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Rhodium
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1 Periodic Table

1.1 Symbol

Rh

1.2 Group Number

9
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Gadolinium
0 17

1.3 Period Number

5
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Lithium
2 7

1.5 Block

d block

1.6 Element Family

Transition Metal

1.7 CAS Number

7440166
Rank: 63 (Overall)
Aluminium
7429905 54386242

1.11 Space Group Name

Fm_ 3m

1.12 Space Group Number

225.00
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Plutonium
11 229

2 Facts

2.1 Interesting Facts

  • Rhodium is the rarest element out of all non-radioactive metals on the earth .
  • Rhodium is one of the most durable and hard metal, which also have high reflectance.

2.2 Sources

Earth's crust, Found As a By-product, Found in Minerals, Mining

2.3 History

2.3.1 Who Discovered

William Hyde Wollaston

2.3.2 Discovery

In 1804

2.4 Abundance

2.4.1 Abundance In Universe

6 * 10-8 %
Rank: 26 (Overall)
Thallium
5E-09 0.11

3.4.2 Abundance In Sun

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

3.4.4 Abundance In Meteorites

0.00 %
Rank: 36 (Overall)
Gold
1.7E-07 22

3.4.6 Abundance In Earth's Crust

0.00 %
Rank: 55 (Overall)
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1

3.4.8 Abundance In Oceans

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

3.4.9 Abundance In Humans

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

4 Uses

4.1 Uses & Benefits

  • Rhodium metal is mainly used in catalytic converters for cars as it reduces nitrogen oxides in exhaust gases.
  • It is used as an industrial catalyst for nitric acid, acetic acid, hydrogenation reaction, etc.

4.1.1 Industrial Uses

Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry

4.1.2 Medical Uses

NA

4.1.3 Other Uses

Alloys

4.2 Biological Properties

4.2.1 Toxicity

NA

4.2.2 Present in Human Body

60% - Transition Metals Metals have it !

4.2.3 In Blood

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

4.2.5 In Bone

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

6 Physical

6.1 Melting Point

1,966.00 °C
Rank: 12 (Overall)
Francium
27 3410

6.2 Boiling Point

3,727.00 °C
Rank: 17 (Overall)
Flerovium
147 5660

7.2 Appearance

7.2.1 Physical State

Solid

7.2.2 Color

Silvery White

7.2.3 Luster

Metallic

7.3 Hardness

7.3.1 Mohs Hardness

6.00
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Cesium
0.2 8.5

7.4.1 Brinell Hardness

980.00 MPa
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Cesium
0.14 3490

7.6.2 Vickers Hardness

1,100.00 MPa
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Palladium
121 3430

7.7 Speed of Sound

4,700.00 m/s
Rank: 15 (Overall)
Thallium
818 16200

7.8 Optical Properties

7.8.1 Refractive Index

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

7.8.3 Reflectivity

84.00 %
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Molybdenum
58 97

7.9 Allotropes

6% - Transition Metals Metals have it !

7.10.1 α Allotropes

Not Available

7.10.2 β Allotropes

Not Available

7.10.3 γ Allotropes

Not Available

8 Chemical

8.1 Chemical Formula

Rh

8.2 Isotopes

8.2.1 Known Isotopes

16
Rank: 23 (Overall)
Tennessine
0 38

8.3 Electronegativity

8.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity

2.28
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Francium
0.7 2.54

8.4.3 Sanderson Electronegativity

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

9.2.2 Allred Rochow Electronegativity

1.45
Rank: 16 (Overall)
Cesium
0.86 1.82

9.3.2 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity

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

9.3.4 Allen Electronegativity

1.56
Rank: 24 (Overall)
Cesium
0.659 2.7

9.4 Electropositivity

9.4.1 Pauling Electropositivity

1.72
Rank: 50 (Overall)
Gold
1.46 3.3

9.5 Ionization Energies

9.5.1 1st Energy Level

719.70 kJ/mol
Rank: 29 (Overall)
Cesium
375.7 26130

9.5.3 2nd Energy Level

1,740.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 26 (Overall)
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750

9.5.4 3rd Energy Level

2,997.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 27 (Overall)
Osmium
1600 34230

9.6.2 4th Energy Level

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

9.7.2 5th Energy Level

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

9.7.4 6th Energy Level

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

9.7.6 7th Energy level

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

9.7.7 8th Energy Level

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

9.7.9 9th Energy Level

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

9.7.11 10th Energy Level

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

9.7.13 11th Energy Level

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

9.7.15 12th Energy Level

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

9.7.17 13th Energy Level

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

9.7.19 14th Energy Level

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

9.7.21 15th Energy Level

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

9.7.23 16th Energy Level

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

9.7.25 17th Energy Level

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

9.7.26 18th Energy Level

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

9.7.28 19th Energy Level

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

9.7.30 20th Energy Level

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

9.7.31 21st Energy Level

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

9.7.33 22nd Energy Level

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

9.7.35 23rd Energy Level

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

9.7.36 24th Energy Level

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

9.7.38 25th Energy Level

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

9.7.40 26th Energy Level

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

9.7.42 27th Energy Level

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

9.7.43 28th Energy Level

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

9.7.45 29th Energy Level

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

9.7.47 30th Energy Level

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

9.8 Electrochemical Equivalent

1.28 g/amp-hr
Rank: 50 (Overall)
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209

9.9 Electron Work Function

4.98 eV
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Cesium
2.14 5.65

9.10 Other Chemical Properties

Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes

10 Atomic

10.1 Atomic Number

45
Rank: 67 (Overall)
Lithium
3 117

10.2 Electron Configuration

[Kr] 4d8 5s1

10.3 Crystal Structure

Face Centered Cubic (FCC)

10.3.1 Crystal Lattice

10.4 Atom

10.4.1 Number of Protons

45
Rank: 66 (Overall)
Lithium
3 117

10.4.4 Number of Neutrons

58
Rank: 49 (Overall)
Lithium
4 184

10.5.1 Number of Electrons

45
Rank: 66 (Overall)
Lithium
3 117

10.7 Radius of an Atom

10.7.1 Atomic Radius

134.00 pm
Rank: 43 (Overall)
Beryllium
112 265

11.1.1 Covalent Radius

142.00 pm
Rank: 42 (Overall)
Beryllium
96 260

11.4.2 Van der Waals Radius

200.00 pm
Rank: 28 (Overall)
Zinc
139 348

11.5 Atomic Weight

102.91 amu
Rank: 61 (Overall)
Lithium
6.94 294

11.6 Atomic Volume

8.30 cm3/mol
Rank: 59 (Overall)
Manganese
1.39 71.07

11.7 Adjacent Atomic Numbers

11.7.1 Previous Element

11.7.2 Next Element

11.8 Valence Electron Potential

64.00 (-eV)
Rank: 22 (Overall)
Francium
8 392.42

11.10 Lattice Constant

380.34 pm
Rank: 27 (Overall)
Beryllium
228.58 891.25

11.11 Lattice Angles

π/2, π/2, π/2

11.12 Lattice C/A Ratio

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

12 Mechanical

12.1 Density

12.1.1 Density At Room Temperature

12.41 g/cm3
Rank: 28 (Overall)
Lithium
0.534 40.7

12.2.1 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)

10.70 g/cm3
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Lithium
0.512 20

12.4 Tensile Strength

951.00 MPa
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Indium
2.5 11000

12.7 Viscosity

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

12.8 Vapor Pressure

12.8.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K

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

12.9.1 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K

0.02 (Pa)
Rank: 19 (Overall)
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774

12.12 Elasticity properties

12.12.1 Shear Modulus

150.00 GPa
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Potassium
1.3 222

13.1.2 Bulk Modulus

275.00 GPa
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Cesium
1.6 462

13.1.4 Young's Modulus

380.00 GPa
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Cesium
1.7 528

13.3 Poisson Ratio

0.26
Rank: 22 (Overall)
Beryllium
0.032 0.47

13.6 Other Mechanical Properties

Malleable

14 Magnetic

14.1 Magnetic Characteristics

14.1.1 Specific Gravity

12.41
Rank: 20 (Overall)
Lithium
0.53 4500

14.1.3 Magnetic Ordering

Paramagnetic

14.1.4 Permeability

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

14.2.2 Susceptibility

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

14.3 Electrical Properties

14.3.1 Electrical Property

Conductor

14.3.2 Resistivity

43.30 nΩ·m
Rank: 46 (Overall)
Thallium
0.18 961

14.3.4 Electrical Conductivity

0.21 106/cm Ω
Rank: 8 (Overall)
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63

14.3.6 Electron Affinity

109.70 kJ/mol
Rank: 7 (Overall)
Mercury
0 222.8

15 Thermal

15.1 Specific Heat

0.24 J/(kg K)
Rank: 22 (Overall)
Americium
0.11 3.6

16.2 Molar Heat Capacity

24.98 J/mol·K
Rank: 45 (Overall)
Beryllium
16.443 62.7

16.3 Thermal Conductivity

150.00 W/m·K
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Neptunium
6.3 429

16.5 Critical Temperature

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

16.6 Thermal Expansion

8.20 µm/(m·K)
Rank: 47 (Overall)
Tungsten
4.5 97

16.7 Enthalpy

16.7.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization

495.40 kJ/mol
Rank: 12 (Overall)
Zinc
7.32 799.1

16.7.3 Enthalpy of Fusion

21.76 kJ/mol
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Cesium
2.1 35.23

17.1.1 Enthalpy of Atomization

556.50 kJ/mol
Rank: 12 (Overall)
Mercury
61.5 837

17.3 Standard Molar Entropy

31.50 J/mol.K
Rank: 49 (Overall)
Beryllium
9.5 198.1