.3.1 18th Energy Level
NANA
Nickel
58570 134810
11.3.2 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper
64702 148700
11.4.1 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
11.5.1 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
11.5.2 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
11.6.2 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
11.6.3 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
11.6.4 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
11.6.6 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
11.6.7 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
11.6.9 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
11.7.1 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
11.7.2 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
11.8 Electrochemical Equivalent
1.26 g/amp-hr1.28 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
11.9 Electron Work Function
4.71 eV4.98 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
11.10 Other Chemical Properties
Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes
12 Atomic
12.1 Atomic Number
4445
Lithium
3 117
12.2 Electron Configuration
[Kr] 4d7 5s1
[Kr] 4d8 5s1
12.3 Crystal Structure
Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP)
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
12.3.1 Crystal Lattice
12.4 Atom
12.4.1 Number of Protons
4445
Lithium
3 117
12.4.2 Number of Neutrons
5758
Lithium
4 184
12.4.3 Number of Electrons
4445
Lithium
3 117
12.5 Radius of an Atom
12.5.1 Atomic Radius
134.00 pm134.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
12.5.2 Covalent Radius
146.00 pm142.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
12.5.3 Van der Waals Radius
200.00 pm200.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
12.6 Atomic Weight
101.07 amu102.91 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
12.7 Atomic Volume
8.30 cm3/mol8.30 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
12.8 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
12.8.1 Previous Element
12.8.2 Next Element
12.9 Valence Electron Potential
64.00 (-eV)64.00 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
12.10 Lattice Constant
270.59 pm380.34 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
12.11 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
π/2, π/2, π/2
12.12 Lattice C/A Ratio
1.58NA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
13 Mechanical
13.1 Density
13.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
12.45 g/cm312.41 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
13.1.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
10.65 g/cm310.70 g/cm3
Lithium
0.512 20
13.2 Tensile Strength
NA951.00 MPa
Indium
2.5 11000
13.3 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
13.4 Vapor Pressure
13.4.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
NANA
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
13.4.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
0.00 (Pa)0.02 (Pa)
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
13.5 Elasticity properties
13.5.1 Shear Modulus
173.00 GPa150.00 GPa
Potassium
1.3 222
13.5.2 Bulk Modulus
220.00 GPa275.00 GPa
Cesium
1.6 462
13.5.3 Young's Modulus
447.00 GPa380.00 GPa
Cesium
1.7 528
13.6 Poisson Ratio
0.300.26
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
13.7 Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile, Malleable
Malleable
14 Magnetic
14.1 Magnetic Characteristics
14.1.1 Specific Gravity
12.4512.41
Lithium
0.53 4500
14.1.2 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Paramagnetic
14.1.3 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
14.1.4 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
14.2 Electrical Properties
14.2.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
Conductor
14.2.2 Resistivity
71.00 nΩ·m43.30 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
14.2.3 Electrical Conductivity
0.14 106/cm Ω0.21 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
14.2.4 Electron Affinity
101.30 kJ/mol109.70 kJ/mol
Mercury
0 222.8
15 Thermal
15.1 Specific Heat
0.24 J/(kg K)0.24 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
15.2 Molar Heat Capacity
24.06 J/mol·K24.98 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
15.3 Thermal Conductivity
117.00 W/m·K150.00 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
15.4 Critical Temperature
NANA
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
15.5 Thermal Expansion
6.40 µm/(m·K)8.20 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
1.2 Enthalpy
1.2.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
567.80 kJ/mol495.40 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
1.3.1 Enthalpy of Fusion
25.50 kJ/mol21.76 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
1.3.2 Enthalpy of Atomization
603.00 kJ/mol556.50 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
1.5 Standard Molar Entropy
28.50 J/mol.K31.50 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1