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What is Lanthanum?

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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
La
1.2 Group Number
Tennessine
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Gadolinium
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1.3 Period Number
Uranium
6
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Lithium
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1.4 Block
f block
1.5 Element Family
Lanthanide
1.6 CAS Number
Roentgenium
7439910
Rank: 87 (Overall)
Aluminium
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1.7 Space Group Name
P63/mmc
1.8 Space Group Number
Sodium
194.00
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Plutonium
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2 Facts
2.1 Interesting Facts
  • Lanthanum metal is highly malleable, ductile and sectile.
  • If exposed to air Lanthanum metal oxidizes rapidly.
2.2 Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
2.3 History
2.3.1 Who Discovered
Carl Gustaf Mosander
2.3.2 Discovery
In 1838
2.4 Abundance
2.4.1 Abundance In Universe
Iron
2 * 10-7 %
Rank: 22 (Overall)
Thallium
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2.4.2 Abundance In Sun
Iron
~0.0000002 %
Rank: 25 (Overall)
Beryllium
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2.4.3 Abundance In Meteorites
Iron
0.00 %
Rank: 32 (Overall)
Gold
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2.4.4 Abundance In Earth's Crust
Aluminium
0.00 %
Rank: 19 (Overall)
Radium
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2.4.5 Abundance In Oceans
Sodium
0.00 %
Rank: 29 (Overall)
Protactinium
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2.4.6 Abundance In Humans
Calcium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Radium
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3 Uses
3.1 Uses & Benefits
  • It has no commercial uses, but its alloys are in high demand. Lanthanum and Nickel alloy is used for the hydrogen gas storage.
  • The best-known use for mischmetal alloy of Lanthanum is; as a ‘flints’ for cigarette lighters.
3.1.1 Industrial Uses
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
3.1.2 Medical Uses
NA
3.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing
3.2 Biological Properties
3.2.1 Toxicity
Low Toxic
3.2.2 Present in Human Body
27% Lanthanide Series Metals have it !
3.2.3 In Blood
Sodium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Plutonium
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3.2.4 In Bone
Calcium
0.08 p.p.m.
Rank: 24 (Overall)
Plutonium
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4 Physical
4.1 Melting Point
Tungsten
920.00 °C
Rank: 49 (Overall)
Francium
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4.2 Boiling Point
Tungsten
3,469.00 °C
Rank: 18 (Overall)
Flerovium
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4.3 Appearance
4.3.1 Physical State
Solid
4.3.2 Color
Silvery White
4.3.3 Luster
NA
4.4 Hardness
4.4.1 Mohs Hardness
Chromium
2.50
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Cesium
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4.4.2 Brinell Hardness
Osmium
350.00 MPa
Rank: 30 (Overall)
Cesium
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4.4.3 Vickers Hardness
Tungsten
360.00 MPa
Rank: 26 (Overall)
Palladium
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4.5 Speed of Sound
Technetium
2,475.00 m/s
Rank: 37 (Overall)
Thallium
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4.6 Optical Properties
4.6.1 Refractive Index
Palladium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Mercury
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4.6.2 Reflectivity
Silver
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
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4.7 Allotropes
No Lanthanide Series Metals has 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
La
5.2 Isotopes
5.2.1 Known Isotopes
Palladium
31
Rank: 8 (Overall)
Tennessine
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5.3 Electronegativity
5.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity
Gold
1.10
Rank: 44 (Overall)
Francium
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5.3.2 Sanderson Electronegativity
Cobalt
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cesium
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5.3.3 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
Gallium
1.08
Rank: 31 (Overall)
Cesium
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5.3.4 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
Polonium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cesium
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5.3.5 Allen Electronegativity
Berkelium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cesium
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5.4 Electropositivity
5.4.1 Pauling Electropositivity
Francium
2.90
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Gold
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5.5 Ionization Energies
5.5.1 1st Energy Level
Chromium
538.10 kJ/mol
Rank: 75 (Overall)
Cesium
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5.5.2 2nd Energy Level
Chromium
1,067.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 76 (Overall)
Ruthenium
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5.5.3 3rd Energy Level
Chromium
1,850.30 kJ/mol
Rank: 80 (Overall)
Osmium
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5.5.4 4th Energy Level
Chromium
4,819.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 22 (Overall)
Thorium
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5.5.5 5th Energy Level
Chromium
5,940.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 25 (Overall)
Dubnium
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5.5.6 6th Energy Level
Chromium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Seaborgium
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5.5.7 7th Energy level
Chromium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Bohrium
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5.5.8 8th Energy Level
Chromium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Hassium
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5.5.9 9th Energy Level
Chromium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Yttrium
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5.5.10 10th Energy Level
Chromium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Strontium
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5.5.11 11th Energy Level
Magnesium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Yttrium
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5.5.12 12th Energy Level
Magnesium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
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5.5.13 13th Energy Level
Titanium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
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5.5.14 14th Energy Level
Vanadium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
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5.5.15 15th Energy Level
Chromium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Manganese
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5.5.16 16th Energy Level
Manganese
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Iron
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5.5.17 17th Energy Level
Iron
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cobalt
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5.5.18 18th Energy Level
Cobalt
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Nickel
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5.5.19 19th Energy Level
Nickel
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Copper
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5.5.20 20th Energy Level
Zinc
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
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5.5.21 21st Energy Level
Zinc
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
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5.5.22 22nd Energy Level
Copper
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
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5.5.23 23rd Energy Level
Copper
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
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5.5.24 24th Energy Level
Iron
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
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5.5.25 25th Energy Level
Molybdenum
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
5.5.26 26th Energy Level
Molybdenum
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
5.5.27 27th Energy Level
Molybdenum
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
5.5.28 28th Energy Level
Molybdenum
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
5.5.29 29th Energy Level
Molybdenum
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
5.5.30 30th Energy Level
Molybdenum
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
5.6 Electrochemical Equivalent
Francium
1.73 g/amp-hr
Rank: 42 (Overall)
Beryllium
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5.7 Electron Work Function
Platinum
3.50 eV
Rank: 31 (Overall)
Cesium
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5.8 Other Chemical Properties
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
6 Atomic
6.1 Atomic Number
Tennessine
57
Rank: 59 (Overall)
Lithium
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6.2 Electron Configuration
[Xe] 5d2 6s2
6.3 Crystal Structure
Double Hexagonal Close Packed (DHCP)
6.3.1 Crystal Lattice
6.4 Atom
6.4.1 Number of Protons
Tennessine
57
Rank: 58 (Overall)
Lithium
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6.4.2 Number of Neutrons
Flerovium
82
Rank: 41 (Overall)
Lithium
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6.4.3 Number of Electrons
Tennessine
57
Rank: 58 (Overall)
Lithium
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6.5 Radius of an Atom
6.5.1 Atomic Radius
Cesium
187.00 pm
Rank: 8 (Overall)
Beryllium
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6.5.2 Covalent Radius
Francium
207.00 pm
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Beryllium
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6.5.3 Van der Waals Radius
Francium
240.00 pm
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Zinc
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6.6 Atomic Weight
Tennessine
138.91 amu
Rank: 53 (Overall)
Lithium
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6.7 Atomic Volume
Cesium
20.73 cm3/mol
Rank: 16 (Overall)
Manganese
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6.8 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
6.8.1 Previous Element
6.8.2 Next Element
6.9 Valence Electron Potential
Platinum
40.71 (-eV)
Rank: 46 (Overall)
Francium
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6.10 Lattice Constant
Manganese
377.20 pm
Rank: 28 (Overall)
Beryllium
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6.11 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
6.12 Lattice C/A Ratio
Cadmium
1.62
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Beryllium
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7 Mechanical
7.1 Density
7.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
Hassium
6.16 g/cm3
Rank: 65 (Overall)
Lithium
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7.1.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
Osmium
5.94 g/cm3
Rank: 44 (Overall)
Lithium
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7.2 Tensile Strength
Iron
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Indium
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7.3 Viscosity
Mercury
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Mercury
7.4 Vapor Pressure
7.4.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
Strontium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cerium
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7.4.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
Chromium
0.98 (Pa)
Rank: 15 (Overall)
Tungsten
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7.5 Elasticity properties
7.5.1 Shear Modulus
Osmium
14.30 GPa
Rank: 40 (Overall)
Potassium
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7.5.2 Bulk Modulus
Osmium
27.90 GPa
Rank: 41 (Overall)
Cesium
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7.5.3 Young's Modulus
Iridium
36.60 GPa
Rank: 42 (Overall)
Cesium
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7.6 Poisson Ratio
Gallium
0.28
Rank: 17 (Overall)
Beryllium
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7.7 Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile
8 Magnetic
8.1 Magnetic Characteristics
8.1.1 Specific Gravity
Cobalt
6.17
Rank: 52 (Overall)
Lithium
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8.1.2 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
8.1.3 Permeability
Iron
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Bismuth
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8.1.4 Susceptibility
Iron
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Bismuth
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8.2 Electrical Properties
8.2.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
8.2.2 Resistivity
Mercury
615.00 nΩ·m
Rank: 7 (Overall)
Thallium
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8.2.3 Electrical Conductivity
Silver
0.01 106/cm Ω
Rank: 51 (Overall)
Plutonium
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8.2.4 Electron Affinity
Gold
48.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 23 (Overall)
Mercury
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9 Thermal
9.1 Specific Heat
Lithium
0.19 J/(kg K)
Rank: 32 (Overall)
Americium
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9.2 Molar Heat Capacity
Americium
27.11 J/mol·K
Rank: 21 (Overall)
Beryllium
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9.3 Thermal Conductivity
Silver
13.40 W/m·K
Rank: 57 (Overall)
Neptunium
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9.4 Critical Temperature
Lithium
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Ytterbium
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9.5 Thermal Expansion
Cesium
12.10 µm/(m·K)
Rank: 32 (Overall)
Tungsten
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9.6 Enthalpy
9.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
Tungsten
399.60 kJ/mol
Rank: 17 (Overall)
Zinc
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9.6.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
Tungsten
6.20 kJ/mol
Rank: 49 (Overall)
Cesium
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9.6.3 Enthalpy of Atomization
Tungsten
431.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 16 (Overall)
Mercury
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9.7 Standard Molar Entropy
Protactinium
56.90 J/mol.K
Rank: 23 (Overall)
Beryllium
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