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1 Periodic Table

1.1 Symbol

Cu

1.2 Group Number

11
Rank: 7 (Overall)
Gadolinium
0 17

1.3 Period Number

4
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Lithium
2 7

1.4 Block

d block

1.5 Element Family

Transition Metal

1.6 CAS Number

7440508
Rank: 37 (Overall)
Aluminium
7429905 54386242

1.7 Space Group Name

Fm_ 3m

1.8 Space Group Number

225.00
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Plutonium
11 229

2 Facts

2.1 Interesting Facts

  • Copper rarely found in its pure form in nature.
  • Copper Sulfate is mostly used in agricultural poison and as an algicide in water purification system.

2.2 Sources

Found in Minerals

2.3 History

2.3.1 Who Discovered

Unknown

2.3.2 Discovery

In Middle East (9000 BCE)

2.4 Abundance

2.4.1 Abundance In Universe

6 * 10-6 %
Rank: 12 (Overall)
Thallium
5E-09 0.11

2.4.2 Abundance In Sun

~0.00007 %
Rank: 12 (Overall)
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1

2.4.3 Abundance In Meteorites

0.01 %
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Gold
1.7E-07 22

2.4.4 Abundance In Earth's Crust

0.01 %
Rank: 17 (Overall)
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1

2.4.5 Abundance In Oceans

0.00 %
Rank: 8 (Overall)
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1

2.4.6 Abundance In Humans

0.00 %
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Radium
1E-13 1.4

3 Uses

3.1 Uses & Benefits

  • It is use for coinage and bullion.
  • Most of copper element is used in manufacturing electrical and electronic equipments such as wirings and components. It is also used in construction and industrial machine.

3.1.1 Industrial Uses

Chemical Industry, Electronic Industry

3.1.2 Medical Uses

NA

3.1.3 Other Uses

Alloys, Coinage, Jewellery

3.2 Biological Properties

3.2.1 Toxicity

Non Toxic

3.2.2 Present in Human Body

60% - Transition Metals Metals have it !

3.2.3 In Blood

1.01 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank: 8 (Overall)
Plutonium
0 1970

3.2.4 In Bone

26.00 p.p.m.
Rank: 12 (Overall)
Plutonium
0 170000

4 Physical

4.1 Melting Point

1,084.62 °C
Rank: 40 (Overall)
Francium
27 3410

4.2 Boiling Point

2,562.00 °C
Rank: 43 (Overall)
Flerovium
147 5660

4.3 Appearance

4.3.1 Physical State

Solid

4.3.2 Color

Copper

4.3.3 Luster

NA

4.4 Hardness

4.4.1 Mohs Hardness

3.00
Rank: 12 (Overall)
Cesium
0.2 8.5

4.4.2 Brinell Hardness

235.00 MPa
Rank: 38 (Overall)
Cesium
0.14 3490

4.4.3 Vickers Hardness

343.00 MPa
Rank: 28 (Overall)
Palladium
121 3430

4.5 Speed of Sound

3,810.00 m/s
Rank: 19 (Overall)
Thallium
818 16200

4.6 Optical Properties

4.6.1 Refractive Index

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229

4.6.2 Reflectivity

90.00 %
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Molybdenum
58 97

4.7 Allotropes

6% - Transition Metals Metals have it !

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

Cu

5.2 Isotopes

5.2.1 Known Isotopes

29
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Tennessine
0 38

5.3 Electronegativity

5.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity

1.90
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Francium
0.7 2.54

5.3.2 Sanderson Electronegativity

1.98
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Cesium
0.22 2.56

5.3.3 Allred Rochow Electronegativity

1.75
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Cesium
0.86 1.82

5.3.4 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity

1.49
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Cesium
0.62 2.48

5.3.5 Allen Electronegativity

1.85
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Cesium
0.659 2.7

5.4 Electropositivity

5.4.1 Pauling Electropositivity

2.10
Rank: 42 (Overall)
Gold
1.46 3.3

5.5 Ionization Energies

5.5.1 1st Energy Level

745.50 kJ/mol
Rank: 22 (Overall)
Cesium
375.7 26130

5.5.2 2nd Energy Level

1,957.90 kJ/mol
Rank: 15 (Overall)
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750

5.5.3 3rd Energy Level

3,555.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 15 (Overall)
Osmium
1600 34230

5.5.4 4th Energy Level

5,536.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 12 (Overall)
Thorium
2780 37066

5.5.5 5th Energy Level

7,700.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Dubnium
4305.2 97510

5.5.6 6th Energy Level

9,900.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800

5.5.7 7th Energy level

13,400.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 7 (Overall)
Bohrium
7226.8 114300

5.5.8 8th Energy Level

16,000.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Hassium
8857.4 125300

5.5.9 9th Energy Level

19,200.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Yttrium
14110 134700

5.5.10 10th Energy Level

22,400.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Strontium
17100 144300

5.5.11 11th Energy Level

25,600.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Yttrium
19900 169988

5.5.12 12th Energy Level

35,600.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Molybdenum
22219 189368

5.5.13 13th Energy Level

38,700.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Molybdenum
26930 76015

5.5.14 14th Energy Level

42,000.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 7 (Overall)
Molybdenum
29196 86450

5.5.15 15th Energy Level

46,700.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Manganese
41987 97510

5.5.16 16th Energy Level

50,200.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Iron
47206 109480

5.5.17 17th Energy Level

53,700.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 12 (Overall)
Cobalt
52737 122200

5.5.18 18th Energy Level

61,100.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Nickel
58570 134810

5.5.19 19th Energy Level

64,702.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Zinc
64702 148700

5.5.20 20th Energy Level

163,700.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Molybdenum
80400 171200

5.5.21 21st Energy Level

174,100.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Molybdenum
87000 179100

5.5.22 22nd Energy Level

184,900.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Molybdenum
93400 184900

5.5.23 23rd Energy Level

198,800.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Molybdenum
98420 198800

5.5.24 24th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: 100 (Overall)
Molybdenum
104400 195200

5.5.25 25th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: 100 (Overall)
Molybdenum
121900 121900

5.5.26 26th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: 100 (Overall)
Molybdenum
127700 127700

5.5.27 27th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: 100 (Overall)
Molybdenum
133800 133800

5.5.28 28th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: 100 (Overall)
Molybdenum
139800 139800

5.5.29 29th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: 100 (Overall)
Molybdenum
148100 148100

5.5.30 30th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
154500 154500

5.6 Electrochemical Equivalent

1.19 g/amp-hr
Rank: 53 (Overall)
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209

5.7 Electron Work Function

4.65 eV
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cesium
2.14 5.65

5.8 Other Chemical Properties

Chemical Stability, Corrosion, Ionization, Solubility

6 Atomic

6.1 Atomic Number

29
Rank: 78 (Overall)
Lithium
3 117

6.2 Electron Configuration

[Ar] 3d10 4s1

6.3 Crystal Structure

Face Centered Cubic (FCC)

6.3.1 Crystal Lattice

6.4 Atom

6.4.1 Number of Protons

29
Rank: 77 (Overall)
Lithium
3 117

6.4.2 Number of Neutrons

35
Rank: 58 (Overall)
Lithium
4 184

6.4.3 Number of Electrons

29
Rank: 77 (Overall)
Lithium
3 117

6.5 Radius of an Atom

6.5.1 Atomic Radius

128.00 pm
Rank: 46 (Overall)
Beryllium
112 265

6.5.2 Covalent Radius

132.00 pm
Rank: 48 (Overall)
Beryllium
96 260

6.5.3 Van der Waals Radius

140.00 pm
Rank: 44 (Overall)
Zinc
139 348

6.6 Atomic Weight

63.55 amu
Rank: 72 (Overall)
Lithium
6.94 294

6.7 Atomic Volume

7.10 cm3/mol
Rank: 61 (Overall)
Manganese
1.39 71.07

6.8 Adjacent Atomic Numbers

6.8.1 Previous Element

6.8.2 Next Element

6.9 Valence Electron Potential

34.00 (-eV)
Rank: 50 (Overall)
Francium
8 392.42

6.10 Lattice Constant

361.49 pm
Rank: 35 (Overall)
Beryllium
228.58 891.25

6.11 Lattice Angles

π/2, π/2, π/2

6.12 Lattice C/A Ratio

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Beryllium
1.567 1.886

7 Mechanical

7.1 Density

7.1.1 Density At Room Temperature

8.96 g/cm3
Rank: 43 (Overall)
Lithium
0.534 40.7

7.1.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)

8.02 g/cm3
Rank: 27 (Overall)
Lithium
0.512 20

7.2 Tensile Strength

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Indium
2.5 11000

7.3 Viscosity

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526

7.4 Vapor Pressure

7.4.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K

1.53 (Pa)
Rank: 8 (Overall)
Cerium
2.47E-11 121

7.4.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774

7.5 Elasticity properties

7.5.1 Shear Modulus

48.00 GPa
Rank: 15 (Overall)
Potassium
1.3 222

7.5.2 Bulk Modulus

140.00 GPa
Rank: 12 (Overall)
Cesium
1.6 462

7.5.3 Young's Modulus

120.00 GPa
Rank: 17 (Overall)
Cesium
1.7 528

7.6 Poisson Ratio

0.34
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Beryllium
0.032 0.47

7.7 Other Mechanical Properties

Ductile, Malleable

8 Magnetic

8.1 Magnetic Characteristics

8.1.1 Specific Gravity

8.89
Rank: 34 (Overall)
Lithium
0.53 4500

8.1.2 Magnetic Ordering

Diamagnetic

8.1.3 Permeability

1.256629 * 10-6 H/m
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063

8.1.4 Susceptibility

-9.63 * 10-6
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000

8.2 Electrical Properties

8.2.1 Electrical Property

Conductor

8.2.2 Resistivity

16.78 nΩ·m
Rank: 50 (Overall)
Thallium
0.18 961

8.2.3 Electrical Conductivity

0.60 106/cm Ω
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63

8.2.4 Electron Affinity

222.80 kJ/mol
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Mercury
0 222.8

9 Thermal

9.1 Specific Heat

0.38 J/(kg K)
Rank: 15 (Overall)
Americium
0.11 3.6

9.2 Molar Heat Capacity

24.44 J/mol·K
Rank: 51 (Overall)
Beryllium
16.443 62.7

9.3 Thermal Conductivity

401.00 W/m·K
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Neptunium
6.3 429

9.4 Critical Temperature

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Ytterbium
26.3 3223

9.5 Thermal Expansion

16.50 µm/(m·K)
Rank: 25 (Overall)
Tungsten
4.5 97

9.6 Enthalpy

9.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization

283.70 kJ/mol
Rank: 33 (Overall)
Zinc
7.32 799.1

9.6.2 Enthalpy of Fusion

7.11 kJ/mol
Rank: 46 (Overall)
Cesium
2.1 35.23

9.6.3 Enthalpy of Atomization

338.90 kJ/mol
Rank: 29 (Overall)
Mercury
61.5 837

9.7 Standard Molar Entropy

33.20 J/mol.K
Rank: 45 (Overall)
Beryllium
9.5 198.1