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1 Periodic Table
1.2 Symbol
U
Nb
1.3 Group Number
05
Gadolinium Metal
0 17
1.4 Period Number
75
Lithium Metal
2 7
1.6 Block
f block
d block
1.7 Element Family
Actinide
Transition Metal
1.8 CAS Number
74406117440031
Aluminium Metal
7429905 54386242
1.13 Space Group Name
Cmcm
Im_ 3m
1.14 Space Group Number
63.00229.00
Plutonium Metal
11 229
2 Facts
2.1 Interesting Facts
  • Major mining countries of Uranium include Russia, Australia, Namibia, Canada and Niger and total 33% Uranium are mine in Kazakhstan.
  • Niobium metal was used to get called Columbium in past.
  • Niobium metal found freely in nature (abundance).
2.2 Sources
Earth's crust, Mining, Ores of Minerals
By-product of Tin Extraction, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
2.3 History
2.3.1 Who Discovered
Not Available
Charles Hatchett
2.3.2 Discovery
In 1789
In 1801
2.4 Abundance
2.4.1 Abundance In Universe
2 * 10-8 %2 * 10-7 %
Thallium Metal
5E-09 0.11
4.2.2 Abundance In Sun
~0.0000001 %~0.0000004 %
Beryllium Metal
1E-08 0.1
4.2.4 Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %0.00 %
Gold Metal
1.7E-07 22
4.3.3 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %0.00 %
Radium Metal
9.9E-12 8.1
4.3.6 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %0.00 %
Protactinium Metal
2E-23 1.1
4.3.9 Abundance In Humans
NANA
Radium Metal
1E-13 1.4
5 Uses
5.1 Uses & Benefits
  • The main use of this metal include nuclear fuel which is used to generate electricity yin nuclear power stations.
  • Synthetic elements like transuranium are made from Uranium metal.
  • Niobium alloys are used in jet engines and rockets and spacecraft, beams and girders for buildings and oil and gas pipelines.
  • It is used superconducting magnets in particles accelerators, NMR and MRI equipment.
5.1.1 Industrial Uses
Ammunition Industry, Chemical Industry
Aerospace Industry, Ammunition Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
5.1.2 Medical Uses
NA
NA
5.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys, Jewellery, Nuclear Reactor's Fuel, Sculptures, Statues
Alloys
5.2 Biological Properties
5.2.1 Toxicity
Toxic
Low Toxic
5.2.2 Present in Human Body
5.2.3 In Blood
NA0.01 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium Metal
0 1970
6.2.4 In Bone
NA0.07 p.p.m.
Plutonium Metal
0 170000
7 Physical
7.1 Melting Point
1,132.00 °C2,468.00 °C
Francium Metal
27 3410
8.2 Boiling Point
3,818.00 °C2,468.00 °C
Flerovium Metal
147 5660
8.4 Appearance
8.4.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
8.4.2 Color
Silvery Gray
Gray
8.4.3 Luster
Metallic
Metallic
8.5 Hardness
8.5.1 Mohs Hardness
6.006.00
Cesium Metal
0.2 8.5
8.7.2 Brinell Hardness
2,350.00 MPa735.00 MPa
Cesium Metal
0.14 3490
8.7.4 Vickers Hardness
1,960.00 MPa870.00 MPa
Palladium Metal
121 3430
8.8 Speed of Sound
3,155.00 m/s3,480.00 m/s
Thallium Metal
818 16200
8.9 Optical Properties
8.9.2 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury Metal
1.000933 1.7229
8.10.1 Reflectivity
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
58 97
8.11 Allotropes
8.11.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
8.11.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
8.11.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
9 Chemical
9.1 Chemical Formula
U
Nb
9.2 Isotopes
9.2.1 Known Isotopes
2517
Tennessine Metal
0 38
9.4 Electronegativity
9.4.1 Pauling Electronegativity
1.381.60
Francium Metal
0.7 2.54
10.2.2 Sanderson Electronegativity
NA1.42
Cesium Metal
0.22 2.56
10.2.5 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.221.23
Cesium Metal
0.86 1.82
10.3.2 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
NANA
Cesium Metal
0.62 2.48
10.3.5 Allen Electronegativity
NA1.41
Cesium Metal
0.659 2.7
10.4 Electropositivity
10.4.1 Pauling Electropositivity
2.622.40
Gold Metal
1.46 3.3
10.5 Ionization Energies
10.5.1 1st Energy Level
597.60 kJ/mol652.10 kJ/mol
Cesium Metal
375.7 26130
10.5.4 2nd Energy Level
1,420.00 kJ/mol1,380.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium Metal
710.2162 28750
10.5.6 3rd Energy Level
1,900.00 kJ/mol2,416.00 kJ/mol
Osmium Metal
1600 34230
10.7.2 4th Energy Level
3,145.00 kJ/mol3,700.00 kJ/mol
Thorium Metal
2780 37066
10.7.5 5th Energy Level
NA4,877.00 kJ/mol
Dubnium Metal
4305.2 97510
10.7.9 6th Energy Level
NA9,847.00 kJ/mol
Seaborgium Metal
5715.8 105800
10.7.12 7th Energy level
NA12,100.00 kJ/mol
Bohrium Metal
7226.8 114300
10.7.14 8th Energy Level
NANA
Hassium Metal
8857.4 125300
10.7.17 9th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium Metal
14110 134700
10.7.21 10th Energy Level
NANA
Strontium Metal
17100 144300
10.7.24 11th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium Metal
19900 169988
10.7.28 12th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
22219 189368
10.7.32 13th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
26930 76015
10.8.1 14th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
29196 86450
10.9.1 15th Energy Level
NANA
Manganese Metal
41987 97510
10.10.1 16th Energy Level
NANA
Iron Metal
47206 109480
11.1.2 17th Energy Level
NANA
Cobalt Metal
52737 122200
11.3.1 18th Energy Level
NANA
Nickel Metal
58570 134810
11.4.3 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper Metal
64702 148700
11.4.6 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
80400 171200
11.4.8 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
87000 179100
11.4.11 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
93400 184900
11.4.12 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
98420 198800
11.5.2 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
104400 195200
11.5.4 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
121900 121900
11.5.7 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
127700 127700
11.5.10 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
133800 133800
11.6.1 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
139800 139800
11.6.3 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
148100 148100
11.7.1 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
154500 154500
11.8 Electrochemical Equivalent
1.48 g/amp-hr0.69 g/amp-hr
Beryllium Metal
0.16812 8.3209
11.11 Electron Work Function
3.63 eV4.30 eV
Cesium Metal
2.14 5.65
11.13 Other Chemical Properties
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity
Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
12 Atomic
12.1 Atomic Number
9241
Lithium Metal
3 117
12.4 Electron Configuration
[Rn] 5f3 6d1 7s2
[Kr] 4d4 5s1
12.5 Crystal Structure
Orthorhombic (ORTH)
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
13.1.2 Crystal Lattice
13.2 Atom
13.2.1 Number of Protons
9241
Lithium Metal
3 117
13.3.1 Number of Neutrons
14652
Lithium Metal
4 184
13.4.1 Number of Electrons
9241
Lithium Metal
3 117
14.3 Radius of an Atom
14.3.1 Atomic Radius
156.00 pm146.00 pm
Beryllium Metal
112 265
14.7.2 Covalent Radius
196.00 pm164.00 pm
Beryllium Metal
96 260
14.7.4 Van der Waals Radius
186.00 pm200.00 pm
Zinc Metal
139 348
14.8 Atomic Weight
238.03 amu92.91 amu
Lithium Metal
6.94 294
14.10 Atomic Volume
12.59 cm3/mol10.87 cm3/mol
Manganese Metal
1.39 71.07
14.12 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
14.12.1 Previous Element
14.12.2 Next Element
14.13 Valence Electron Potential
170.00 (-eV)104.00 (-eV)
Francium Metal
8 392.42
14.14 Lattice Constant
295.08 pm330.04 pm
Beryllium Metal
228.58 891.25
14.17 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
π/2, π/2, π/2
14.18 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium Metal
1.567 1.886
15 Mechanical
15.1 Density
15.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
19.10 g/cm38.57 g/cm3
Lithium Metal
0.534 40.7
16.2.3 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
17.30 g/cm3NA
Lithium Metal
0.512 20
16.5 Tensile Strength
NA330.00 MPa
Indium Metal
2.5 11000
16.8 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury Metal
0.001526 0.001526
16.11 Vapor Pressure
16.11.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
NANA
Cerium Metal
2.47E-11 121
17.1.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
0.01 (Pa)0.00 (Pa)
Tungsten Metal
2.62E-10 774
17.2 Elasticity properties
17.2.1 Shear Modulus
111.00 GPa38.00 GPa
Potassium Metal
1.3 222
18.1.1 Bulk Modulus
100.00 GPa170.00 GPa
Cesium Metal
1.6 462
18.4.2 Young's Modulus
208.00 GPa105.00 GPa
Cesium Metal
1.7 528
18.7 Poisson Ratio
0.230.40
Beryllium Metal
0.032 0.47
18.9 Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile, Malleable
Ductile, Malleable
19 Magnetic
19.1 Magnetic Characteristics
19.1.1 Specific Gravity
18.808.57
Lithium Metal
0.53 4500
20.1.2 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Paramagnetic
20.1.3 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth Metal
1.25643E-06 0.0063
20.2.4 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth Metal
-0.000166 200000
20.5 Electrical Properties
20.5.1 Electrical Property
Poor Conductor
Conductor
20.5.2 Resistivity
0.28 nΩ·m152.00 nΩ·m
Thallium Metal
0.18 961
20.5.6 Electrical Conductivity
0.04 106/cm Ω0.07 106/cm Ω
Plutonium Metal
0.00666 0.63
21.3.1 Electron Affinity
NA86.10 kJ/mol
Mercury Metal
0 222.8
22 Thermal
22.1 Specific Heat
0.12 J/(kg K)0.26 J/(kg K)
Americium Metal
0.11 3.6
22.3 Molar Heat Capacity
27.67 J/mol·K24.60 J/mol·K
Beryllium Metal
16.443 62.7
22.4 Thermal Conductivity
27.50 W/m·K53.70 W/m·K
Neptunium Metal
6.3 429
22.6 Critical Temperature
NANA
Ytterbium Metal
26.3 3223
22.7 Thermal Expansion
13.90 µm/(m·K)7.30 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten Metal
4.5 97
22.8 Enthalpy
22.8.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
477.00 kJ/mol696.60 kJ/mol
Zinc Metal
7.32 799.1
22.8.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
15.48 kJ/mol27.20 kJ/mol
Cesium Metal
2.1 35.23
22.8.3 Enthalpy of Atomization
489.50 kJ/mol745.00 kJ/mol
Mercury Metal
61.5 837
22.9 Standard Molar Entropy
50.20 J/mol.K36.40 J/mol.K
Beryllium Metal
9.5 198.1