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Tennessine vs Mercury


Mercury vs Tennessine


Periodic Table

Symbol
Ts  
Hg  

Group Number
17  
1
12  
6

Period Number
7  
6  

Block
p block  
d block  

Element Family
Probably Post-​Transition  
Transition Metal  

CAS Number
54101143  
2
7439976  
99+

Space Group Name
Not Available  
R_ 3m  

Space Group Number
Not Available  
166.00  
6

Facts

Interesting Facts
Not Available  
  • At room temperature mercury is found in a liquid state.
  • A coin of pound or rupees floats in mercury.
  • Because of its low melting point and boiling point it is used in thermometers.
  

Sources
Synthetically Produced  
Mining, Ores of Minerals  

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory  
Ancient Chinese and Indians  

Discovery
In 2010  
Before 2000 BCE  

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Earth's Crust
Not Available  
0.05 %  
9

Uses

Uses & Benefits
  • Currently known uses of Ununseptium metal are limited to research purpose only.
  
  • It is a liquid metal at room temperature, but it is a toxic heavy metal and hence many uses of mercury are under review or phased out.
  • It is manly used as a catalysts in chemical industry.
  

Industrial Uses
NA  
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry  

Medical Uses
NA  
Dentistry  

Other Uses
Research Purposes  
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Industry  

Biological Properties
  
  

Toxicity
Unknown  
Highly Toxic  

Present in Human Body
No  
Yes  

In Blood
Not Available  
0.01 Blood/mg dm-3  
23

In Bone
Not Available  
0.45 p.p.m.  
19

Physical Properties

Melting Point
400.00 °C  
99+
Not Available  

Boiling Point
610.00 °C  
99+
356.58 °C  
99+

Appearance
  
  

Physical State
Solid  
Liquid  

Color
Unknown  
Silver  

Luster
Unknown Luster  
NA  

Hardness
  
  

Speed of Sound
Not Available  
1,451.40 m/s  
99+

Optical Properties
  
  

Refractive Index
Not Available  
1.00  
3

Reflectivity
Not Available  
73.00 %  
8

Allotropes
No  
No  

α Allotropes
Not Available  
Not Available  

β Allotropes
Not Available  
Not Available  

γ Allotropes
Not Available  
Not Available  

Chemical Properties

Chemical Formula
Ts  
Hg  

Isotopes
  
  

Known Isotopes
0  
35
34  
5

Electronegativity
  
  

Pauling Electronegativity
Not Available  
2.00  
7

Sanderson Electronegativity
Not Available  
2.20  
7

Allred Rochow Electronegativity
Not Available  
1.44  
17

Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
Not Available  
1.81  
9

Allen Electronegativity
Not Available  
1.44  
30

Electropositivity
  
  

Pauling Electropositivity
Not Available  
2.00  
99+

Ionization Energies
  
  

1st Energy Level
742.90 kJ/mol  
23
1,007.10 kJ/mol  
4

2nd Energy Level
1,785.00 kJ/mol  
22
1,810.00 kJ/mol  
20

3rd Energy Level
Not Available  
3,300.00 kJ/mol  
20

Electrochemical Equivalent
Not Available  
3.74 g/amp-hr  
10

Electron Work Function
Not Available  
4.49 eV  
15

Other Chemical Properties
Chemical Stability, Ionization  
Flammability, Ionization, Solubility  

Atomic Properties

Atomic Number
117  
1
80  
36

Electron Configuration
[Rn] 5f14 6d10 7s2 7p5  
[Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2  

Crystal Structure
Not Known  
Rhombohedral (RHO)  

Crystal Lattice
Unknown-Crystal-Structure-of-Ununseptium.jpg#100  
RHO-Crystal-Structure-of-Mercury.jpg#100  

Atom
  
  

Number of Protons
117  
1
80  
36

Number of Neutrons
167  
2
121  
22

Number of Electrons
117  
1
80  
36

Radius of an Atom
  
  

Atomic Radius
Not Available  
151.00 pm  
32

Covalent Radius
Not Available  
132.00 pm  
99+

Van der Waals Radius
Not Available  
155.00 pm  
99+

Atomic Weight
294.00 amu  
1
200.59 amu  
32

Atomic Volume
Not Available  
14.82 cm3/mol  
35

Adjacent Atomic Numbers
  
  

Previous Element
No Previous Element  
Gold
  

Next Element
Thallium
  

Valence Electron Potential
Not Available  
28.20 (-eV)  
99+

Lattice Constant
Not Available  
300.50 pm  
99+

Lattice Angles
NA  
NA  

Lattice C/A Ratio
Not Available  
Not Available  

Mechanical Properties

Density
  
  

Density At Room Temperature
7.10 g/cm3  
99+
13.53 g/cm3  
24

Tensile Strength
Not Available  
Not Available  

Viscosity
Not Available  
0.00  
1

Vapor Pressure
  
  

Elasticity properties
  
  

Poisson Ratio
Not Available  
Not Available  

Other Mechanical Properties
Unknown  
NA  

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic Characteristics
  
  

Specific Gravity
Not Available  
13.53  
16

Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic  
Diamagnetic  

Electrical Properties
  
  

Electrical Property
Unknown  
Conductor  

Resistivity
Not Available  
961.00 nΩ·m  
1

Electrical Conductivity
Not Available  
0.01 106/cm Ω  
99+

Electron Affinity
Not Available  
0.00 kJ/mol  
40

Thermal Properties

Specific Heat
Not Available  
0.14 J/(kg K)  
38

Molar Heat Capacity
Not Available  
27.98 J/mol·K  
13

Thermal Conductivity
Not Available  
8.30 W/m·K  
99+

Critical Temperature
Not Available  
1,750.00 K  
6

Thermal Expansion
Not Available  
60.40 µm/(m·K)  
5

Enthalpy
  
  

Enthalpy of Vaporization
Not Available  
56.90 kJ/mol  
99+

Enthalpy of Fusion
Not Available  
2.29 kJ/mol  
99+

Enthalpy of Atomization
Not Available  
61.50 kJ/mol  
99+

Standard Molar Entropy
Not Available  
75.80 J/mol.K  
6

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