Periodic Table
Symbol
Zn
Group Number
12
Rank: 6 (Overall)
0
17
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Period Number
4
Rank: 4 (Overall)
2
7
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Block
d block
Element Family
Transition Metal
CAS Number
7440666
Rank: 24 (Overall)
7429905
54386242
👆🏻
Space Group Name
P63/mmc
Space Group Number
194.00
Rank: 7 (Overall)
11
276
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Facts
Interesting Facts
- Zinc metal found (obtain) in many forms like granules, foil, dust and in a powder form.
- The leading producers of Zinc metal are Australia, Canada, China, U.S.A and Peru.
Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
History
Who Discovered
Indian metallurgists
Discovery
Before 1000 BCE
Abundance
Abundance In Universe
0.00 %
Rank: 12 (Overall)
0
0.11
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Abundance In Sun
0.00 %
Rank: 10 (Overall)
0
0.1
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Abundance In Meteorites
0.02 %
Rank: 12 (Overall)
0
22
👆🏻
Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.01 %
Rank: 16 (Overall)
1E-37
8.1
👆🏻
Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %
Rank: 10 (Overall)
0
1.1
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Abundance In Humans
0.00 %
Rank: 7 (Overall)
0
1.4
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Uses
Uses & Benefits
- It is mainly used for Galvanizing other metals.
- It is also used for manufacturing die-casting and it is very essential for automobile industry.
Industrial Uses
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Medical Uses
Pharmaceutical Industry
Other Uses
Alloys
Biological Properties
Toxicity
Highly Toxic
Present in Human Body
✔
✘
60% - Transition Metals Metals have it !
In Blood
7.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank: 6 (Overall)
0
1970
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In Bone
170.00 p.p.m.
Rank: 6 (Overall)
0
170000
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Physical
Melting Point
419.58 °C
Rank: 65 (Overall)
-38.83
3410
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Boiling Point
907.00 °C
Rank: 72 (Overall)
0
5660
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Appearance
Physical State
Solid
Color
Silvery Gray
Luster
Metallic
Hardness
Mohs Hardness
2.50
Rank: 15 (Overall)
0.2
8.5
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Brinell Hardness
327.00 MPa
Rank: 39 (Overall)
0.14
3490
👆🏻
Vickers Hardness
207.00 MPa
Rank: 53 (Overall)
0
3920
👆🏻
Speed of Sound
3,850.00 m/s
Rank: 25 (Overall)
818
16200
👆🏻
Optical Properties
Refractive Index
1.00
Rank: 46 (Overall)
0.155
3.41
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Reflectivity
80.00 %
Rank: 7 (Overall)
5
97
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Allotropes
✔
✘
6% - Transition Metals Metals
α Allotropes
-
β Allotropes
-
γ Allotropes
-
Chemical
Chemical Formula
Zn
Isotopes
Known Isotopes
25
Rank: 14 (Overall)
0
38
👆🏻
Electronegativity
Pauling Electronegativity
1.65
Rank: 20 (Overall)
0
2.6
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Sanderson Electronegativity
2.23
Rank: 7 (Overall)
0.22
2.56
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Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.66
Rank: 8 (Overall)
0.86
1.9
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Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
1.65
Rank: 20 (Overall)
0.62
2.48
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Allen Electronegativity
1.59
Rank: 25 (Overall)
0.659
2.7
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Electropositivity
Pauling Electropositivity
2.35
Rank: 35 (Overall)
1.46
3.3
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Ionization Energies
1st Energy Level
906.40 kJ/mol
Rank: 6 (Overall)
375.7
26130
👆🏻
2nd Energy Level
1,733.30 kJ/mol
Rank: 28 (Overall)
392.8
28750
👆🏻
3rd Energy Level
3,833.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 12 (Overall)
392.8
34230
👆🏻
4th Energy Level
5,731.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 20 (Overall)
375.7
37066
👆🏻
5th Energy Level
7,970.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 15 (Overall)
392
97510
👆🏻
6th Energy Level
10,400.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 15 (Overall)
1007
105800
👆🏻
7th Energy level
12,900.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 9 (Overall)
1007
114300
👆🏻
8th Energy Level
16,800.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 6 (Overall)
730
125300
👆🏻
9th Energy Level
19,600.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 8 (Overall)
1007
134700
👆🏻
10th Energy Level
23,000.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 10 (Overall)
392
144300
👆🏻
11th Energy Level
26,400.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 11 (Overall)
392
169988
👆🏻
12th Energy Level
29,990.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 33 (Overall)
0
189368
👆🏻
13th Energy Level
40,490.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 5 (Overall)
1007
76015
👆🏻
14th Energy Level
43,800.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 6 (Overall)
380
86450
👆🏻
15th Energy Level
47,300.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 76 (Overall)
33000
100700
👆🏻
16th Energy Level
52,300.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 55 (Overall)
375.7
109480
👆🏻
17th Energy Level
55,900.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 10 (Overall)
375.7
122200
👆🏻
18th Energy Level
59,700.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 11 (Overall)
0
134810
👆🏻
19th Energy Level
67,300.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 10 (Overall)
375.7
148700
👆🏻
20th Energy Level
171,200.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 1 (Overall)
0
171200
👆🏻
21st Energy Level
179,100.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 1 (Overall)
375.7
179100
👆🏻
22nd Energy Level
906.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 9 (Overall)
330
184900
👆🏻
23rd Energy Level
906.40 kJ/mol
Rank: 37 (Overall)
357.6
198800
👆🏻
24th Energy Level
906.40 kJ/mol
Rank: 5 (Overall)
297.3
195200
👆🏻
25th Energy Level
906.40 kJ/mol
Rank: 4 (Overall)
0
121900
👆🏻
26th Energy Level
906.40 kJ/mol
Rank: 4 (Overall)
357.6
127700
👆🏻
27th Energy Level
906.40 kJ/mol
Rank: 3 (Overall)
0
133800
👆🏻
28th Energy Level
906.40 kJ/mol
Rank: 6 (Overall)
297.3
139800
👆🏻
29th Energy Level
906.40 kJ/mol
Rank: 7 (Overall)
0
148100
👆🏻
30th Energy Level
906.40 kJ/mol
Rank: 4 (Overall)
0
154500
👆🏻
Electrochemical Equivalent
1.22 g/amp-hr
Rank: 56 (Overall)
0.16812
8.3209
👆🏻
Electron Work Function
4.33 eV
Rank: 24 (Overall)
2.14
6
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Other Chemical Properties
Anti Corrosion, Chemical Stability, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes
Atomic
Atomic Number
30
Rank: 77 (Overall)
3
117
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Electron Configuration
[Ar] 3d10 4s2
Crystal Structure
Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP)
Crystal Lattice
Atom
Number of Protons
30
Rank: 76 (Overall)
3
117
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Number of Neutrons
35
Rank: 59 (Overall)
4
285
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Number of Electrons
30
Rank: 76 (Overall)
3
117
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Radius of an Atom
Atomic Radius
134.00 pm
Rank: 45 (Overall)
0
348
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Covalent Radius
122.00 pm
Rank: 55 (Overall)
0
260
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Van der Waals Radius
139.00 pm
Rank: 52 (Overall)
0
348
👆🏻
Atomic Weight
65.38 amu
Rank: 71 (Overall)
6.94
294
👆🏻
Atomic Volume
9.20 cm3/mol
Rank: 70 (Overall)
1.39
71.07
👆🏻
Adjacent Atomic Numbers
Previous Element
Next Element
Valence Electron Potential
38.90 (-eV)
Rank: 49 (Overall)
0
392.42
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Lattice Constant
266.49 pm
Rank: 75 (Overall)
0
891.25
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Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
Lattice C/A Ratio
1.86
Rank: 4 (Overall)
0.423
1.9
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Mechanical
Density
Density At Room Temperature
7.14 g/cm3
Rank: 64 (Overall)
0.534
40.7
👆🏻
Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
6.57 g/cm3
Rank: 66 (Overall)
0.512
41
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Tensile Strength
120.00 MPa
Rank: 27 (Overall)
0.1
11000
👆🏻
Viscosity
0.00
Rank: 7 (Overall)
1.5E-05
0.0035
👆🏻
Vapor Pressure
Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
0.00 (Pa)
Rank: 37 (Overall)
0
121
👆🏻
Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
0.00 (Pa)
Rank: 37 (Overall)
0
774
👆🏻
Elasticity properties
Shear Modulus
43.00 GPa
Rank: 18 (Overall)
1.3
222
👆🏻
Bulk Modulus
70.00 GPa
Rank: 20 (Overall)
0
462
👆🏻
Young's Modulus
108.00 GPa
Rank: 21 (Overall)
0
528
👆🏻
Poisson Ratio
0.25
Rank: 24 (Overall)
0.032
0.47
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Other Mechanical Properties
-
Magnetic
Magnetic Characteristics
Specific Gravity
6.90
Rank: 65 (Overall)
0.53
4500
👆🏻
Magnetic Ordering
Diamagnetic
Permeability
0.00 H/m
Rank: 16 (Overall)
1.25643E-06
0.0063
👆🏻
Susceptibility
0.00
Rank: 6 (Overall)
-0.000166
200000
👆🏻
Electrical Properties
Electrical Property
Conductor
Resistivity
59.00 nΩ·m
Rank: 40 (Overall)
0.1
961
👆🏻
Electrical Conductivity
0.17 106/cm Ω
Rank: 12 (Overall)
0
0.63
👆🏻
Electron Affinity
0.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 49 (Overall)
0
222.8
👆🏻
Thermal
Specific Heat
0.39 J/(kg K)
Rank: 14 (Overall)
0.1
3.6
👆🏻
Molar Heat Capacity
25.47 J/mol·K
Rank: 48 (Overall)
13.1
62.7
👆🏻
Thermal Conductivity
116.00 W/m·K
Rank: 14 (Overall)
0
429
👆🏻
Critical Temperature
692.00 K
Rank: 67 (Overall)
26.3
3695
👆🏻
Thermal Expansion
30.20 µm/(m·K)
Rank: 11 (Overall)
4.5
97
👆🏻
Enthalpy
Enthalpy of Vaporization
7.32 kJ/mol
Rank: 87 (Overall)
7.32
799.1
👆🏻
Enthalpy of Fusion
7.32 kJ/mol
Rank: 51 (Overall)
2.1
35.23
👆🏻
Enthalpy of Atomization
129.70 kJ/mol
Rank: 67 (Overall)
61.5
837
👆🏻
Standard Molar Entropy
41.60 J/mol.K
Rank: 50 (Overall)
9.5
198.1
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