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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Sc
Fe
1.2 Group Number
38
Gadolinium Metal
0 17
2.3 Period Number
44
Lithium Metal
2 7
2.5 Block
d block
d block
2.6 Element Family
Transition Metal
Transition Metal
2.7 CAS Number
74402027439896
Aluminium Metal
7429905 54386242
2.9 Space Group Name
P63/mmc
Im_ 3m
2.10 Space Group Number
194.00229.00
Plutonium Metal
11 229
3 Facts
3.1 Interesting Facts
  • Scandium is known as one of the rare earth elements.
  • Scandium metal found in rare minerals called Wolframite .
  • Iron is not always magnetic in nature, its allotrope are ferromagnetic and the B allotrope is nonmagnetic.
  • The blood consists Iron in hemoglobin molecules to transfer Oxygen in the body.
3.2 Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals
3.3 History
3.3.1 Who Discovered
Lars Fredrik Nilson
Unknown
3.3.2 Discovery
In 1879
Before 5000 BC
3.5 Abundance
3.5.1 Abundance In Universe
3 * 10-6 %1.1 * 10-1 %
Thallium Metal
5E-09 0.11
3.6.2 Abundance In Sun
~0.000004 %~0.1 %
Beryllium Metal
1E-08 0.1
3.7.1 Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %22.00 %
Gold Metal
1.7E-07 22
3.10.1 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %6.30 %
Radium Metal
9.9E-12 8.1
3.11.1 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %0.00 %
Protactinium Metal
2E-23 1.1
3.12.3 Abundance In Humans
NA0.01 %
Radium Metal
1E-13 1.4
5 Uses
5.1 Uses & Benefits
  • 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.
  • Iron metal alloy steel is used in the application of civil engineering and manufacturing.
  • Alloys of iron with nickel, vanadium, chromium, tungsten and manganese have very useful properties.
5.1.1 Industrial Uses
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry, Chemical Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
5.1.2 Medical Uses
NA
Pharmaceutical Industry, Surgical Instruments Manufacturing
5.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys, Sculptures, Statues
5.2 Biological Properties
5.2.1 Toxicity
Non Toxic
Non Toxic
5.2.2 Present in Human Body
5.2.3 In Blood
0.01 Blood/mg dm-3447.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium Metal
0 1970
5.2.7 In Bone
0.00 p.p.m.380.00 p.p.m.
Plutonium Metal
0 170000
6 Physical
6.1 Melting Point
1,539.00 °C1,535.00 °C
Francium Metal
27 3410
6.4 Boiling Point
2,832.00 °C2,750.00 °C
Flerovium Metal
147 5660
6.5 Appearance
6.5.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
6.5.2 Color
Silvery White
Gray
6.5.3 Luster
Lustrous
Metallic
6.6 Hardness
6.6.1 Mohs Hardness
NA4.00
Cesium Metal
0.2 8.5
6.7.5 Brinell Hardness
750.00 MPa200.00 MPa
Cesium Metal
0.14 3490
6.7.9 Vickers Hardness
NA608.00 MPa
Palladium Metal
121 3430
6.8 Speed of Sound
NA5,120.00 m/s
Thallium Metal
818 16200
7.2 Optical Properties
7.2.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury Metal
1.000933 1.7229
7.2.3 Reflectivity
NA65.00 %
Molybdenum Metal
58 97
7.3 Allotropes
7.3.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Ferrite (alpha Iron)
7.3.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
beta Iron
7.3.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
gamma Iron
8 Chemical
8.1 Chemical Formula
Sc
Fe
8.2 Isotopes
8.2.1 Known Isotopes
1326
Tennessine Metal
0 38
8.4 Electronegativity
8.4.1 Pauling Electronegativity
1.361.83
Francium Metal
0.7 2.54
8.4.3 Sanderson Electronegativity
1.022.20
Cesium Metal
0.22 2.56
8.4.7 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.201.64
Cesium Metal
0.86 1.82
8.4.11 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
NANA
Cesium Metal
0.62 2.48
9.1.1 Allen Electronegativity
1.191.80
Cesium Metal
0.659 2.7
9.3 Electropositivity
9.3.1 Pauling Electropositivity
2.642.17
Gold Metal
1.46 3.3
9.5 Ionization Energies
9.5.1 1st Energy Level
633.10 kJ/mol762.50 kJ/mol
Cesium Metal
375.7 26130
9.5.4 2nd Energy Level
1,235.00 kJ/mol1,561.90 kJ/mol
Ruthenium Metal
710.2162 28750
9.6.3 3rd Energy Level
2,388.60 kJ/mol2,957.00 kJ/mol
Osmium Metal
1600 34230
9.7.3 4th Energy Level
7,090.60 kJ/mol5,290.00 kJ/mol
Thorium Metal
2780 37066
9.8.4 5th Energy Level
8,843.00 kJ/mol7,240.00 kJ/mol
Dubnium Metal
4305.2 97510
9.8.8 6th Energy Level
10,679.00 kJ/mol9,560.00 kJ/mol
Seaborgium Metal
5715.8 105800
9.8.12 7th Energy level
13,310.00 kJ/mol12,060.00 kJ/mol
Bohrium Metal
7226.8 114300
9.9.2 8th Energy Level
15,250.00 kJ/mol14,580.00 kJ/mol
Hassium Metal
8857.4 125300
9.9.5 9th Energy Level
17,370.00 kJ/mol22,540.00 kJ/mol
Yttrium Metal
14110 134700
9.9.8 10th Energy Level
21,726.00 kJ/mol25,290.00 kJ/mol
Strontium Metal
17100 144300
9.10.2 11th Energy Level
24,102.00 kJ/mol28,000.00 kJ/mol
Yttrium Metal
19900 169988
9.11.1 12th Energy Level
66,320.00 kJ/mol31,920.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum Metal
22219 189368
9.12.1 13th Energy Level
73,010.00 kJ/mol34,830.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum Metal
26930 76015
10.3.1 14th Energy Level
80,160.00 kJ/mol37,840.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum Metal
29196 86450
10.5.1 15th Energy Level
89,490.00 kJ/mol44,100.00 kJ/mol
Manganese Metal
41987 97510
10.6.1 16th Energy Level
97,400.00 kJ/mol47,206.00 kJ/mol
Copper
47206 109480
10.6.3 17th Energy Level
105,600.00 kJ/mol122,200.00 kJ/mol
Cobalt Metal
52737 122200
10.6.4 18th Energy Level
117,000.00 kJ/mol131,000.00 kJ/mol
Nickel Metal
58570 134810
10.7.2 19th Energy Level
124,270.00 kJ/mol140,500.00 kJ/mol
Copper Metal
64702 148700
10.7.4 20th Energy Level
NA152,600.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum Metal
80400 171200
10.7.6 21st Energy Level
NA163,000.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum Metal
87000 179100
10.8.1 22nd Energy Level
NA173,600.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum Metal
93400 184900
10.8.2 23rd Energy Level
NA188,100.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum Metal
98420 198800
10.9.1 24th Energy Level
NA195,200.00 kJ/mol
Molybdenum Metal
104400 195200
10.9.2 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
121900 121900
10.11.1 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
127700 127700
10.12.1 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
133800 133800
10.12.2 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
139800 139800
10.14.1 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
148100 148100
11.1.2 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
154500 154500
11.2 Electrochemical Equivalent
0.56 g/amp-hr0.69 g/amp-hr
Beryllium Metal
0.16812 8.3209
11.4 Electron Work Function
3.50 eV4.70 eV
Cesium Metal
2.14 5.65
11.7 Other Chemical Properties
Corrosion, Flammable, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
Corrosion, Ionization, Solubility
12 Atomic
12.1 Atomic Number
2126
Lithium Metal
3 117
12.2 Electron Configuration
[Ar] 3d1 4s2
[Ar] 3d6 4s2
12.3 Crystal Structure
Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP)
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
12.3.1 Crystal Lattice
12.4 Atom
12.4.1 Number of Protons
2126
Lithium Metal
3 117
12.5.2 Number of Neutrons
2430
Lithium Metal
4 184
12.5.4 Number of Electrons
2126
Lithium Metal
3 117
12.6 Radius of an Atom
12.6.1 Atomic Radius
162.00 pm126.00 pm
Beryllium Metal
112 265
12.6.2 Covalent Radius
170.00 pm132.00 pm
Beryllium Metal
96 260
12.7.1 Van der Waals Radius
211.00 pm200.00 pm
Zinc Metal
139 348
13.2 Atomic Weight
44.96 amu55.85 amu
Lithium Metal
6.94 294
13.3 Atomic Volume
15.00 cm3/mol7.10 cm3/mol
Manganese Metal
1.39 71.07
13.5 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
13.5.1 Previous Element
13.5.2 Next Element
13.6 Valence Electron Potential
58.00 (-eV)67.00 (-eV)
Francium Metal
8 392.42
13.7 Lattice Constant
330.90 pm286.65 pm
Beryllium Metal
228.58 891.25
13.8 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
π/2, π/2, π/2
13.9 Lattice C/A Ratio
1.59NA
Beryllium Metal
1.567 1.886
15 Mechanical
15.1 Density
15.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
2.99 g/cm37.87 g/cm3
Lithium Metal
0.534 40.7
15.2.1 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
2.80 g/cm36.98 g/cm3
Lithium Metal
0.512 20
15.4 Tensile Strength
NA11,000.00 MPa
Indium Metal
2.5 11000
15.6 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury Metal
0.001526 0.001526
15.7 Vapor Pressure
15.7.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
0.00 (Pa)0.00 (Pa)
Cerium Metal
2.47E-11 121
15.8.1 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
91.30 (Pa)36.80 (Pa)
Tungsten Metal
2.62E-10 774
15.10 Elasticity properties
15.10.1 Shear Modulus
29.10 GPa82.00 GPa
Potassium Metal
1.3 222
15.10.2 Bulk Modulus
56.60 GPa170.00 GPa
Cesium Metal
1.6 462
15.10.4 Young's Modulus
74.40 GPa211.00 GPa
Cesium Metal
1.7 528
15.11 Poisson Ratio
0.280.29
Beryllium Metal
0.032 0.47
15.13 Other Mechanical Properties
NA
Ductile, Malleable, Weldable
16 Magnetic
16.1 Magnetic Characteristics
16.1.1 Specific Gravity
2.997.20
Lithium Metal
0.53 4500
16.1.2 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Ferromagnetic
16.1.3 Permeability
NA6.3 * 10-3 H/m
Bismuth Metal
1.25643E-06 0.0063
16.1.4 Susceptibility
NA2,00,000.00
Bismuth Metal
-0.000166 200000
16.2 Electrical Properties
16.2.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
Conductor
16.2.2 Resistivity
562.00 nΩ·m96.10 nΩ·m
Thallium Metal
0.18 961
16.2.3 Electrical Conductivity
0.02 106/cm Ω0.10 106/cm Ω
Plutonium Metal
0.00666 0.63
1.1.1 Electron Affinity
18.10 kJ/mol15.70 kJ/mol
Mercury Metal
0 222.8
2 Thermal
2.1 Specific Heat
0.60 J/(kg K)0.44 J/(kg K)
Americium Metal
0.11 3.6
2.2 Molar Heat Capacity
25.52 J/mol·K25.10 J/mol·K
Beryllium Metal
16.443 62.7
2.5 Thermal Conductivity
15.80 W/m·K80.40 W/m·K
Neptunium Metal
6.3 429
2.6 Critical Temperature
NANA
Ytterbium Metal
26.3 3223
2.7 Thermal Expansion
10.20 µm/(m·K)11.80 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten Metal
4.5 97
2.8 Enthalpy
2.8.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
314.20 kJ/mol351.00 kJ/mol
Zinc Metal
7.32 799.1
2.8.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
14.10 kJ/mol14.90 kJ/mol
Cesium Metal
2.1 35.23
2.8.4 Enthalpy of Atomization
343.00 kJ/mol414.20 kJ/mol
Mercury Metal
61.5 837
2.10 Standard Molar Entropy
34.60 J/mol.K27.30 J/mol.K
Beryllium Metal
9.5 198.1