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Iridium
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1 Periodic Table

1.1 Symbol

Ir

1.2 Group Number

9
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Gadolinium
0 17

1.6 Period Number

6
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Lithium
2 7

1.11 Block

d block

1.12 Element Family

Transition Metal

1.13 CAS Number

7439885
Rank: 89 (Overall)
Aluminium
7429905 54386242

2.13 Space Group Name

Fm_ 3m

2.14 Space Group Number

225.00
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Plutonium
11 229

3 Facts

3.1 Interesting Facts

  • Iridium element occurs as natural alloys of Platinum and Osmium.
  • Iridium element is known as the most corrosion resistance metal .

3.2 Sources

Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals

3.3 History

3.3.1 Who Discovered

Smithson Tennant

3.3.2 Discovery

In 1803

3.4 Abundance

3.4.1 Abundance In Universe

2 * 10-7 %
Rank: 22 (Overall)
Thallium
5E-09 0.11

4.4.2 Abundance In Sun

~0.0000002 %
Rank: 25 (Overall)
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1

6.4.6 Abundance In Meteorites

0.00 %
Rank: 29 (Overall)
Gold
1.7E-07 22

7.1.5 Abundance In Earth's Crust

0.00 %
Rank: 56 (Overall)
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1

8.4.5 Abundance In Oceans

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1

10.2.5 Abundance In Humans

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Radium
1E-13 1.4

11 Uses

12.1 Uses & Benefits

  • Iridium has an anti corrosion properties and it is used in special alloy with Osmium metal and that alloy is used in pen tips and compass bearings.

12.2.1 Industrial Uses

Automobile Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry

12.2.2 Medical Uses

NA

12.2.3 Other Uses

Alloys

12.3 Biological Properties

12.3.1 Toxicity

Toxic

12.3.2 Present in Human Body

60% - Transition Metals Metals have it !

12.3.3 In Blood

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Plutonium
0 1970

12.8.3 In Bone

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Plutonium
0 170000

15 Physical

15.1 Melting Point

2,410.00 °C
Rank: 7 (Overall)
Francium
27 3410

15.4 Boiling Point

4,527.00 °C
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Flerovium
147 5660

16.3 Appearance

16.3.1 Physical State

Solid

16.3.2 Color

Silvery White

16.3.3 Luster

Metallic

16.4 Hardness

16.4.1 Mohs Hardness

6.50
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Cesium
0.2 8.5

17.5.1 Brinell Hardness

1,670.00 MPa
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Cesium
0.14 3490

18.4.3 Vickers Hardness

1,760.00 MPa
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Palladium
121 3430

18.6 Speed of Sound

4,825.00 m/s
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Thallium
818 16200

18.10 Optical Properties

18.10.1 Refractive Index

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

18.12.3 Reflectivity

78.00 %
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Molybdenum
58 97

18.13 Allotropes

6% - Transition Metals Metals

18.13.1 α Allotropes

Not Available

18.13.2 β Allotropes

Not Available

18.13.3 γ Allotropes

Not Available

19 Chemical

19.1 Chemical Formula

Ir

19.2 Isotopes

19.2.1 Known Isotopes

34
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Tennessine
0 38

19.4 Electronegativity

19.4.1 Pauling Electronegativity

2.20
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Francium
0.7 2.54

20.2.4 Sanderson Electronegativity

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cesium
0.22 2.56

20.4.4 Allred Rochow Electronegativity

1.55
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cesium
0.86 1.82

20.5.6 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cesium
0.62 2.48

20.5.11 Allen Electronegativity

1.68
Rank: 17 (Overall)
Cesium
0.659 2.7

20.6 Electropositivity

20.6.1 Pauling Electropositivity

1.80
Rank: 49 (Overall)
Gold
1.46 3.3

20.7 Ionization Energies

20.7.1 1st Energy Level

880.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Cesium
375.7 26130

20.7.5 2nd Energy Level

1,600.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 35 (Overall)
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750

20.9.4 3rd Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Osmium
1600 34230

20.9.12 4th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Thorium
2780 37066

20.9.18 5th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Dubnium
4305.2 97510

20.9.22 6th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800

20.9.27 7th Energy level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Bohrium
7226.8 114300

20.9.32 8th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Hassium
8857.4 125300

20.10.2 9th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Yttrium
14110 134700

20.10.5 10th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Strontium
17100 144300

20.11.4 11th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Yttrium
19900 169988

21.1.5 12th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
22219 189368

21.4.3 13th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
26930 76015

21.4.7 14th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
29196 86450

21.4.13 15th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Manganese
41987 97510

21.5.2 16th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Iron
47206 109480

21.5.4 17th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cobalt
52737 122200

21.7.3 18th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Nickel
58570 134810

22.1.5 19th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Copper
64702 148700

22.5.4 20th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
80400 171200

22.5.6 21st Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
87000 179100

22.6.3 22nd Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
93400 184900

22.6.5 23rd Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
98420 198800

22.8.2 24th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
104400 195200

22.8.5 25th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
121900 121900

22.9.2 26th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
127700 127700

22.9.5 27th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
133800 133800

22.11.2 28th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
139800 139800

23.1.3 29th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
148100 148100

23.1.6 30th Energy Level

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

23.2 Electrochemical Equivalent

1.14 g/amp-hr
Rank: 54 (Overall)
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209

23.3 Electron Work Function

4.55 eV
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Cesium
2.14 5.65

23.6 Other Chemical Properties

Flammable, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity

24 Atomic

24.1 Atomic Number

77
Rank: 39 (Overall)
Lithium
3 117

24.4 Electron Configuration

[Xe] 4f14 5d7 6s2

24.5 Crystal Structure

Face Centered Cubic (FCC)

24.5.1 Crystal Lattice

24.6 Atom

24.6.1 Number of Protons

74
Rank: 41 (Overall)
Lithium
3 117

24.10.1 Number of Neutrons

110
Rank: 27 (Overall)
Lithium
4 184

25.1.1 Number of Electrons

74
Rank: 41 (Overall)
Lithium
3 117

26.2 Radius of an Atom

26.2.1 Atomic Radius

136.00 pm
Rank: 41 (Overall)
Beryllium
112 265

27.5.3 Covalent Radius

141.00 pm
Rank: 43 (Overall)
Beryllium
96 260

27.9.1 Van der Waals Radius

202.00 pm
Rank: 27 (Overall)
Zinc
139 348

27.12 Atomic Weight

192.22 amu
Rank: 34 (Overall)
Lithium
6.94 294

27.14 Atomic Volume

9.53 cm3/mol
Rank: 50 (Overall)
Manganese
1.39 71.07

27.18 Adjacent Atomic Numbers

27.18.1 Previous Element

27.18.2 Next Element

27.19 Valence Electron Potential

140.00 (-eV)
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Francium
8 392.42

28.3 Lattice Constant

383.90 pm
Rank: 26 (Overall)
Beryllium
228.58 891.25

29.4 Lattice Angles

π/2, π/2, π/2

29.5 Lattice C/A Ratio

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

30 Mechanical

30.1 Density

30.1.1 Density At Room Temperature

22.56 g/cm3
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Lithium
0.534 40.7

30.3.3 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)

19.00 g/cm3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Lithium
0.512 20

30.9 Tensile Strength

2,000.00 MPa
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Indium
2.5 11000

31.2 Viscosity

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

31.3 Vapor Pressure

31.3.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cerium
2.47E-11 121

33.2.1 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K

0.00 (Pa)
Rank: 25 (Overall)
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774

34.2 Elasticity properties

34.2.1 Shear Modulus

210.00 GPa
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Potassium
1.3 222

34.4.1 Bulk Modulus

320.00 GPa
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Cesium
1.6 462

34.6.1 Young's Modulus

528.00 GPa
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Cesium
1.7 528

34.9 Poisson Ratio

0.26
Rank: 22 (Overall)
Beryllium
0.032 0.47

34.11 Other Mechanical Properties

NA

35 Magnetic

35.1 Magnetic Characteristics

35.1.1 Specific Gravity

21.78
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Lithium
0.53 4500

35.1.2 Magnetic Ordering

Paramagnetic

35.1.3 Permeability

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063

35.2.2 Susceptibility

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000

35.3 Electrical Properties

35.3.1 Electrical Property

Conductor

35.3.2 Resistivity

47.10 nΩ·m
Rank: 44 (Overall)
Thallium
0.18 961

35.4.3 Electrical Conductivity

0.19 106/cm Ω
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63

35.8.1 Electron Affinity

151.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Mercury
0 222.8

36 Thermal

36.1 Specific Heat

0.13 J/(kg K)
Rank: 39 (Overall)
Americium
0.11 3.6

36.3 Molar Heat Capacity

25.10 J/mol·K
Rank: 43 (Overall)
Beryllium
16.443 62.7

36.5 Thermal Conductivity

147.00 W/m·K
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Neptunium
6.3 429

36.6 Critical Temperature

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

36.7 Thermal Expansion

6.40 µm/(m·K)
Rank: 51 (Overall)
Tungsten
4.5 97

36.10 Enthalpy

36.10.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization

799.10 kJ/mol
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Zinc
7.32 799.1

38.1.4 Enthalpy of Fusion

35.23 kJ/mol
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Cesium
2.1 35.23

38.2.3 Enthalpy of Atomization

837.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Mercury
61.5 837

38.4 Standard Molar Entropy

35.50 J/mol.K
Rank: 43 (Overall)
Beryllium
9.5 198.1