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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
V
Mo
1.2 Group Number
56
Gadolinium
0 17
2.3 Period Number
45
Lithium
2 7
3.2 Block
d block
d block
3.3 Element Family
Transition Metal
Transition Metal
3.4 CAS Number
74406227439987
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
3.6 Space Group Name
Im_ 3m
Im_ 3m
3.8 Space Group Number
229.00229.00
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.
  • Molybdenum is highly reactive metal, hence not found free in nature .
  • Till 18th century Molybdenum element were often mistaken as a carbon or Lead.
2.2 Sources
Found As a By-product, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
2.3 History
2.3.1 Who Discovered
Andrés Manuel del Río
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
2.3.2 Discovery
In 1801
In 1778
2.4 Abundance
2.4.1 Abundance In Universe
1 * 10-4 %5 * 10-7 %
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
2.6.1 Abundance In Sun
~0.00004 %~0.0000009 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
2.10.3 Abundance In Meteorites
0.01 %0.00 %
Gold
1.7E-07 22
3.5.2 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.02 %0.00 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
4.4.3 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %0.00 %
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
4.4.6 Abundance In Humans
0.00 %0.00 %
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.
  • 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.
5.1.1 Industrial Uses
Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry, Chemical Industry
Aerospace Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
5.1.2 Medical Uses
NA
NA
5.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys
5.2 Biological Properties
5.2.1 Toxicity
Toxic
Toxic
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
5.3.4 In Bone
0.00 p.p.m.0.70 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
6 Physical
6.1 Melting Point
1,890.00 °C2,617.00 °C
Francium
27 3410
6.2 Boiling Point
3,380.00 °C4,612.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
6.3 Appearance
6.3.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
6.3.2 Color
Blue-Silver Grey
Gray
6.3.3 Luster
Metallic
Metallic
6.4 Hardness
6.4.1 Mohs Hardness
6.705.50
Cesium
0.2 8.5
7.2.5 Brinell Hardness
600.00 MPa1,370.00 MPa
Cesium
0.14 3490
7.2.8 Vickers Hardness
628.00 MPa1,400.00 MPa
Palladium
121 3430
8.2 Speed of Sound
4,560.00 m/s5,400.00 m/s
Thallium
818 16200
8.4 Optical Properties
8.4.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
8.4.3 Reflectivity
61.00 %58.00 %
Silver
58 97
8.7 Allotropes
8.7.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
8.7.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
8.7.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
9 Chemical
9.1 Chemical Formula
V
Mo
9.2 Isotopes
9.2.1 Known Isotopes
2225
Tennessine
0 38
9.3 Electronegativity
9.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity
1.632.16
Francium
0.7 2.54
9.3.4 Sanderson Electronegativity
1.391.15
Cesium
0.22 2.56
9.4.1 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.451.30
Cesium
0.86 1.82
9.5.3 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
NANA
Cesium
0.62 2.48
9.5.6 Allen Electronegativity
1.532.16
Cesium
0.659 2.7
10.3 Electropositivity
10.3.1 Pauling Electropositivity
2.371.84
Gold
1.46 3.3
10.5 Ionization Energies
10.5.1 1st Energy Level
650.90 kJ/mol684.30 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
10.5.5 2nd Energy Level
1,414.00 kJ/mol1,560.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
10.5.7 3rd Energy Level
2,830.00 kJ/mol2,618.00 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
10.5.10 4th Energy Level
4,507.00 kJ/mol4,480.00 kJ/mol
Thorium
2780 37066
10.5.14 5th Energy Level
6,298.70 kJ/mol5,257.00 kJ/mol
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
10.5.17 6th Energy Level
12,363.00 kJ/mol6,640.80 kJ/mol
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
10.6.2 7th Energy level
14,530.00 kJ/mol12,125.00 kJ/mol
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
10.7.3 8th Energy Level
16,730.00 kJ/mol13,860.00 kJ/mol
Hassium
8857.4 125300
10.8.1 9th Energy Level
19,860.00 kJ/mol15,835.00 kJ/mol
Yttrium
14110 134700
10.8.3 10th Energy Level
22,240.00 kJ/mol17,980.00 kJ/mol
Strontium
17100 144300
10.9.2 11th Energy Level
24,670.00 kJ/mol20,190.00 kJ/mol
Yttrium
19900 169988
11.1.1 12th Energy Level
29,730.00 kJ/mol22,219.00 kJ/mol
Copper
22219 189368
11.3.1 13th Energy Level
32,446.00 kJ/mol26,930.00 kJ/mol
Copper
26930 76015
11.4.3 14th Energy Level
86,450.00 kJ/mol29,196.00 kJ/mol
Iron
29196 86450
11.4.6 15th Energy Level
94,170.00 kJ/mol52,490.00 kJ/mol
Manganese
41987 97510
11.4.8 16th Energy Level
102,300.00 kJ/mol55,000.00 kJ/mol
Iron
47206 109480
11.4.10 17th Energy Level
112,700.00 kJ/mol61,400.00 kJ/mol
Cobalt
52737 122200
11.5.2 18th Energy Level
121,600.00 kJ/mol67,700.00 kJ/mol
Nickel
58570 134810
11.5.5 19th Energy Level
130,700.00 kJ/mol74,000.00 kJ/mol
Copper
64702 148700
11.5.7 20th Energy Level
143,400.00 kJ/mol80,400.00 kJ/mol
Zinc
80400 171200
11.5.9 21st Energy Level
151,440.00 kJ/mol87,000.00 kJ/mol
Zinc
87000 179100
11.5.11 22nd Energy Level
NA93,400.00 kJ/mol
Copper
93400 184900
11.6.1 23rd Energy Level
NA98,420.00 kJ/mol
Copper
98420 198800
11.6.2 24th Energy Level
NA104,400.00 kJ/mol
Iron
104400 195200
11.6.4 25th Energy Level
NA121,900.00 kJ/mol
121900 121900
11.7.1 26th Energy Level
NA127,700.00 kJ/mol
127700 127700
11.7.2 27th Energy Level
NA133,800.00 kJ/mol
133800 133800
11.7.3 28th Energy Level
NA139,800.00 kJ/mol
139800 139800
11.7.5 29th Energy Level
NA148,100.00 kJ/mol
148100 148100
11.7.6 30th Energy Level
NA154,500.00 kJ/mol
154500 154500
11.8 Electrochemical Equivalent
0.38 g/amp-hr0.89 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
11.11 Electron Work Function
4.30 eV4.60 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
11.13 Other Chemical Properties
Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes
Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
12 Atomic
12.1 Atomic Number
2342
Lithium
3 117
12.4 Electron Configuration
[Ar] 3d3 4s2
[Kr] 4d5 5s1
12.5 Crystal Structure
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
13.1.2 Crystal Lattice
13.2 Atom
13.2.1 Number of Protons
2342
Lithium
3 117
13.2.3 Number of Neutrons
2854
Lithium
4 184
13.2.7 Number of Electrons
2342
Lithium
3 117
13.5 Radius of an Atom
13.5.1 Atomic Radius
134.00 pm139.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
13.6.2 Covalent Radius
153.00 pm154.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
13.6.5 Van der Waals Radius
200.00 pm200.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
13.7 Atomic Weight
50.94 amu95.95 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
13.9 Atomic Volume
8.78 cm3/mol9.40 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
13.11 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
13.11.1 Previous Element
13.11.2 Next Element
13.12 Valence Electron Potential
120.00 (-eV)88.60 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
13.14 Lattice Constant
303.00 pm314.70 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
14.2 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
π/2, π/2, π/2
14.3 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
16 Mechanical
16.1 Density
16.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
6.00 g/cm310.28 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
16.4.4 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
5.50 g/cm39.33 g/cm3
Lithium
0.512 20
16.5 Tensile Strength
800.00 MPa324.00 MPa
Indium
2.5 11000
16.7 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
16.8 Vapor Pressure
16.8.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
NANA
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
16.9.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
0.23 (Pa)0.00 (Pa)
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
16.10 Elasticity properties
16.10.1 Shear Modulus
47.00 GPa126.00 GPa
Potassium
1.3 222
17.1.1 Bulk Modulus
160.00 GPa230.00 GPa
Cesium
1.6 462
17.3.1 Young's Modulus
128.00 GPa329.00 GPa
Cesium
1.7 528
17.5 Poisson Ratio
0.370.31
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
17.7 Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile, Malleable
Ductile, Weldable
18 Magnetic
18.1 Magnetic Characteristics
18.1.1 Specific Gravity
5.9610.22
Lithium
0.53 4500
18.2.1 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Paramagnetic
18.2.2 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
18.3.1 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
18.6 Electrical Properties
18.6.1 Electrical Property
Superconductor
Semiconductor
18.6.2 Resistivity
197.00 nΩ·m53.40 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
18.8.1 Electrical Conductivity
0.05 106/cm Ω0.19 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
19.1.2 Electron Affinity
50.60 kJ/mol71.90 kJ/mol
Mercury
0 222.8
20 Thermal
20.1 Specific Heat
0.49 J/(kg K)0.25 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
20.3 Molar Heat Capacity
24.89 J/mol·K24.06 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
20.5 Thermal Conductivity
30.70 W/m·K138.00 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
20.8 Critical Temperature
NANA
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
20.9 Thermal Expansion
8.40 µm/(m·K)4.80 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
20.11 Enthalpy
20.11.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
458.60 kJ/mol594.10 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
20.11.3 Enthalpy of Fusion
17.57 kJ/mol27.61 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
20.11.5 Enthalpy of Atomization
514.60 kJ/mol653.00 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
20.12 Standard Molar Entropy
28.90 J/mol.K28.70 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1