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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Ta
Na
1.2 Group Number
51
Gadolinium
0 17
1.3 Period Number
63
Lithium
2 7
1.5 Block
d block
s block
1.6 Element Family
Transition Metal
Alkali
1.7 CAS Number
74402577440235
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
1.10 Space Group Name
Im_ 3m
Im_ 3m
1.11 Space Group Number
229.00229.00
Plutonium
11 229
2 Facts
2.1 Interesting Facts
  • Tantalum metal is known as corrosion resistance.
  • Tantalum metal can easily fabricated and It is a good conductor of heat and electricity.
  • At room temperature Sodium metal is very soft as it can be chopped down into pieces with butter knife.
  • The most common compound of Sodium is NaCl (Salt).
2.2 Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
By Electrolysis Process, Mining
2.3 History
2.3.1 Who Discovered
Anders Gustaf Ekeberg
Humphry Davy
2.3.2 Discovery
In 1802
In 1807
2.4 Abundance
2.4.1 Abundance In Universe
8 * 10-9 %2 * 10-3 %
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
2.6.1 Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %~0.004 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
2.8.1 Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %0.55 %
Gold
1.7E-07 22
3.2.2 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %2.30 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
3.4.1 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %1.10 %
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
3.6.1 Abundance In Humans
NA0.14 %
Radium
1E-13 1.4
4 Uses
4.1 Uses & Benefits
  • Tantalum metal is mainly used in the manufacturing of electron components. Its Oxide layer acts as an insulator.
  • Tantalum metal is also used in surgical transplant like replacement of bone, skull plates and as a woven gauze.
  • In some nuclear reactors sodium is used as a heat exchanger.
  • Compound of Sodium metals called Salt (Sodium chloride) is used in Food.
4.2.1 Industrial Uses
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
4.2.2 Medical Uses
NA
Pharmaceutical Industry
4.2.3 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys
4.3 Biological Properties
4.3.1 Toxicity
Low Toxic
Toxic
4.3.2 Present in Human Body
4.3.3 In Blood
NA1,970.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium
0 1970
5.1.2 In Bone
0.03 p.p.m.10,000.00 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
6 Physical
6.1 Melting Point
2,996.00 °C97.72 °C
Francium
27 3410
6.3 Boiling Point
5,425.00 °C883.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
6.5 Appearance
6.5.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
6.5.2 Color
Gray Blue
Silvery White
6.5.3 Luster
Metallic
Metallic
6.6 Hardness
6.6.1 Mohs Hardness
6.500.50
Cesium
0.2 8.5
6.8.2 Brinell Hardness
440.00 MPa0.69 MPa
Cesium
0.14 3490
6.9.1 Vickers Hardness
870.00 MPaNA
Palladium
121 3430
7.2 Speed of Sound
3,400.00 m/s3,200.00 m/s
Thallium
818 16200
7.4 Optical Properties
7.4.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
7.4.3 Reflectivity
78.00 %NA
Molybdenum
58 97
7.6 Allotropes
7.6.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
7.6.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
7.6.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
8 Chemical
8.1 Chemical Formula
Ta
Na
8.2 Isotopes
8.2.1 Known Isotopes
3117
Tennessine
0 38
8.3 Electronegativity
8.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity
1.500.93
Francium
0.7 2.54
8.4.1 Sanderson Electronegativity
NA0.56
Cesium
0.22 2.56
9.1.2 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.331.01
Cesium
0.86 1.82
10.1.3 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
NA0.91
Cesium
0.62 2.48
10.2.2 Allen Electronegativity
1.340.87
Cesium
0.659 2.7
10.5 Electropositivity
10.5.1 Pauling Electropositivity
2.503.07
Gold
1.46 3.3
10.6 Ionization Energies
10.6.1 1st Energy Level
761.00 kJ/mol495.80 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
10.7.2 2nd Energy Level
1,500.00 kJ/mol4,562.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
10.8.1 3rd Energy Level
NA6,910.30 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
10.9.2 4th Energy Level
NA9,543.00 kJ/mol
Thorium
2780 37066
11.1.2 5th Energy Level
NA13,354.00 kJ/mol
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
11.2.1 6th Energy Level
NA16,613.00 kJ/mol
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
11.2.3 7th Energy level
NA20,117.00 kJ/mol
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
11.3.1 8th Energy Level
NA25,496.00 kJ/mol
Hassium
8857.4 125300
11.4.1 9th Energy Level
NA28,932.00 kJ/mol
Yttrium
14110 134700
11.5.1 10th Energy Level
NA141,362.00 kJ/mol
Strontium
17100 144300
11.6.1 11th Energy Level
NA159,076.00 kJ/mol
Yttrium
19900 169988
11.7.2 12th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
22219 189368
11.7.3 13th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
26930 76015
11.7.5 14th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
29196 86450
11.7.7 15th Energy Level
NANA
Manganese
41987 97510
11.7.8 16th Energy Level
NANA
Iron
47206 109480
11.8.1 17th Energy Level
NANA
Cobalt
52737 122200
11.8.2 18th Energy Level
NANA
Nickel
58570 134810
11.8.3 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper
64702 148700
11.8.4 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
11.8.5 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
11.8.6 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
11.8.7 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
11.8.8 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
11.8.9 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
11.8.10 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
11.8.11 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
11.8.12 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
11.8.13 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
11.8.14 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
11.9 Electrochemical Equivalent
1.35 g/amp-hr0.86 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
11.10 Electron Work Function
4.25 eV2.75 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
11.11 Other Chemical Properties
Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity, Solubility
Chemical Stability, Corrosion, Flammability, Ionization, Solubility
12 Atomic
12.1 Atomic Number
7311
Lithium
3 117
12.2 Electron Configuration
[Xe] 4f14 5d3 6s2
[Ne] 3s1
12.3 Crystal Structure
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
12.3.1 Crystal Lattice
12.4 Atom
12.4.1 Number of Protons
7311
Lithium
3 117
12.4.2 Number of Neutrons
10812
Lithium
4 184
12.4.3 Number of Electrons
7311
Lithium
3 117
12.5 Radius of an Atom
12.5.1 Atomic Radius
146.00 pm186.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
12.5.2 Covalent Radius
170.00 pm166.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
12.5.3 Van der Waals Radius
200.00 pm227.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
12.6 Atomic Weight
180.95 amu22.99 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
12.7 Atomic Volume
10.90 cm3/mol23.70 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
110.00 (-eV)14.10 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
12.10 Lattice Constant
330.13 pm429.06 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
12.11 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
π/2, π/2, π/2
12.12 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
13 Mechanical
13.1 Density
13.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
16.69 g/cm30.97 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
13.1.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
15.00 g/cm30.93 g/cm3
Lithium
0.512 20
13.2 Tensile Strength
NANA
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)NA
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
13.5 Elasticity properties
13.5.1 Shear Modulus
69.00 GPa3.30 GPa
Potassium
1.3 222
13.5.2 Bulk Modulus
200.00 GPa6.30 GPa
Cesium
1.6 462
13.5.3 Young's Modulus
186.00 GPa10.00 GPa
Cesium
1.7 528
13.6 Poisson Ratio
0.34NA
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
13.7 Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile
NA
14 Magnetic
14.1 Magnetic Characteristics
14.1.1 Specific Gravity
16.650.97
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
131.00 nΩ·m47.70 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
14.2.3 Electrical Conductivity
0.08 106/cm Ω0.21 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
14.2.4 Electron Affinity
31.00 kJ/mol52.80 kJ/mol
Mercury
0 222.8
15 Thermal
15.1 Specific Heat
0.14 J/(kg K)1.23 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
15.2 Molar Heat Capacity
25.36 J/mol·K28.23 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
15.3 Thermal Conductivity
57.50 W/m·K142.00 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
15.4 Critical Temperature
NA2,573.00 K
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
15.5 Thermal Expansion
6.30 µm/(m·K)71.00 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
15.6 Enthalpy
15.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
753.10 kJ/mol89.04 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
15.6.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
31.40 kJ/mol2.59 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
15.6.3 Enthalpy of Atomization
782.00 kJ/mol108.40 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
15.7 Standard Molar Entropy
41.50 J/mol.K51.30 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1