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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Ru
W
1.2 Group Number
86
Gadolinium
0 17
1.3 Period Number
56
Lithium
2 7
1.4 Block
d block
d block
1.5 Element Family
Transition Metal
Transition Metal
1.6 CAS Number
74401887440337
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
1.7 Space Group Name
P63/mmc
Im_ 3m
1.8 Space Group Number
194.00229.00
Plutonium
11 229
2 Facts
2.1 Interesting Facts
  • Ruthenium element has been extracted from used nuclear fuel.
  • Ruthenium metal also produces as a by-product of the Nickel mining.
  • Tungsten element has the second highest melting point.
  • Pure tungsten can easily cut down with the help of hacksaw.
2.2 Sources
By-product of Nickel Refining, Found in Minerals, Mining
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
2.3 History
2.3.1 Who Discovered
Karl Ernst Claus
Not Available
2.3.2 Discovery
In 1844
In 1781
2.4 Abundance
2.4.1 Abundance In Universe
4 * 10-7 %5 * 10-8 %
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
2.5.1 Abundance In Sun
~0.0000005 %~0.0000004 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
2.8.1 Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %0.00 %
Gold
1.7E-07 22
2.10.1 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %0.00 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
3.4.2 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %0.00 %
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
3.4.4 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.
  • Tungsten and its alloys are used in high-temperature applications like welding electrodes, high-temperature furnace, etc.
  • Tungsten carbide is very hard and used in metal working, mining and petroleum industry.
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
Non Toxic
4.2.2 Present in Human Body
4.2.3 In Blood
NA0.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium
0 1970
4.2.5 In Bone
NA0.00 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
5 Physical
5.1 Melting Point
2,250.00 °C3,410.00 °C
Francium
27 3410
5.2 Boiling Point
3,900.00 °C5,660.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
6.3 Appearance
6.3.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
6.3.2 Color
Silvery White
Grayish White
6.3.3 Luster
Metallic
Lustrous
6.4 Hardness
6.4.1 Mohs Hardness
6.507.50
Cesium
0.2 8.5
6.4.3 Brinell Hardness
2,160.00 MPa2,000.00 MPa
Cesium
0.14 3490
7.1.1 Vickers Hardness
NA3,430.00 MPa
Palladium
121 3430
7.2 Speed of Sound
5,970.00 m/s4,620.00 m/s
Thallium
818 16200
7.4 Optical Properties
7.4.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
7.4.2 Reflectivity
NA62.00 %
Molybdenum
58 97
7.7 Allotropes
7.7.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
8 Chemical
8.1 Chemical Formula
Ru
W
8.2 Isotopes
8.2.1 Known Isotopes
2633
Tennessine
0 38
8.3 Electronegativity
8.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity
2.202.36
Francium
0.7 2.54
8.3.3 Sanderson Electronegativity
NA0.98
Cesium
0.22 2.56
8.4.1 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.421.40
Cesium
0.86 1.82
8.4.2 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
NANA
Cesium
0.62 2.48
8.5.2 Allen Electronegativity
1.541.47
Cesium
0.659 2.7
9.2 Electropositivity
9.2.1 Pauling Electropositivity
1.801.64
Gold
1.46 3.3
9.4 Ionization Energies
9.4.1 1st Energy Level
710.20 kJ/mol770.00 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
9.5.2 2nd Energy Level
710.22 kJ/mol1,700.00 kJ/mol
Palladium
710.2162 28750
9.5.3 3rd Energy Level
2,747.00 kJ/molNA
Osmium
1600 34230
9.5.5 4th Energy Level
NANA
Thorium
2780 37066
9.5.6 5th Energy Level
NANA
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
9.5.8 6th Energy Level
NANA
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
9.5.10 7th Energy level
NANA
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
9.5.12 8th Energy Level
NANA
Hassium
8857.4 125300
9.5.13 9th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium
14110 134700
9.6.2 10th Energy Level
NANA
Strontium
17100 144300
9.7.2 11th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium
19900 169988
9.7.4 12th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
22219 189368
9.7.6 13th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
26930 76015
9.7.7 14th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
29196 86450
9.7.9 15th Energy Level
NANA
Manganese
41987 97510
9.7.11 16th Energy Level
NANA
Iron
47206 109480
9.7.13 17th Energy Level
NANA
Cobalt
52737 122200
9.7.14 18th Energy Level
NANA
Nickel
58570 134810
9.7.16 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper
64702 148700
9.7.18 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
9.7.20 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
9.7.21 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
9.7.23 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
9.7.24 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
9.7.26 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
9.7.28 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
9.7.29 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
9.7.31 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
9.7.33 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
9.7.34 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
9.8 Electrochemical Equivalent
1.26 g/amp-hr1.14 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
9.9 Electron Work Function
4.71 eV4.55 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
9.10 Other Chemical Properties
Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
10 Atomic
10.1 Atomic Number
4474
Lithium
3 117
10.2 Electron Configuration
[Kr] 4d7 5s1
[Xe] 4f14 5d4 6s2
10.3 Crystal Structure
Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP)
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
10.3.1 Crystal Lattice
10.4 Atom
10.4.1 Number of Protons
4474
Lithium
3 117
10.4.4 Number of Neutrons
57110
Lithium
4 184
10.4.7 Number of Electrons
4474
Lithium
3 117
10.5 Radius of an Atom
10.5.1 Atomic Radius
134.00 pm139.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
10.5.3 Covalent Radius
146.00 pm162.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
10.5.5 Van der Waals Radius
200.00 pm200.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
10.6 Atomic Weight
101.07 amu183.84 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
10.8 Atomic Volume
8.30 cm3/mol9.53 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
10.10 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
10.10.1 Previous Element
10.10.2 Next Element
10.11 Valence Electron Potential
64.00 (-eV)140.00 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
10.12 Lattice Constant
270.59 pm316.52 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
11.2 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
π/2, π/2, π/2
11.3 Lattice C/A Ratio
1.58NA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
12 Mechanical
12.1 Density
12.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
12.45 g/cm319.25 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
12.2.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
10.65 g/cm317.60 g/cm3
Lithium
0.512 20
12.3 Tensile Strength
NA370.00 MPa
Indium
2.5 11000
12.4 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
12.5 Vapor Pressure
12.5.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
NANA
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
12.6.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
0.00 (Pa)0.00 (Pa)
Palladium
2.62E-10 774
12.7 Elasticity properties
12.7.1 Shear Modulus
173.00 GPa161.00 GPa
Potassium
1.3 222
12.7.3 Bulk Modulus
220.00 GPa310.00 GPa
Cesium
1.6 462
12.8.1 Young's Modulus
447.00 GPa411.00 GPa
Cesium
1.7 528
12.9 Poisson Ratio
0.300.28
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
12.11 Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile, Malleable
Ductile, Malleable
13 Magnetic
13.1 Magnetic Characteristics
13.1.1 Specific Gravity
12.4519.22
Lithium
0.53 4500
13.1.2 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Paramagnetic
13.1.3 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
13.3.1 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
13.5 Electrical Properties
13.5.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
Superconductor
13.5.2 Resistivity
71.00 nΩ·m52.80 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
13.7.1 Electrical Conductivity
0.14 106/cm Ω0.19 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
14.1.2 Electron Affinity
101.30 kJ/mol78.60 kJ/mol
Mercury
0 222.8
15 Thermal
15.1 Specific Heat
0.24 J/(kg K)0.13 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
15.2 Molar Heat Capacity
24.06 J/mol·K24.27 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
15.4 Thermal Conductivity
117.00 W/m·K173.00 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
15.7 Critical Temperature
NANA
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
15.8 Thermal Expansion
6.40 µm/(m·K)4.50 µm/(m·K)
Palladium
4.5 97
15.9 Enthalpy
15.9.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
567.80 kJ/mol799.10 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
15.10.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
25.50 kJ/mol35.23 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
15.10.4 Enthalpy of Atomization
603.00 kJ/mol837.00 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
15.11 Standard Molar Entropy
28.50 J/mol.K32.60 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1