Tungsten

Zinc

Tungsten Zinc Comparison

Tungsten

Zinc

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1 Periodic Table

1.1 Symbol

1.2 Group Number

612

0 17

1.4 Period Number

2 7

1.5 Block

d block

1.6 Element Family

Transition Metal

1.7 CAS Number

74403377440666

7429905 54386242

1.8 Space Group Name

Im_ 3m

P63/mmc

1.9 Space Group Number

229.00194.00

11 229

2 Facts

2.1 Interesting Facts

Tungsten element has the second highest melting point.
Pure tungsten can easily cut down with the help of hacksaw.

Zinc metal found (obtain) in many forms like granules, foil, dust and in a powder form.
The leading producers of Zinc metal are Australia, Canada, China, U.S.A and Peru.

2.2 Sources

Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals

2.3 History

2.3.1 Who Discovered

Not Available

Indian metallurgists

2.3.2 Discovery

In 1781

Before 1000 BCE

2.4 Abundance

2.4.1 Abundance In Universe

5 * 10^-8 %3 * 10^-5 %

5E-09 0.11

2.4.3 Abundance In Sun

~0.0000004 %~0.0002 %

1E-08 0.1

2.4.5 Abundance In Meteorites

0.00 %0.02 %

1.7E-07 22

2.4.7 Abundance In Earth's Crust

0.00 %0.01 %

9.9E-12 8.1

2.4.9 Abundance In Oceans

0.00 %0.00 %

2E-23 1.1

2.4.11 Abundance In Humans

NA0.00 %

1E-13 1.4

3 Uses

3.1 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.

It is mainly used for Galvanizing other metals.
It is also used for manufacturing die-casting and it is very essential for automobile industry.

3.1.1 Industrial Uses

Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry

Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry

3.1.2 Medical Uses

Pharmaceutical Industry

3.1.3 Other Uses

Alloys

3.2 Biological Properties

3.2.1 Toxicity

Non Toxic

Highly Toxic

3.2.2 Present in Human Body

✔ ✘

3.2.3 In Blood

0.00 Blood/mg dm-37.00 Blood/mg dm-3

0 1970

3.2.5 In Bone

0.00 p.p.m.170.00 p.p.m.

0 170000

4 Physical

4.1 Melting Point

3,410.00 °C419.58 °C

27 3410

4.2 Boiling Point

5,660.00 °C907.00 °C

147 5660

4.3 Appearance

4.3.1 Physical State

Solid

4.3.2 Color

Grayish White

Silvery Gray

4.3.3 Luster

Lustrous

Metallic

4.4 Hardness

4.4.1 Mohs Hardness

7.502.50

0.2 8.5

4.4.3 Brinell Hardness

2,000.00 MPa327.00 MPa

0.14 3490

4.4.5 Vickers Hardness

3,430.00 MPaNA

121 3430

4.5 Speed of Sound

4,620.00 m/s3,850.00 m/s

818 16200

4.6 Optical Properties

4.6.1 Refractive Index

NA1.00

1.000933 1.7229

4.6.2 Reflectivity

62.00 %80.00 %

58 97

4.7 Allotropes

✔ ✘

4.7.1 α Allotropes

Not Available

4.7.2 β Allotropes

Not Available

4.7.3 γ Allotropes

Not Available

5 Chemical

5.1 Chemical Formula

5.2 Isotopes

5.2.1 Known Isotopes

3325

0 38

5.3 Electronegativity

5.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity

2.361.65

0.7 2.54

5.3.8 Sanderson Electronegativity

0.982.23

0.22 2.56

5.3.11 Allred Rochow Electronegativity

1.401.66

0.86 1.82

5.3.13 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity

NA1.65

0.62 2.48

5.3.15 Allen Electronegativity

1.471.59

0.659 2.7

5.4 Electropositivity

5.4.1 Pauling Electropositivity

1.642.35

1.46 3.3

5.6 Ionization Energies

5.6.1 1st Energy Level

770.00 kJ/mol906.40 kJ/mol

375.7 26130

5.7.1 2nd Energy Level

1,700.00 kJ/mol1,733.30 kJ/mol

710.2162 28750

5.7.2 3rd Energy Level

NA3,833.00 kJ/mol

1600 34230

6.1.1 4th Energy Level

NA5,731.00 kJ/mol

2780 37066

6.1.2 5th Energy Level

NA7,970.00 kJ/mol

4305.2 97510

6.4.2 6th Energy Level

NA10,400.00 kJ/mol

5715.8 105800

6.4.3 7th Energy level

NA12,900.00 kJ/mol

7226.8 114300

6.4.5 8th Energy Level

NA16,800.00 kJ/mol

8857.4 125300

6.4.7 9th Energy Level

NA19,600.00 kJ/mol

14110 134700

6.4.8 10th Energy Level

NA23,000.00 kJ/mol

17100 144300

6.5.2 11th Energy Level

NA26,400.00 kJ/mol

19900 169988

6.5.4 12th Energy Level

NA29,990.00 kJ/mol

22219 189368

6.5.6 13th Energy Level

NA40,490.00 kJ/mol

26930 76015

6.6.1 14th Energy Level

NA43,800.00 kJ/mol

29196 86450

6.6.2 15th Energy Level

NA47,300.00 kJ/mol

41987 97510

6.7.1 16th Energy Level

NA52,300.00 kJ/mol

47206 109480

6.9.1 17th Energy Level

NA55,900.00 kJ/mol

52737 122200

6.9.2 18th Energy Level

NA59,700.00 kJ/mol

58570 134810

6.10.1 19th Energy Level

NA67,300.00 kJ/mol

64702 148700

6.11.1 20th Energy Level

NA171,200.00 kJ/mol

80400 171200

6.12.1 21st Energy Level

NA179,100.00 kJ/mol

87000 179100

7.1.2 22nd Energy Level

NANA

93400 184900

7.1.3 23rd Energy Level

NANA

98420 198800

7.1.5 24th Energy Level

NANA

104400 195200

7.1.6 25th Energy Level

NANA

121900 121900

7.1.7 26th Energy Level

NANA

127700 127700

7.2.1 27th Energy Level

NANA

133800 133800

7.3.1 28th Energy Level

NANA

139800 139800

7.4.2 29th Energy Level

NANA

148100 148100

7.4.3 30th Energy Level

NANA

154500 154500

7.5 Electrochemical Equivalent

1.14 g/amp-hr1.22 g/amp-hr

0.16812 8.3209

7.7 Electron Work Function

4.55 eV4.33 eV

2.14 5.65

7.8 Other Chemical Properties

Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility

Anti Corrosion, Chemical Stability, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes

8 Atomic

8.1 Atomic Number

7430

3 117

8.2 Electron Configuration

[Xe] 4f¹⁴ 5d⁴ 6s²

[Ar] 3d¹⁰ 4s²

8.3 Crystal Structure

Body Centered Cubic (BCC)

Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP)

8.3.1 Crystal Lattice

8.4 Atom

8.4.1 Number of Protons

7430

3 117

8.4.3 Number of Neutrons

11035

4 184

8.5.1 Number of Electrons

7430

3 117

9.2 Radius of an Atom

9.2.1 Atomic Radius

139.00 pm134.00 pm

112 265

9.2.2 Covalent Radius

162.00 pm122.00 pm

96 260

9.2.5 Van der Waals Radius

200.00 pm139.00 pm

139 348

9.3 Atomic Weight

183.84 amu65.38 amu

6.94 294

9.5 Atomic Volume

9.53 cm3/mol9.20 cm3/mol

1.39 71.07

9.6 Adjacent Atomic Numbers

9.6.1 Previous Element

9.6.2 Next Element

9.7 Valence Electron Potential

140.00 (-eV)38.90 (-eV)

8 392.42

9.8 Lattice Constant

316.52 pm266.49 pm

228.58 891.25

9.9 Lattice Angles

π/2, π/2, π/2

π/2, π/2, 2 π/3

9.10 Lattice C/A Ratio

NANA

1.567 1.886

10 Mechanical

10.1 Density

10.1.1 Density At Room Temperature

19.25 g/cm³7.14 g/cm³

0.534 40.7

11.1.1 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)

17.60 g/cm36.57 g/cm3

0.512 20

11.3 Tensile Strength

370.00 MPaNA

2.5 11000

11.5 Viscosity

NANA

0.001526 0.001526

11.6 Vapor Pressure

11.6.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K

NANA

2.47E-11 121

11.7.1 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K

0.00 (Pa)NA

2.62E-10 774

11.8 Elasticity properties

11.8.1 Shear Modulus

161.00 GPa43.00 GPa

1.3 222

11.9.1 Bulk Modulus

310.00 GPa70.00 GPa

1.6 462

11.10.2 Young's Modulus

411.00 GPa108.00 GPa

1.7 528

11.11 Poisson Ratio

0.280.25

0.032 0.47

11.12 Other Mechanical Properties

Ductile, Malleable

12 Magnetic

12.1 Magnetic Characteristics

12.1.1 Specific Gravity

19.226.90

0.53 4500

12.1.2 Magnetic Ordering

Paramagnetic

Diamagnetic

12.1.3 Permeability

NANA

1.25643E-06 0.0063

12.1.5 Susceptibility

NANA

-0.000166 200000

12.2 Electrical Properties

12.2.1 Electrical Property

Superconductor

Conductor

12.2.2 Resistivity

52.80 nΩ·m59.00 nΩ·m

0.18 961

12.3.1 Electrical Conductivity

0.19 10⁶/cm Ω0.17 10⁶/cm Ω

0.00666 0.63

12.3.2 Electron Affinity

78.60 kJ/mol0.00 kJ/mol

0 222.8

13 Thermal

13.1 Specific Heat

0.13 J/(kg K)0.39 J/(kg K)

0.11 3.6

13.2 Molar Heat Capacity

24.27 J/mol·K25.47 J/mol·K

16.443 62.7

13.3 Thermal Conductivity

173.00 W/m·K116.00 W/m·K

6.3 429

13.4 Critical Temperature

NANA

26.3 3223

13.5 Thermal Expansion

4.50 µm/(m·K)30.20 µm/(m·K)

4.5 97

13.6 Enthalpy

13.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization

799.10 kJ/mol7.32 kJ/mol

7.32 799.1

13.6.2 Enthalpy of Fusion

35.23 kJ/mol7.32 kJ/mol

2.1 35.23

13.6.3 Enthalpy of Atomization

837.00 kJ/mol129.70 kJ/mol

61.5 837

13.7 Standard Molar Entropy

32.60 J/mol.K41.60 J/mol.K

9.5 198.1

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