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Rutherfordium
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1 Periodic Table

1.1 Symbol

Rf

1.2 Group Number

4
Rank: 14 (Overall)
0 17

1.3 Period Number

7
Rank: 1 (Overall)
2 7

1.4 Block

d block

1.5 Element Family

Transition Metal

1.6 CAS Number

53850365
Rank: 13 (Overall)
7429905 54386242

1.7 Space Group Name

Not Available

1.8 Space Group Number

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
11 229

2 Facts

2.1 Interesting Facts

  • Rutherfordium does not occur in nature as it is a synthetic element.
  • Till date Rutherfordium metal has 15 radioisotopes created synthetically.

2.2 Sources

Bombarding Plutonium with Accelerated 113 to 115 MeV Neon Ions, Synthetically Produced

2.3 History

2.3.1 Who Discovered

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

2.3.2 Discovery

In 1964

2.4 Abundance

2.4.1 Abundance In Universe

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
5E-09 0.11

2.4.2 Abundance In Sun

~-9999 %
Rank: N/A (Overall)
1E-08 0.1

2.4.3 Abundance In Meteorites

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
1.7E-07 22

2.4.4 Abundance In Earth's Crust

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
9.9E-12 8.1

2.4.5 Abundance In Oceans

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

2.4.6 Abundance In Humans

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

3 Uses

3.1 Uses & Benefits

  • Currently known uses of Rutherfordium metal are limited to research purpose only.

3.1.1 Industrial Uses

NA

3.1.2 Medical Uses

NA

3.1.3 Other Uses

Alloys, Research Purposes

3.2 Biological Properties

3.2.1 Toxicity

Unknown

3.2.2 Present in Human Body

60% - Transition Metals Metals have it !

3.2.3 In Blood

0.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank: 37 (Overall)
0 1970

3.2.4 In Bone

0.00 p.p.m.
Rank: 36 (Overall)
0 170000

4 Physical

4.1 Melting Point

2,100.00 °C
Rank: 11 (Overall)
27 3410

4.2 Boiling Point

5,500.00 °C
Rank: 3 (Overall)
147 5660

4.3 Appearance

4.3.1 Physical State

Solid

4.3.2 Color

Unknown

4.3.3 Luster

Unknown Luster

4.4 Hardness

4.4.1 Mohs Hardness

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
0.2 8.5

4.4.2 Brinell Hardness

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
0.14 3490

4.4.3 Vickers Hardness

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
121 3430

4.5 Speed of Sound

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
818 16200

4.6 Optical Properties

4.6.1 Refractive Index

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

4.6.2 Reflectivity

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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

Rf

5.2 Isotopes

5.2.1 Known Isotopes

13
Rank: 26 (Overall)
0 38

5.3 Electronegativity

5.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
0.7 2.54

5.3.2 Sanderson Electronegativity

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

5.3.3 Allred Rochow Electronegativity

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
0.86 1.82

5.3.4 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity

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

5.3.5 Allen Electronegativity

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
0.659 2.7

5.4 Electropositivity

5.4.1 Pauling Electropositivity

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
1.46 3.3

5.5 Ionization Energies

5.5.1 1st Energy Level

579.90 kJ/mol
Rank: 63 (Overall)
375.7 26130

5.5.2 2nd Energy Level

1,389.40 kJ/mol
Rank: 49 (Overall)
710.2162 28750

5.5.3 3rd Energy Level

2,296.40 kJ/mol
Rank: 56 (Overall)
1600 34230

5.5.4 4th Energy Level

3,077.90 kJ/mol
Rank: 65 (Overall)
2780 37066

5.5.5 5th Energy Level

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

5.5.6 6th Energy Level

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

5.5.7 7th Energy level

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

5.5.8 8th Energy Level

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

5.5.9 9th Energy Level

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

5.5.10 10th Energy Level

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

5.5.11 11th Energy Level

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

5.5.12 12th Energy Level

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

5.5.13 13th Energy Level

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

5.5.14 14th Energy Level

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

5.5.15 15th Energy Level

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

5.5.16 16th Energy Level

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

5.5.17 17th Energy Level

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

5.5.18 18th Energy Level

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

5.5.19 19th Energy Level

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

5.5.20 20th Energy Level

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

5.5.21 21st Energy Level

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

5.5.22 22nd Energy Level

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

5.5.23 23rd Energy Level

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

5.5.24 24th Energy Level

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

5.5.25 25th Energy Level

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

5.5.26 26th Energy Level

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

5.5.27 27th Energy Level

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

5.5.28 28th Energy Level

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

5.5.29 29th Energy Level

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

5.5.30 30th Energy Level

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

5.6 Electrochemical Equivalent

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
0.16812 8.3209

5.7 Electron Work Function

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
2.14 5.65

5.8 Other Chemical Properties

Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity

6 Atomic

6.1 Atomic Number

104
Rank: 14 (Overall)
3 117

6.2 Electron Configuration

[Rn] 5f14 6d2 7s2

6.3 Crystal Structure

Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP)

6.3.1 Crystal Lattice

6.4 Atom

6.4.1 Number of Protons

104
Rank: 14 (Overall)
3 117

6.4.2 Number of Neutrons

157
Rank: 7 (Overall)
4 184

6.4.3 Number of Electrons

104
Rank: 14 (Overall)
3 117

6.5 Radius of an Atom

6.5.1 Atomic Radius

150.00 pm
Rank: 33 (Overall)
112 265

6.5.2 Covalent Radius

157.00 pm
Rank: 31 (Overall)
96 260

6.5.3 Van der Waals Radius

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
139 348

6.6 Atomic Weight

267.00 amu
Rank: 11 (Overall)
6.94 294

6.7 Atomic Volume

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
1.39 71.07

6.8 Adjacent Atomic Numbers

6.8.1 Previous Element

6.8.2 Next Element

6.9 Valence Electron Potential

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
8 392.42

6.10 Lattice Constant

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
228.58 891.25

6.11 Lattice Angles

NA

6.12 Lattice C/A Ratio

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

7 Mechanical

7.1 Density

7.1.1 Density At Room Temperature

23.20 g/cm3
Rank: 8 (Overall)
0.534 40.7

7.1.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
0.512 20

7.2 Tensile Strength

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

7.3 Viscosity

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

7.4 Vapor Pressure

7.4.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K

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

7.4.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K

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

7.5 Elasticity properties

7.5.1 Shear Modulus

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
1.3 222

7.5.2 Bulk Modulus

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
1.6 462

7.5.3 Young's Modulus

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
1.7 528

7.6 Poisson Ratio

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
0.032 0.47

7.7 Other Mechanical Properties

Unknown

8 Magnetic

8.1 Magnetic Characteristics

8.1.1 Specific Gravity

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
0.53 4500

8.1.2 Magnetic Ordering

Unknown

8.1.3 Permeability

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

8.1.4 Susceptibility

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

8.2 Electrical Properties

8.2.1 Electrical Property

Unknown

8.2.2 Resistivity

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
0.18 961

8.2.3 Electrical Conductivity

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
0.00666 0.63

8.2.4 Electron Affinity

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
0 222.8

9 Thermal

9.1 Specific Heat

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
0.11 3.6

9.2 Molar Heat Capacity

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
16.443 62.7

9.3 Thermal Conductivity

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
6.3 429

9.4 Critical Temperature

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

9.5 Thermal Expansion

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
4.5 97

9.6 Enthalpy

9.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
7.32 799.1

9.6.2 Enthalpy of Fusion

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
2.1 35.23

9.6.3 Enthalpy of Atomization

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
61.5 837

9.7 Standard Molar Entropy

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
9.5 198.1