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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Th
Rb
1.2 Group Number
01
Gadolinium Metal
0 17
1.3 Period Number
75
Lithium Metal
2 7
1.4 Block
f block
s block
1.5 Element Family
Actinide
Alkali
1.6 CAS Number
74403267440177
Aluminium Metal
7429905 54386242
1.8 Space Group Name
P63/mmc
Im_ 3m
1.9 Space Group Number
194.00229.00
Plutonium Metal
11 229
2 Facts
2.1 Interesting Facts
  • Thorium metal is used as an alternate option over Uranium for nuclear fuel.
  • Thorium metals appearance (silvery white, soft) is somewhat similar to Lead metal.
  • Rubidium metal is 16th most common element found in the earth crust.
  • Rubidium metal also found in minerals as well as seawater.
2.2 Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining
Obtained from Lithium Production.
2.3 History
2.3.1 Who Discovered
Jöns Jakob Berzelius
Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff
2.3.2 Discovery
In 1829
In 1861
2.4 Abundance
2.4.1 Abundance In Universe
3 * 10-4 %1 * 10-6 %
Thallium Metal
5E-09 0.11
2.4.4 Abundance In Sun
~0.0004 %~0.000003 %
Beryllium Metal
1E-08 0.1
2.5.2 Abundance In Meteorites
0.05 %0.00 %
Gold Metal
1.7E-07 22
2.6.1 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.66 %0.01 %
Radium Metal
9.9E-12 8.1
2.7.2 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %0.00 %
Protactinium Metal
2E-23 1.1
2.8.1 Abundance In Humans
NA0.00 %
Radium Metal
1E-13 1.4
3 Uses
3.1 Uses & Benefits
  • Thorium metal is used as an allying agent for Magnesium, It imparts greater strength and resistance to temperature.
  • compound of this metal Thorium oxide is used as an industrial catalyst.
  • Rubidium's main application is in the glass manufacturing.
  • Rubidium can very easily get ionized and hence it is used for ion engines, but it is still less efficient than that of Caesium.
3.1.1 Industrial Uses
Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry, Chemical Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
NA
3.1.2 Medical Uses
Dentistry, Surgical Instruments Manufacturing
NA
3.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys, Jewellery, Sculptures, Statues
Alloys, Research Purposes
3.2 Biological Properties
3.2.1 Toxicity
Non Toxic
Non Toxic
3.2.2 Present in Human Body
3.2.3 In Blood
0.00 Blood/mg dm-32.49 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium Metal
0 1970
3.4.1 In Bone
0.02 p.p.m.5.00 p.p.m.
Plutonium Metal
0 170000
5 Physical
5.1 Melting Point
1,750.00 °C38.89 °C
Francium Metal
27 3410
5.2 Boiling Point
4,790.00 °C688.00 °C
Flerovium Metal
147 5660
5.4 Appearance
5.4.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
5.4.2 Color
Silver
Grayish White
5.4.3 Luster
NA
NA
5.5 Hardness
5.5.1 Mohs Hardness
3.000.30
Cesium Metal
0.2 8.5
5.7.2 Brinell Hardness
390.00 MPa0.22 MPa
Cesium Metal
0.14 3490
5.7.6 Vickers Hardness
295.00 MPaNA
Palladium Metal
121 3430
5.9 Speed of Sound
2,490.00 m/s1,300.00 m/s
Thallium Metal
818 16200
5.10 Optical Properties
5.10.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury Metal
1.000933 1.7229
5.10.3 Reflectivity
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
58 97
5.11 Allotropes
5.11.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
5.11.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
5.11.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
6 Chemical
6.1 Chemical Formula
Th
Rb
6.2 Isotopes
6.2.1 Known Isotopes
2829
Tennessine Metal
0 38
6.4 Electronegativity
6.4.1 Pauling Electronegativity
1.300.82
Francium Metal
0.7 2.54
7.1.2 Sanderson Electronegativity
NA0.31
Cesium Metal
0.22 2.56
7.2.1 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.110.89
Cesium Metal
0.86 1.82
7.2.3 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
NA0.69
Cesium Metal
0.62 2.48
7.4.3 Allen Electronegativity
NA0.71
Cesium Metal
0.659 2.7
8.2 Electropositivity
8.2.1 Pauling Electropositivity
2.703.18
Gold Metal
1.46 3.3
8.6 Ionization Energies
8.6.1 1st Energy Level
587.00 kJ/mol403.00 kJ/mol
Cesium Metal
375.7 26130
8.6.3 2nd Energy Level
1,110.00 kJ/mol2,633.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium Metal
710.2162 28750
8.6.5 3rd Energy Level
1,978.00 kJ/mol3,860.00 kJ/mol
Osmium Metal
1600 34230
9.1.2 4th Energy Level
2,780.00 kJ/mol5,080.00 kJ/mol
Tin
2780 37066
9.3.2 5th Energy Level
NA6,850.00 kJ/mol
Dubnium Metal
4305.2 97510
9.4.2 6th Energy Level
NA8,140.00 kJ/mol
Seaborgium Metal
5715.8 105800
9.4.3 7th Energy level
NA9,570.00 kJ/mol
Bohrium Metal
7226.8 114300
9.6.1 8th Energy Level
NA13,120.00 kJ/mol
Hassium Metal
8857.4 125300
9.7.1 9th Energy Level
NA14,500.00 kJ/mol
Yttrium Metal
14110 134700
9.9.2 10th Energy Level
NA26,740.00 kJ/mol
Strontium Metal
17100 144300
9.11.1 11th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium Metal
19900 169988
9.12.1 12th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
22219 189368
9.14.1 13th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
26930 76015
10.2.1 14th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
29196 86450
10.2.3 15th Energy Level
NANA
Manganese Metal
41987 97510
10.3.1 16th Energy Level
NANA
Iron Metal
47206 109480
10.4.1 17th Energy Level
NANA
Cobalt Metal
52737 122200
10.5.2 18th Energy Level
NANA
Nickel Metal
58570 134810
10.5.4 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper Metal
64702 148700
10.5.5 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
80400 171200
10.6.2 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
87000 179100
10.6.4 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
93400 184900
10.6.5 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
98420 198800
10.6.7 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
104400 195200
10.6.8 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
121900 121900
10.7.1 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
127700 127700
10.7.2 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
133800 133800
10.7.3 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
139800 139800
10.8.1 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
148100 148100
11.1.2 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
154500 154500
11.2 Electrochemical Equivalent
2.16 g/amp-hr3.19 g/amp-hr
Beryllium Metal
0.16812 8.3209
11.3 Electron Work Function
3.41 eV2.16 eV
Cesium Metal
2.14 5.65
11.4 Other Chemical Properties
Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity
Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity
12 Atomic
12.1 Atomic Number
9037
Lithium Metal
3 117
12.2 Electron Configuration
[Rn] 6d2 7s2
[Kr] 5s1
12.4 Crystal Structure
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
12.4.1 Crystal Lattice
12.5 Atom
12.5.1 Number of Protons
9037
Lithium Metal
3 117
12.5.3 Number of Neutrons
14248
Lithium Metal
4 184
12.5.4 Number of Electrons
9037
Lithium Metal
3 117
12.6 Radius of an Atom
12.6.1 Atomic Radius
179.80 pm248.00 pm
Beryllium Metal
112 265
12.6.2 Covalent Radius
206.00 pm220.00 pm
Beryllium Metal
96 260
12.6.4 Van der Waals Radius
237.00 pm303.00 pm
Zinc Metal
139 348
13.2 Atomic Weight
232.04 amu85.47 amu
Lithium Metal
6.94 294
13.4 Atomic Volume
19.90 cm3/mol55.90 cm3/mol
Manganese Metal
1.39 71.07
13.6 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
13.6.1 Previous Element
13.6.2 Next Element
13.7 Valence Electron Potential
59.30 (-eV)9.47 (-eV)
Francium Metal
8 392.42
13.8 Lattice Constant
508.42 pm558.50 pm
Beryllium Metal
228.58 891.25
13.10 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
π/2, π/2, π/2
13.11 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium Metal
1.567 1.886
14 Mechanical
14.1 Density
14.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
11.72 g/cm31.53 g/cm3
Lithium Metal
0.534 40.7
14.2.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
NA1.46 g/cm3
Lithium Metal
0.512 20
14.3 Tensile Strength
NANA
Indium Metal
2.5 11000
14.4 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury Metal
0.001526 0.001526
14.5 Vapor Pressure
14.5.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
NANA
Cerium Metal
2.47E-11 121
14.6.1 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
0.00 (Pa)NA
Tungsten Metal
2.62E-10 774
14.7 Elasticity properties
14.7.1 Shear Modulus
31.00 GPaNA
Potassium Metal
1.3 222
14.7.2 Bulk Modulus
54.00 GPa2.50 GPa
Cesium Metal
1.6 462
14.7.3 Young's Modulus
79.00 GPa2.40 GPa
Cesium Metal
1.7 528
14.8 Poisson Ratio
0.27NA
Beryllium Metal
0.032 0.47
14.9 Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile
Ductile
15 Magnetic
15.1 Magnetic Characteristics
15.1.1 Specific Gravity
11.701.53
Lithium Metal
0.53 4500
15.1.2 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Paramagnetic
15.1.3 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth Metal
1.25643E-06 0.0063
15.1.4 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth Metal
-0.000166 200000
15.2 Electrical Properties
15.2.1 Electrical Property
Superconductor
Conductor
15.2.2 Resistivity
157.00 nΩ·m128.00 nΩ·m
Thallium Metal
0.18 961
15.2.3 Electrical Conductivity
0.07 106/cm Ω0.08 106/cm Ω
Plutonium Metal
0.00666 0.63
15.2.4 Electron Affinity
NA46.90 kJ/mol
Mercury Metal
0 222.8
16 Thermal
16.1 Specific Heat
0.12 J/(kg K)0.36 J/(kg K)
Americium Metal
0.11 3.6
16.2 Molar Heat Capacity
26.23 J/mol·K31.06 J/mol·K
Beryllium Metal
16.443 62.7
16.3 Thermal Conductivity
54.00 W/m·K58.20 W/m·K
Neptunium Metal
6.3 429
16.4 Critical Temperature
NA2,093.00 K
Ytterbium Metal
26.3 3223
16.5 Thermal Expansion
11.00 µm/(m·K)90.00 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten Metal
4.5 97
16.6 Enthalpy
16.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
429.00 kJ/mol69.20 kJ/mol
Zinc Metal
7.32 799.1
16.6.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
15.48 kJ/mol2.19 kJ/mol
Cesium Metal
2.1 35.23
16.6.3 Enthalpy of Atomization
468.60 kJ/mol82.00 kJ/mol
Mercury Metal
61.5 837
16.7 Standard Molar Entropy
27.30 J/mol.K76.80 J/mol.K
Beryllium Metal
9.5 198.1