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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
W
Mo
1.2 Group Number
66
Gadolinium
0 17
1.7 Period Number
65
Lithium
2 7
2.5 Block
d block
d block
2.6 Element Family
Transition Metal
Transition Metal
2.7 CAS Number
74403377439987
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
2.8 Space Group Name
Im_ 3m
Im_ 3m
2.9 Space Group Number
229.00229.00
Plutonium
11 229
3 Facts
3.1 Interesting Facts
  • Tungsten element has the second highest melting point.
  • Pure tungsten can easily cut down with the help of hacksaw.
  • Molybdenum is highly reactive metal, hence not found free in nature .
  • Till 18th century Molybdenum element were often mistaken as a carbon or Lead.
3.2 Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
3.3 History
3.3.1 Who Discovered
Not Available
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
3.3.2 Discovery
In 1781
In 1778
3.4 Abundance
3.4.1 Abundance In Universe
5 * 10-8 %5 * 10-7 %
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
4.2.4 Abundance In Sun
~0.0000004 %~0.0000009 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
4.2.6 Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %0.00 %
Gold
1.7E-07 22
5.1.1 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %0.00 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
5.2.1 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %0.00 %
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
5.4.2 Abundance In Humans
NA0.00 %
Radium
1E-13 1.4
6 Uses
6.1 Uses & Benefits
  • Tungsten and its alloys are used in high-temperature applications like welding electrodes, high-temperature furnace, etc.
  • Tungsten carbide is very hard and used in metal working, mining and petroleum industry.
  • Its alloys are used to make engine parts, drills, saw blade, etc.
  • Lubricant additive made up of Molybdenum disulfide is commonly used in the industry. It is also used as a catalyst.
6.1.1 Industrial Uses
Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Aerospace Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
6.1.2 Medical Uses
NA
NA
6.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys
6.2 Biological Properties
6.2.1 Toxicity
Non Toxic
Toxic
6.2.2 Present in Human Body
6.2.3 In Blood
0.00 Blood/mg dm-30.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium
0 1970
6.2.5 In Bone
0.00 p.p.m.0.70 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
7 Physical
7.1 Melting Point
3,410.00 °C2,617.00 °C
Francium
27 3410
7.3 Boiling Point
5,660.00 °C4,612.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
7.5 Appearance
7.5.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
7.5.2 Color
Grayish White
Gray
7.5.3 Luster
Lustrous
Metallic
7.6 Hardness
7.6.1 Mohs Hardness
7.505.50
Cesium
0.2 8.5
7.7.2 Brinell Hardness
2,000.00 MPa1,370.00 MPa
Cesium
0.14 3490
8.2.2 Vickers Hardness
3,430.00 MPa1,400.00 MPa
Palladium
121 3430
8.4 Speed of Sound
4,620.00 m/s5,400.00 m/s
Thallium
818 16200
8.5 Optical Properties
8.5.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
8.5.2 Reflectivity
62.00 %58.00 %
Silver
58 97
8.6 Allotropes
8.6.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
8.6.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
8.6.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
9 Chemical
9.1 Chemical Formula
W
Mo
9.2 Isotopes
9.2.1 Known Isotopes
3325
Tennessine
0 38
9.3 Electronegativity
9.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity
2.362.16
Francium
0.7 2.54
9.3.3 Sanderson Electronegativity
0.981.15
Cesium
0.22 2.56
9.4.2 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.401.30
Cesium
0.86 1.82
9.5.2 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
NANA
Cesium
0.62 2.48
9.5.4 Allen Electronegativity
1.472.16
Cesium
0.659 2.7
9.6 Electropositivity
9.6.1 Pauling Electropositivity
1.641.84
Gold
1.46 3.3
9.7 Ionization Energies
9.7.1 1st Energy Level
770.00 kJ/mol684.30 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
9.7.3 2nd Energy Level
1,700.00 kJ/mol1,560.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
9.7.4 3rd Energy Level
NA2,618.00 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
9.7.6 4th Energy Level
NA4,480.00 kJ/mol
Thorium
2780 37066
9.7.8 5th Energy Level
NA5,257.00 kJ/mol
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
9.7.10 6th Energy Level
NA6,640.80 kJ/mol
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
9.7.12 7th Energy level
NA12,125.00 kJ/mol
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
9.7.14 8th Energy Level
NA13,860.00 kJ/mol
Hassium
8857.4 125300
9.7.16 9th Energy Level
NA15,835.00 kJ/mol
Yttrium
14110 134700
9.7.17 10th Energy Level
NA17,980.00 kJ/mol
Strontium
17100 144300
9.7.19 11th Energy Level
NA20,190.00 kJ/mol
Yttrium
19900 169988
9.7.21 12th Energy Level
NA22,219.00 kJ/mol
Copper
22219 189368
9.7.23 13th Energy Level
NA26,930.00 kJ/mol
Vanadium
26930 76015
9.7.24 14th Energy Level
NA29,196.00 kJ/mol
Iron
29196 86450
9.7.26 15th Energy Level
NA52,490.00 kJ/mol
Manganese
41987 97510
9.7.28 16th Energy Level
NA55,000.00 kJ/mol
Iron
47206 109480
9.7.30 17th Energy Level
NA61,400.00 kJ/mol
Cobalt
52737 122200
9.7.32 18th Energy Level
NA67,700.00 kJ/mol
Nickel
58570 134810
9.7.33 19th Energy Level
NA74,000.00 kJ/mol
Copper
64702 148700
10.4.4 20th Energy Level
NA80,400.00 kJ/mol
Zinc
80400 171200
10.4.5 21st Energy Level
NA87,000.00 kJ/mol
Zinc
87000 179100
10.5.2 22nd Energy Level
NA93,400.00 kJ/mol
Copper
93400 184900
10.5.3 23rd Energy Level
NA98,420.00 kJ/mol
Copper
98420 198800
10.5.5 24th Energy Level
NA104,400.00 kJ/mol
Iron
104400 195200
10.5.6 25th Energy Level
NA121,900.00 kJ/mol
121900 121900
10.5.8 26th Energy Level
NA127,700.00 kJ/mol
127700 127700
10.5.9 27th Energy Level
NA133,800.00 kJ/mol
133800 133800
10.5.10 28th Energy Level
NA139,800.00 kJ/mol
139800 139800
10.5.11 29th Energy Level
NA148,100.00 kJ/mol
148100 148100
10.5.12 30th Energy Level
NA154,500.00 kJ/mol
154500 154500
10.7 Electrochemical Equivalent
1.14 g/amp-hr0.89 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
10.9 Electron Work Function
4.55 eV4.60 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
10.12 Other Chemical Properties
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
11 Atomic
11.1 Atomic Number
7442
Lithium
3 117
11.3 Electron Configuration
[Xe] 4f14 5d4 6s2
[Kr] 4d5 5s1
11.4 Crystal Structure
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
11.4.1 Crystal Lattice
11.5 Atom
11.5.1 Number of Protons
7442
Lithium
3 117
11.7.1 Number of Neutrons
11054
Lithium
4 184
12.1.3 Number of Electrons
7442
Lithium
3 117
12.3 Radius of an Atom
12.3.1 Atomic Radius
139.00 pm139.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
12.4.1 Covalent Radius
162.00 pm154.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
12.5.2 Van der Waals Radius
200.00 pm200.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
12.6 Atomic Weight
183.84 amu95.95 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
12.8 Atomic Volume
9.53 cm3/mol9.40 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
12.9 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
12.9.1 Previous Element
12.9.2 Next Element
12.10 Valence Electron Potential
140.00 (-eV)88.60 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
12.11 Lattice Constant
316.52 pm314.70 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
12.13 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
π/2, π/2, π/2
12.14 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
14 Mechanical
14.1 Density
14.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
19.25 g/cm310.28 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
14.1.4 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
17.60 g/cm39.33 g/cm3
Lithium
0.512 20
14.2 Tensile Strength
370.00 MPa324.00 MPa
Indium
2.5 11000
14.4 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
14.5 Vapor Pressure
14.5.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
NANA
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
14.5.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
0.00 (Pa)0.00 (Pa)
Palladium
2.62E-10 774
14.6 Elasticity properties
14.6.1 Shear Modulus
161.00 GPa126.00 GPa
Potassium
1.3 222
14.6.2 Bulk Modulus
310.00 GPa230.00 GPa
Cesium
1.6 462
14.6.3 Young's Modulus
411.00 GPa329.00 GPa
Cesium
1.7 528
14.7 Poisson Ratio
0.280.31
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
14.8 Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile, Malleable
Ductile, Weldable
15 Magnetic
15.1 Magnetic Characteristics
15.1.1 Specific Gravity
19.2210.22
Lithium
0.53 4500
16.1.1 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Paramagnetic
16.1.2 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
16.1.3 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
16.3 Electrical Properties
16.3.1 Electrical Property
Superconductor
Semiconductor
16.3.2 Resistivity
52.80 nΩ·m53.40 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
16.3.3 Electrical Conductivity
0.19 106/cm Ω0.19 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
16.4.1 Electron Affinity
78.60 kJ/mol71.90 kJ/mol
Mercury
0 222.8
17 Thermal
17.1 Specific Heat
0.13 J/(kg K)0.25 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
17.3 Molar Heat Capacity
24.27 J/mol·K24.06 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
17.4 Thermal Conductivity
173.00 W/m·K138.00 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
17.6 Critical Temperature
NANA
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
17.8 Thermal Expansion
4.50 µm/(m·K)4.80 µm/(m·K)
Palladium
4.5 97
17.9 Enthalpy
17.9.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
799.10 kJ/mol594.10 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
17.9.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
35.23 kJ/mol27.61 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
17.9.4 Enthalpy of Atomization
837.00 kJ/mol653.00 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
17.11 Standard Molar Entropy
32.60 J/mol.K28.70 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1