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Yttrium vs Seaborgium


Seaborgium vs Yttrium


Periodic Table

Symbol
Y  
Sg  

Group Number
3  
15
6  
12

Period Number
5  
7  

Block
d block  
d block  

Element Family
Transition Metal  
Transition Metal  

CAS Number
7440655  
25
54038812  
9

Space Group Name
P63/mmc  
Not Available  

Space Group Number
194.00  
5
Not Available  

Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Yttrium Metal is highly toxic.
  • Yttrium Metal is highly reactive in nature hence not found free in nature.
  
  • Seaborgium most stable isotope is Sg and it has 2.1 min of half- life.
  • And other isotopes of Seaborgium have half-lives as short as 3 ms.
  

Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals  
Synthetically Produced  

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Johan Gadolin  
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory  

Discovery
In 1794  
In 1974  

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
7 * 10-7 %  
17
Not Available  

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000001 %  
26
~-9999 %  

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %  
21
Not Available  

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %  
22
Not Available  

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %  
25
Not Available  

Uses

Uses & Benefits
  • Yttrium metal is used in different alloys, as it increases the strength of aluminum Magnesium alloy. It is used for radar microwave filter.
  • It is also used as a catalyst in ethene polymerisation.
  
  • Currently known uses of Seaborgium metal are limited to research purpose only.
  

Industrial Uses
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry  
NA  

Medical Uses
NA  
NA  

Other Uses
Alloys  
Research Purposes  

Biological Properties
  
  

Toxicity
Highly Toxic  
Unknown  

Present in Human Body
Yes  
No  

In Blood
0.00 Blood/mg dm-3  
26
Not Available  

In Bone
0.07 p.p.m.  
25
Not Available  

Physical Properties

Melting Point
1,523.00 °C  
27
Not Available  

Boiling Point
3,337.00 °C  
21
Not Available  

Appearance
  
  

Physical State
Solid  
Solid  

Color
Silvery White  
Unknown  

Luster
NA  
Unknown Luster  

Hardness
  
  

Brinell Hardness
589.00 MPa  
22
Not Available  

Speed of Sound
3,300.00 m/s  
23
Not Available  

Optical Properties
  
  

Allotropes
No  
No  

α Allotropes
Not Available  
Not Available  

β Allotropes
Not Available  
Not Available  

γ Allotropes
Not Available  
Not Available  

Chemical Properties

Chemical Formula
Y  
Sg  

Isotopes
  
  

Known Isotopes
19  
20
9  
29

Electronegativity
  
  

Pauling Electronegativity
1.22  
38
Not Available  

Sanderson Electronegativity
0.65  
29
Not Available  

Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.11  
29
Not Available  

Allen Electronegativity
1.12  
38
Not Available  

Electropositivity
  
  

Pauling Electropositivity
2.78  
16
Not Available  

Ionization Energies
  
  

1st Energy Level
600.00 kJ/mol  
99+
757.40 kJ/mol  
21

2nd Energy Level
1,180.00 kJ/mol  
99+
1,732.90 kJ/mol  
28

3rd Energy Level
1,980.00 kJ/mol  
99+
2,483.50 kJ/mol  
99+

4th Energy Level
5,847.00 kJ/mol  
10
3,415.60 kJ/mol  
99+

5th Energy Level
7,430.00 kJ/mol  
14
4,561.80 kJ/mol  
38

6th Energy Level
8,970.00 kJ/mol  
17
5,715.80 kJ/mol  
25

7th Energy level
11,190.00 kJ/mol  
18
Not Available  

8th Energy Level
12,450.00 kJ/mol  
18
Not Available  

9th Energy Level
14,110.00 kJ/mol  
19
Not Available  

10th Energy Level
18,400.00 kJ/mol  
17
Not Available  

11th Energy Level
19,900.00 kJ/mol  
18
Not Available  

12th Energy Level
36,090.00 kJ/mol  
5
Not Available  

Electrochemical Equivalent
1.11 g/amp-hr  
99+
Not Available  

Electron Work Function
3.10 eV  
35
Not Available  

Other Chemical Properties
Chemical Stability, Flammable, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility  
NA  

Atomic Properties

Atomic Number
39  
99+
106  
12

Electron Configuration
[Kr] 4d1 5s2  
[Rn] 5f14 6d2 7s2  

Crystal Structure
Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP)  
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)  

Crystal Lattice
HCP-Crystal-Structure-of-Yttrium.jpg#100  
BCC-Crystal-Structure-.jpg#100  

Atom
  
  

Number of Protons
39  
99+
106  
12

Number of Neutrons
50  
99+
157  
7

Number of Electrons
39  
99+
106  
12

Radius of an Atom
  
  

Atomic Radius
180.00 pm  
14
132.00 pm  
99+

Covalent Radius
190.00 pm  
18
143.00 pm  
99+

Van der Waals Radius
200.00 pm  
28
Not Available  

Atomic Weight
88.91 amu  
99+
269.00 amu  
9

Atomic Volume
19.80 cm3/mol  
21
Not Available  

Adjacent Atomic Numbers
  
  

Previous Element
Strontium
  
Dubnium
  

Next Element
Zirconium
  
Bohrium
  

Valence Electron Potential
48.00 (-eV)  
30
Not Available  

Lattice Constant
364.74 pm  
31
Not Available  

Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3  
Unknown  

Lattice C/A Ratio
1.57  
16
Not Available  

Mechanical Properties

Density
  
  

Density At Room Temperature
4.47 g/cm3  
99+
35.00 g/cm3  
4

Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
4.24 g/cm3  
99+
Not Available  

Tensile Strength
Not Available  
Not Available  

Viscosity
Not Available  
Not Available  

Vapor Pressure
  
  

Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
0.00 (Pa)  
32
Not Available  

Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
4.27 (Pa)  
10
Not Available  

Elasticity properties
  
  

Shear Modulus
25.60 GPa  
30
Not Available  

Bulk Modulus
41.20 GPa  
30
Not Available  

Young's Modulus
63.50 GPa  
32
Not Available  

Poisson Ratio
0.24  
26
Not Available  

Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile  
Unknown  

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic Characteristics
  
  

Specific Gravity
4.47  
99+
Not Available  

Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic  
Unknown  

Electrical Properties
  
  

Electrical Property
Conductor  
Unknown  

Resistivity
596.00 nΩ·m  
8
Not Available  

Electrical Conductivity
0.02 106/cm Ω  
99+
Not Available  

Electron Affinity
29.60 kJ/mol  
30
Not Available  

Thermal Properties

Specific Heat
0.30 J/(kg K)  
18
Not Available  

Molar Heat Capacity
26.53 J/mol·K  
27
Not Available  

Thermal Conductivity
17.20 W/m·K  
99+
Not Available  

Critical Temperature
Not Available  
Not Available  

Thermal Expansion
10.60 µm/(m·K)  
37
Not Available  

Enthalpy
  
  

Enthalpy of Vaporization
393.00 kJ/mol  
18
Not Available  

Enthalpy of Fusion
17.15 kJ/mol  
16
Not Available  

Enthalpy of Atomization
418.00 kJ/mol  
18
Not Available  

Standard Molar Entropy
44.40 J/mol.K  
33
Not Available  

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