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Thulium vs Seaborgium


Seaborgium vs Thulium


Periodic Table

Symbol
Tm  
Sg  

Group Number
3  
15
6  
12

Period Number
6  
7  

Block
f block  
d block  

Element Family
Lanthanide  
Transition Metal  

CAS Number
7440304  
99+
54038812  
9

Space Group Name
P63/mmc  
-  

Space Group Number
194.00  
7
166.00  
9

Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Thulium metal can resist corrosion due to dry air .
  • Only Tm-169 isotope of Thulium metal occur naturally.
  
  • Seaborgium most stable isotope is Sg and it has 2.1 min of half- life.
  • And other isotopes of Seaborgium have half-lives as short as 3 ms.
  

Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals  
Synthetically Produced  

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Per Teodor Cleve  
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory  

Discovery
In 1879  
In 1974  

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
0.00 %  
31
0.00 %  
40

Abundance In Sun
0.00 %  
28
-  

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %  
99+
-  

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %  
99+
-  

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %  
99+
-  

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %  
24
-  

Uses

Uses & Benefits
  • Thulium metal produces isotopes that emits X-rays. This isotope is used in X-ray machine.
  • Thulium element is also used in Surgical equipment like laser.
  
  • Currently known uses of Seaborgium metal are limited to research purpose only.
  

Industrial Uses
-  
-  

Medical Uses
-  
-  

Other Uses
Alloys, Nuclear Research, Research Purposes  
Research Purposes  

Biological Properties
  
  

Toxicity
-  
-  

Present in Human Body
No  
No  

In Blood
0.00 Blood/mg dm-3  
37
0.00 Blood/mg dm-3  
27

In Bone
0.00 p.p.m.  
99+
0.00 p.p.m.  
99+

Physical

Melting Point
1,545.00 °C  
23
-  

Boiling Point
1,730.00 °C  
99+
0.00 °C  
99+

Appearance
  
  

Physical State
Solid  
Solid  

Color
Silvery Gray  
-  

Luster
Metallic  
Unknown Luster  

Hardness
  
  

Mohs Hardness
2.25  
16
6.00  
6

Brinell Hardness
471.00 MPa  
30
400.00 MPa  
34

Vickers Hardness
520.00 MPa  
33
520.00 MPa  
33

Speed of Sound
2,760.00 m/s  
99+
3,200.00 m/s  
35

Optical Properties
  
  

Refractive Index
1.60  
33
1.30  
99+

Reflectivity
35.00 %  
34
68.00 %  
15

Allotropes
No  
No  

α Allotropes
-  
-  

β Allotropes
-  
-  

γ Allotropes
-  
-  

Chemical

Chemical Formula
Tm  
Sg  

Isotopes
  
  

Known Isotopes
32  
7
9  
29

Electronegativity
  
  

Pauling Electronegativity
1.25  
36
0.00  
99+

Sanderson Electronegativity
1.25  
28
1.90  
13

Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.11  
30
1.30  
25

Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
1.25  
35
1.30  
33

Allen Electronegativity
1.25  
99+
1.90  
8

Electropositivity
  
  

Pauling Electropositivity
2.75  
19
2.20  
39

Ionization Energies
  
  

1st Energy Level
596.70 kJ/mol  
99+
757.40 kJ/mol  
21

2nd Energy Level
1,160.00 kJ/mol  
99+
1,732.90 kJ/mol  
29

3rd Energy Level
2,285.00 kJ/mol  
99+
2,483.50 kJ/mol  
99+

4th Energy Level
4,120.00 kJ/mol  
99+
3,415.60 kJ/mol  
99+

5th Energy Level
5,960.00 kJ/mol  
99+
4,561.80 kJ/mol  
99+

6th Energy Level
5,960.00 kJ/mol  
99+
5,715.80 kJ/mol  
99+

7th Energy level
5,960.00 kJ/mol  
99+
5,700.00 kJ/mol  
99+

8th Energy Level
5,960.00 kJ/mol  
99+
5,700.00 kJ/mol  
99+

9th Energy Level
5,960.00 kJ/mol  
99+
5,710.00 kJ/mol  
99+

10th Energy Level
5,960.00 kJ/mol  
99+
6,270.00 kJ/mol  
99+

11th Energy Level
5,960.00 kJ/mol  
99+
6,600.00 kJ/mol  
39

12th Energy Level
5,960.00 kJ/mol  
99+
971.00 kJ/mol  
99+

13th Energy Level
5,960.00 kJ/mol  
99+
5,700.00 kJ/mol  
99+

14th Energy Level
5,960.00 kJ/mol  
35
5,700.00 kJ/mol  
99+

15th Energy Level
59,600.00 kJ/mol  
99+
54,000.00 kJ/mol  
99+

16th Energy Level
59,600.00 kJ/mol  
36
64,000.00 kJ/mol  
27

17th Energy Level
596.70 kJ/mol  
99+
579.80 kJ/mol  
99+

18th Energy Level
5,960.00 kJ/mol  
99+
3,300.00 kJ/mol  
99+

19th Energy Level
596.00 kJ/mol  
99+
579.80 kJ/mol  
99+

20th Energy Level
596.00 kJ/mol  
99+
579.00 kJ/mol  
99+

21st Energy Level
596.70 kJ/mol  
99+
6,270.00 kJ/mol  
14

22nd Energy Level
596.00 kJ/mol  
99+
573.00 kJ/mol  
99+

23rd Energy Level
596.70 kJ/mol  
99+
5,790.00 kJ/mol  
22

24th Energy Level
596.00 kJ/mol  
99+
971.00 kJ/mol  
4

25th Energy Level
596.00 kJ/mol  
99+
0.00 kJ/mol  
99+

26th Energy Level
596.70 kJ/mol  
99+
579.10 kJ/mol  
99+

27th Energy Level
596.70 kJ/mol  
99+
870.00 kJ/mol  
7

28th Energy Level
596.70 kJ/mol  
99+
870.00 kJ/mol  
10

29th Energy Level
596.00 kJ/mol  
99+
761.90 kJ/mol  
21

30th Energy Level
596.70 kJ/mol  
99+
0.00 kJ/mol  
99+

Electrochemical Equivalent
2.10 g/amp-hr  
30
3.20 g/amp-hr  
14

Electron Work Function
2.40 eV  
99+
6.00 eV  
1

Other Chemical Properties
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility  
-  

Atomic

Atomic Number
69  
99+
106  
12

Electron Configuration
[Xe] 4f13 6s2  
[Rn] 5f14 6d2 7s2  

Crystal Structure
Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP)  
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)  

Crystal Lattice
HCP-Crystal-Structure-of-Thulium.jpg#100  
BCC-Crystal-Structure-.jpg#100  

Atom
  
  

Number of Protons
69  
99+
106  
12

Number of Neutrons
100  
33
157  
8

Number of Electrons
69  
99+
106  
12

Radius of an Atom
  
  

Atomic Radius
176.00 pm  
20
132.00 pm  
99+

Covalent Radius
160.00 pm  
32
143.00 pm  
99+

Van der Waals Radius
227.00 pm  
26
230.00 pm  
24

Atomic Weight
168.93 amu  
99+
269.00 amu  
9

Atomic Volume
18.10 cm3/mol  
40
35.00 cm3/mol  
8

Adjacent Atomic Numbers
  
  

Previous Element
Erbium
  
Dubnium
  

Next Element
Ytterbium
  
Bohrium
  

Valence Electron Potential
49.70 (-eV)  
29
6.10 (-eV)  
99+

Lattice Constant
353.75 pm  
99+
-  

Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3  
-  

Lattice C/A Ratio
1.57  
40
1.36  
99+

Mechanical

Density
  
  

Density At Room Temperature
9.32 g/cm3  
99+
35.00 g/cm3  
4

Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
8.56 g/cm3  
99+
35.00 g/cm3  
4

Tensile Strength
69.00 MPa  
32
30.00 MPa  
99+

Viscosity
0.00  
19
0.00  
25

Vapor Pressure
  
  

Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
0.06 (Pa)  
10
0.00 (Pa)  
37

Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
0.00 (Pa)  
37
0.00 (Pa)  
99+

Elasticity properties
  
  

Shear Modulus
30.50 GPa  
26
30.00 GPa  
27

Bulk Modulus
44.50 GPa  
30
0.00 GPa  
99+

Young's Modulus
74.00 GPa  
29
12.60 GPa  
99+

Poisson Ratio
0.21  
32
0.25  
24

Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile, Malleable  
-  

Magnetic

Magnetic Characteristics
  
  

Specific Gravity
9.32  
99+
35.00  
6

Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic  
-  

Permeability
0.00 H/m  
17
0.00 H/m  
7

Susceptibility
0.00  
24
0.00  
24

Electrical Properties
  
  

Electrical Property
Conductor  
-  

Resistivity
676.00 nΩ·m  
5
0.38 nΩ·m  
99+

Electrical Conductivity
0.02 106/cm Ω  
99+
0.00 106/cm Ω  
99+

Electron Affinity
50.00 kJ/mol  
26
50.00 kJ/mol  
26

Thermal

Specific Heat
0.16 J/(kg K)  
36
0.27 J/(kg K)  
19

Molar Heat Capacity
27.03 J/mol·K  
28
35.00 J/mol·K  
5

Thermal Conductivity
16.90 W/m·K  
99+
0.14 W/m·K  
99+

Critical Temperature
1,818.00 K  
27
1,200.00 K  
99+

Thermal Expansion
13.30 µm/(m·K)  
35
11.00 µm/(m·K)  
99+

Enthalpy
  
  

Enthalpy of Vaporization
191.00 kJ/mol  
99+
585.00 kJ/mol  
10

Enthalpy of Fusion
16.80 kJ/mol  
17
-  

Enthalpy of Atomization
247.00 kJ/mol  
99+
650.00 kJ/mol  
8

Standard Molar Entropy
74.00 J/mol.K  
9
42.70 J/mol.K  
99+

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