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1 Periodic Table
1.2 Symbol
V
Cm
1.3 Group Number
5NA
Gadolinium
0 17
1.4 Period Number
47
Lithium
2 7
1.6 Block
d block
f block
1.7 Element Family
Transition Metal
Actinide
1.8 CAS Number
74406227440519
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
1.12 Space Group Name
Im_ 3m
Not Available
1.13 Space Group Number
229.00NA
Plutonium
11 229
2 Facts
2.1 Interesting Facts
  • Vanadium is a highly reactive metal, hence it is not found free in nature.
  • Vanadium can be found in almost 65 different types of minerals.
  • Curium metal does not occur free in nature.
  • Curium metal is a synthetically produced metal.
2.2 Sources
Found As a By-product, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Bombarding Plutonium with Helium Ions
2.3 History
2.3.1 Who Discovered
Andrés Manuel del Río
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Albert Ghiorso
2.3.2 Discovery
In 1801
In 1944
2.4 Abundance
2.4.1 Abundance In Universe
1 * 10-4 %NA
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
3.5.1 Abundance In Sun
~0.00004 %~-9999 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
3.5.4 Abundance In Meteorites
0.01 %NA
Gold
1.7E-07 22
3.8.3 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.02 %NA
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
3.10.3 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %NA
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
4.4.3 Abundance In Humans
0.00 %NA
Radium
1E-13 1.4
5 Uses
5.1 Uses & Benefits
  • Its ally with steel is used very tough and hence it is used in armor plates, axles, piston rods, tools and crankshafts.
  • Its oxide is used as pigments for glass and ceramics.
  • Curium metal is used to provide power to electrical equipment for space missions.
5.1.2 Industrial Uses
Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry, Chemical Industry
NA
5.1.3 Medical Uses
NA
NA
5.1.4 Other Uses
Alloys
Research Purposes
5.2 Biological Properties
5.2.1 Toxicity
Toxic
Unknown
5.2.2 Present in Human Body
5.2.3 In Blood
0.00 Blood/mg dm-30.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium
0 1970
6.2.4 In Bone
0.00 p.p.m.0.00 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
7 Physical
7.1 Melting Point
1,890.00 °C1,340.00 °C
Francium
27 3410
8.2 Boiling Point
3,380.00 °C3,110.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
8.4 Appearance
8.4.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
8.4.2 Color
Blue-Silver Grey
Silver
8.4.3 Luster
Metallic
Metallic
8.5 Hardness
8.5.1 Mohs Hardness
6.70NA
Cesium
0.2 8.5
8.7.2 Brinell Hardness
600.00 MPaNA
Cesium
0.14 3490
9.2.6 Vickers Hardness
628.00 MPaNA
Palladium
121 3430
9.3 Speed of Sound
4,560.00 m/sNA
Thallium
818 16200
10.3 Optical Properties
10.3.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
10.5.4 Reflectivity
61.00 %NA
Molybdenum
58 97
10.7 Allotropes
11.1.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
11.1.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
11.2.1 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
12 Chemical
12.1 Chemical Formula
V
Cm
12.2 Isotopes
12.2.1 Known Isotopes
2215
Tennessine
0 38
12.5 Electronegativity
12.6.1 Pauling Electronegativity
1.631.30
Francium
0.7 2.54
12.6.6 Sanderson Electronegativity
1.39NA
Cesium
0.22 2.56
12.6.11 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.451.20
Cesium
0.86 1.82
12.6.14 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
NANA
Cesium
0.62 2.48
12.8.1 Allen Electronegativity
1.53NA
Cesium
0.659 2.7
13.2 Electropositivity
13.2.1 Pauling Electropositivity
2.372.70
Gold
1.46 3.3
14.2 Ionization Energies
14.2.1 1st Energy Level
650.90 kJ/mol581.00 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
14.2.3 2nd Energy Level
1,414.00 kJ/mol1,196.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
14.3.2 3rd Energy Level
2,830.00 kJ/mol2,026.00 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
14.3.4 4th Energy Level
4,507.00 kJ/mol3,550.00 kJ/mol
Thorium
2780 37066
14.6.4 5th Energy Level
6,298.70 kJ/molNA
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
14.6.6 6th Energy Level
12,363.00 kJ/molNA
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
14.6.8 7th Energy level
14,530.00 kJ/molNA
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
14.6.11 8th Energy Level
16,730.00 kJ/molNA
Hassium
8857.4 125300
14.6.14 9th Energy Level
19,860.00 kJ/molNA
Yttrium
14110 134700
14.6.16 10th Energy Level
22,240.00 kJ/molNA
Strontium
17100 144300
14.6.19 11th Energy Level
24,670.00 kJ/molNA
Yttrium
19900 169988
14.6.22 12th Energy Level
29,730.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum
22219 189368
14.6.25 13th Energy Level
32,446.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum
26930 76015
14.7.3 14th Energy Level
86,450.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum
29196 86450
14.7.4 15th Energy Level
94,170.00 kJ/molNA
Manganese
41987 97510
14.8.3 16th Energy Level
102,300.00 kJ/molNA
Iron
47206 109480
14.8.5 17th Energy Level
112,700.00 kJ/molNA
Cobalt
52737 122200
14.9.2 18th Energy Level
121,600.00 kJ/molNA
Nickel
58570 134810
14.9.5 19th Energy Level
130,700.00 kJ/molNA
Copper
64702 148700
14.9.7 20th Energy Level
143,400.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
14.9.10 21st Energy Level
151,440.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
14.10.2 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
14.10.4 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
14.10.7 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
14.10.9 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
14.10.11 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
14.11.2 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
14.11.5 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
14.11.6 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
14.11.8 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
14.12 Electrochemical Equivalent
0.38 g/amp-hr3.07 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
14.16 Electron Work Function
4.30 eVNA
Cesium
2.14 5.65
14.19 Other Chemical Properties
Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes
15 Atomic
15.1 Atomic Number
2396
Lithium
3 117
16.2 Electron Configuration
[Ar] 3d3 4s2
[Rn] 5f7 6d1 7s2
16.3 Crystal Structure
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
Double Hexagonal Close Packed (DHCP)
16.3.1 Crystal Lattice
16.4 Atom
16.4.1 Number of Protons
2396
Lithium
3 117
16.9.2 Number of Neutrons
28151
Lithium
4 184
17.1.4 Number of Electrons
2396
Lithium
3 117
17.2 Radius of an Atom
17.2.1 Atomic Radius
134.00 pm174.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
17.2.3 Covalent Radius
153.00 pm169.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
17.3.3 Van der Waals Radius
200.00 pm200.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
17.4 Atomic Weight
50.94 amu247.00 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
17.6 Atomic Volume
8.78 cm3/mol18.28 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
17.9 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
17.9.1 Previous Element
17.9.2 Next Element
17.10 Valence Electron Potential
120.00 (-eV)44.50 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
17.12 Lattice Constant
303.00 pmNA
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
17.16 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
NA
17.17 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
18 Mechanical
18.1 Density
18.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
6.00 g/cm313.51 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
18.3.1 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
5.50 g/cm313.85 g/cm3
Lithium
0.512 20
19.2 Tensile Strength
800.00 MPaNA
Indium
2.5 11000
19.4 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
19.5 Vapor Pressure
19.5.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
NANA
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
19.6.1 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
0.23 (Pa)NA
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
19.8 Elasticity properties
19.8.1 Shear Modulus
47.00 GPaNA
Potassium
1.3 222
19.9.3 Bulk Modulus
160.00 GPaNA
Cesium
1.6 462
19.10.3 Young's Modulus
128.00 GPaNA
Cesium
1.7 528
19.11 Poisson Ratio
0.37NA
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
19.12 Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile, Malleable
Unknown
20 Magnetic
20.1 Magnetic Characteristics
20.1.1 Specific Gravity
5.9613.51
Lithium
0.53 4500
20.2.1 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Antiferromagnetic
20.2.2 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
20.3.1 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
21.2 Electrical Properties
21.2.1 Electrical Property
Superconductor
Unknown
21.2.2 Resistivity
197.00 nΩ·m1.25 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
22.1.6 Electrical Conductivity
0.05 106/cm ΩNA
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
22.2.4 Electron Affinity
50.60 kJ/molNA
Mercury
0 222.8
23 Thermal
23.1 Specific Heat
0.49 J/(kg K)NA
Americium
0.11 3.6
23.2 Molar Heat Capacity
24.89 J/mol·KNA
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
23.3 Thermal Conductivity
30.70 W/m·KNA
Neptunium
6.3 429
24.4 Critical Temperature
NANA
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
24.6 Thermal Expansion
8.40 µm/(m·K)NA
Tungsten
4.5 97
24.7 Enthalpy
24.7.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
458.60 kJ/molNA
Zinc
7.32 799.1
24.9.1 Enthalpy of Fusion
17.57 kJ/mol15.00 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
24.10.2 Enthalpy of Atomization
514.60 kJ/molNA
Mercury
61.5 837
24.12 Standard Molar Entropy
28.90 J/mol.KNA
Beryllium
9.5 198.1