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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Zn
Cf
1.2 Group Number
12NA
Gadolinium
0 17
2.4 Period Number
47
Lithium
2 7
1.2 Block
d block
f block
1.3 Element Family
Transition Metal
Actinide
1.4 CAS Number
74406667440713
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
3.2 Space Group Name
P63/mmc
P63/mmc
1.2 Space Group Number
194.00194.00
Plutonium
11 229
2 Facts
2.1 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.
  • Californium metal is very harmful and highly radioactive.
  • Californium metal is the heaviest metal.
2.2 Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Made by Bombarding Curium with Helium Ions
2.3 History
2.3.1 Who Discovered
Indian metallurgists
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2.3.2 Discovery
Before 1000 BCE
In 1950
2.4 Abundance
2.4.1 Abundance In Universe
3 * 10-5 %NA
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
2.8.4 Abundance In Sun
~0.0002 %~-9999 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
2.14.2 Abundance In Meteorites
0.02 %NA
Gold
1.7E-07 22
1.4.2 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.01 %NA
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
1.8.3 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %NA
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
1.11.1 Abundance In Humans
0.00 %NA
Radium
1E-13 1.4
3 Uses
3.1 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.
  • Californium metal has a very strong neutron emitter. It is used as a metal detector.
  • It also used as an identifier to check Water and oil layers in oil wells.
3.1.1 Industrial Uses
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Chemical Industry
3.1.2 Medical Uses
Pharmaceutical Industry
NA
3.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys, Nuclear Research
3.2 Biological Properties
3.2.1 Toxicity
Highly Toxic
Toxic
3.2.2 Present in Human Body
3.2.3 In Blood
7.00 Blood/mg dm-30.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium
0 1970
3.6.2 In Bone
170.00 p.p.m.0.00 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
4 Physical
4.1 Melting Point
419.58 °C900.00 °C
Francium
27 3410
6.2 Boiling Point
907.00 °C1,470.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
6.4 Appearance
6.4.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
6.4.2 Color
Silvery Gray
Silver
6.4.3 Luster
Metallic
NA
6.5 Hardness
6.5.1 Mohs Hardness
2.503.00
Cesium
0.2 8.5
7.1.4 Brinell Hardness
327.00 MPaNA
Cesium
0.14 3490
7.2.4 Vickers Hardness
NANA
Palladium
121 3430
8.3 Speed of Sound
3,850.00 m/sNA
Thallium
818 16200
8.4 Optical Properties
8.4.1 Refractive Index
1.00NA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
8.4.3 Reflectivity
80.00 %NA
Molybdenum
58 97
10.2 Allotropes
10.2.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
10.2.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
10.2.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
11 Chemical
11.1 Chemical Formula
Zn
Cf
11.2 Isotopes
11.2.1 Known Isotopes
2520
Tennessine
0 38
12.4 Electronegativity
12.4.1 Pauling Electronegativity
1.651.30
Francium
0.7 2.54
12.6.1 Sanderson Electronegativity
2.23NA
Cesium
0.22 2.56
13.3.1 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.661.20
Cesium
0.86 1.82
13.6.1 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
1.65NA
Cesium
0.62 2.48
13.9.2 Allen Electronegativity
1.59NA
Cesium
0.659 2.7
13.14 Electropositivity
13.14.1 Pauling Electropositivity
2.352.70
Gold
1.46 3.3
13.16 Ionization Energies
13.16.1 1st Energy Level
906.40 kJ/mol608.00 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
13.16.5 2nd Energy Level
1,733.30 kJ/mol1,206.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
13.16.8 3rd Energy Level
3,833.00 kJ/mol2,267.00 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
13.18.1 4th Energy Level
5,731.00 kJ/mol3,599.00 kJ/mol
Thorium
2780 37066
13.20.1 5th Energy Level
7,970.00 kJ/molNA
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
14.2.2 6th Energy Level
10,400.00 kJ/molNA
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
14.4.4 7th Energy level
12,900.00 kJ/molNA
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
15.2.4 8th Energy Level
16,800.00 kJ/molNA
Hassium
8857.4 125300
16.4.2 9th Energy Level
19,600.00 kJ/molNA
Yttrium
14110 134700
16.4.3 10th Energy Level
23,000.00 kJ/molNA
Strontium
17100 144300
16.5.3 11th Energy Level
26,400.00 kJ/molNA
Yttrium
19900 169988
16.5.7 12th Energy Level
29,990.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum
22219 189368
17.1.3 13th Energy Level
40,490.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum
26930 76015
17.2.3 14th Energy Level
43,800.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum
29196 86450
17.3.1 15th Energy Level
47,300.00 kJ/molNA
Manganese
41987 97510
17.5.1 16th Energy Level
52,300.00 kJ/molNA
Iron
47206 109480
17.6.2 17th Energy Level
55,900.00 kJ/molNA
Cobalt
52737 122200
17.8.3 18th Energy Level
59,700.00 kJ/molNA
Nickel
58570 134810
17.10.2 19th Energy Level
67,300.00 kJ/molNA
Copper
64702 148700
17.10.5 20th Energy Level
171,200.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
17.10.7 21st Energy Level
179,100.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
17.10.10 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
17.10.12 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
17.10.15 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
17.11.1 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
17.11.4 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
17.11.5 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
17.11.8 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
17.11.10 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
17.11.12 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
17.12 Electrochemical Equivalent
1.22 g/amp-hr3.12 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
17.13 Electron Work Function
4.33 eVNA
Cesium
2.14 5.65
17.14 Other Chemical Properties
Anti Corrosion, Chemical Stability, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes
Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity, Solubility
18 Atomic
18.1 Atomic Number
3098
Lithium
3 117
18.2 Electron Configuration
[Ar] 3d10 4s2
[Rn] 5f10 7s2
18.3 Crystal Structure
Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP)
Double Hexagonal Close Packed (DHCP)
18.3.1 Crystal Lattice
18.4 Atom
18.4.1 Number of Protons
3098
Lithium
3 117
18.4.4 Number of Neutrons
35153
Lithium
4 184
18.4.7 Number of Electrons
3098
Lithium
3 117
18.5 Radius of an Atom
18.5.1 Atomic Radius
134.00 pm186.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
18.5.4 Covalent Radius
122.00 pmNA
Beryllium
96 260
18.5.7 Van der Waals Radius
139.00 pmNA
Palladium
139 348
18.6 Atomic Weight
65.38 amu251.00 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
18.7 Atomic Volume
9.20 cm3/molNA
Manganese
1.39 71.07
18.8 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
18.8.1 Previous Element
18.8.2 Next Element
18.9 Valence Electron Potential
38.90 (-eV)44.50 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
1.3 Lattice Constant
266.49 pm338.00 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
1.4 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
1.5 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
2 Mechanical
2.1 Density
2.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
7.14 g/cm315.10 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
2.4.3 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
6.57 g/cm3NA
Lithium
0.512 20
3.3 Tensile Strength
NANA
Indium
2.5 11000
4.5 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
4.6 Vapor Pressure
4.6.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
NANA
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
5.1.4 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
NANA
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
6.3 Elasticity properties
6.3.1 Shear Modulus
43.00 GPaNA
Potassium
1.3 222
6.7.3 Bulk Modulus
70.00 GPaNA
Cesium
1.6 462
6.9.2 Young's Modulus
108.00 GPaNA
Cesium
1.7 528
8.2 Poisson Ratio
0.25NA
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
8.8 Other Mechanical Properties
NA
Malleable, Sectile
9 Magnetic
9.1 Magnetic Characteristics
9.1.1 Specific Gravity
6.9015.10
Lithium
0.53 4500
9.1.3 Magnetic Ordering
Diamagnetic
Paramagnetic
9.1.4 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
1.3.4 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
1.4 Electrical Properties
1.4.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
Unknown
1.4.2 Resistivity
59.00 nΩ·mNA
Thallium
0.18 961
1.7.2 Electrical Conductivity
0.17 106/cm ΩNA
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
1.8.2 Electron Affinity
0.00 kJ/molNA
Mercury
0 222.8
2 Thermal
2.1 Specific Heat
0.39 J/(kg K)NA
Americium
0.11 3.6
4.3 Molar Heat Capacity
25.47 J/mol·KNA
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
4.6 Thermal Conductivity
116.00 W/m·KNA
Neptunium
6.3 429
5.2 Critical Temperature
NANA
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
5.3 Thermal Expansion
30.20 µm/(m·K)NA
Tungsten
4.5 97
5.6 Enthalpy
5.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
7.32 kJ/molNA
Sodium
7.32 799.1
2.2.1 Enthalpy of Fusion
7.32 kJ/molNA
Cesium
2.1 35.23
2.7.1 Enthalpy of Atomization
129.70 kJ/molNA
Mercury
61.5 837
2.12 Standard Molar Entropy
41.60 J/mol.KNA
Beryllium
9.5 198.1