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1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Zn
Ce
1.2 Group Number
12NA
Gadolinium
0 17
1.7 Period Number
46
Lithium
2 7
1.8 Block
d block
f block
1.9 Element Family
Transition Metal
Lanthanide
1.11 CAS Number
74406667440451
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
1.13 Space Group Name
P63/mmc
P63/mmc
1.14 Space Group Number
194.00194.00
Plutonium
11 229
3 Facts
3.1 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.
  • Cerium is a rare earth metal but still it is not rare at all.
  • It’s non-toxic compound Cerium sulfide has a rich red color and it is used as a pigment.
  • Cerium metal is also used in Flat screen TVs, light bulb, floodlights, etc.
3.2 Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
3.3 History
3.3.1 Who Discovered
Indian metallurgists
Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Wilhelm Hisinger
3.3.2 Discovery
Before 1000 BCE
In 1803
3.4 Abundance
3.4.1 Abundance In Universe
3 * 10-5 %1 * 10-6 %
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
4.1.3 Abundance In Sun
~0.0002 %~0.0000004 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
4.1.8 Abundance In Meteorites
0.02 %0.00 %
Gold
1.7E-07 22
4.2.4 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.01 %0.01 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
4.2.7 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %0.00 %
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
4.2.11 Abundance In Humans
0.00 %NA
Radium
1E-13 1.4
6 Uses
6.1 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.
  • It is used to include flints for cigarette lighters.
  • Its compound Cerium (Ill) Oxide is used as a catalyst; it is put inside the walls of the oven as it prevents from the buildup of cooking residues.
6.1.1 Industrial Uses
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Chemical Industry
6.1.2 Medical Uses
Pharmaceutical Industry
Medical Research
6.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys
6.2 Biological Properties
6.2.1 Toxicity
Highly Toxic
Moderately Toxic
6.2.2 Present in Human Body
6.2.3 In Blood
7.00 Blood/mg dm-30.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium
0 1970
7.1.1 In Bone
170.00 p.p.m.2.70 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
9 Physical
9.1 Melting Point
419.58 °C795.00 °C
Francium
27 3410
9.5 Boiling Point
907.00 °C3,257.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
9.9 Appearance
9.9.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
9.9.2 Color
Silvery Gray
Silvery White
9.9.3 Luster
Metallic
Lustrous
9.10 Hardness
9.10.1 Mohs Hardness
2.502.50
Cesium
0.2 8.5
10.2.2 Brinell Hardness
327.00 MPa186.00 MPa
Cesium
0.14 3490
10.4.3 Vickers Hardness
NA210.00 MPa
Palladium
121 3430
10.6 Speed of Sound
3,850.00 m/s2,100.00 m/s
Thallium
818 16200
10.9 Optical Properties
10.9.1 Refractive Index
1.00NA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
11.2.2 Reflectivity
80.00 %NA
Molybdenum
58 97
11.3 Allotropes
11.3.2 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
11.3.3 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
11.3.4 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
12 Chemical
12.1 Chemical Formula
Zn
Ce
12.3 Isotopes
12.3.1 Known Isotopes
2530
Tennessine
0 38
12.6 Electronegativity
12.6.1 Pauling Electronegativity
1.651.12
Francium
0.7 2.54
12.6.5 Sanderson Electronegativity
2.23NA
Cesium
0.22 2.56
12.6.10 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.661.08
Cesium
0.86 1.82
12.7.3 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
1.65NA
Cesium
0.62 2.48
12.7.7 Allen Electronegativity
1.59NA
Cesium
0.659 2.7
12.9 Electropositivity
12.9.1 Pauling Electropositivity
2.352.88
Gold
1.46 3.3
12.10 Ionization Energies
12.10.1 1st Energy Level
906.40 kJ/mol534.40 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
12.11.2 2nd Energy Level
1,733.30 kJ/mol1,050.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
12.13.2 3rd Energy Level
3,833.00 kJ/mol1,949.00 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
12.14.2 4th Energy Level
5,731.00 kJ/mol3,547.00 kJ/mol
Thorium
2780 37066
12.16.1 5th Energy Level
7,970.00 kJ/mol6,325.00 kJ/mol
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
13.1.3 6th Energy Level
10,400.00 kJ/mol7,490.00 kJ/mol
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
13.2.2 7th Energy level
12,900.00 kJ/molNA
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
14.1.1 8th Energy Level
16,800.00 kJ/molNA
Hassium
8857.4 125300
14.5.2 9th Energy Level
19,600.00 kJ/molNA
Yttrium
14110 134700
14.7.2 10th Energy Level
23,000.00 kJ/molNA
Strontium
17100 144300
14.8.3 11th Energy Level
26,400.00 kJ/molNA
Yttrium
19900 169988
14.10.1 12th Energy Level
29,990.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum
22219 189368
14.11.2 13th Energy Level
40,490.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum
26930 76015
14.14.1 14th Energy Level
43,800.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum
29196 86450
15.1.2 15th Energy Level
47,300.00 kJ/molNA
Manganese
41987 97510
15.2.2 16th Energy Level
52,300.00 kJ/molNA
Iron
47206 109480
16.3.1 17th Energy Level
55,900.00 kJ/molNA
Cobalt
52737 122200
16.4.6 18th Energy Level
59,700.00 kJ/molNA
Nickel
58570 134810
16.6.4 19th Energy Level
67,300.00 kJ/molNA
Copper
64702 148700
16.6.6 20th Energy Level
171,200.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
16.6.8 21st Energy Level
179,100.00 kJ/molNA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
16.7.1 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
17.1.3 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
17.1.7 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
18.1.1 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
18.1.3 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
18.2.2 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
19.1.1 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
19.3.1 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
19.5.1 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
19.8 Electrochemical Equivalent
1.22 g/amp-hr1.74 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
19.11 Electron Work Function
4.33 eV2.84 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
19.13 Other Chemical Properties
Anti Corrosion, Chemical Stability, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes
Chemical Stability, Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
20 Atomic
20.1 Atomic Number
3058
Lithium
3 117
20.3 Electron Configuration
[Ar] 3d10 4s2
[Xe] 4f1 5d1 6s2
20.4 Crystal Structure
Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP)
Double Hexagonal Close Packed (DHCP)
20.4.1 Crystal Lattice
20.5 Atom
20.5.1 Number of Protons
3058
Lithium
3 117
20.5.3 Number of Neutrons
3582
Lithium
4 184
20.6.1 Number of Electrons
3058
Lithium
3 117
20.7 Radius of an Atom
20.7.1 Atomic Radius
134.00 pm181.80 pm
Beryllium
112 265
20.7.2 Covalent Radius
122.00 pm204.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
20.7.3 Van der Waals Radius
139.00 pm235.00 pm
Palladium
139 348
20.8 Atomic Weight
65.38 amu140.12 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
20.9 Atomic Volume
9.20 cm3/mol20.67 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
20.10 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
20.10.1 Previous Element
20.10.2 Next Element
20.11 Valence Electron Potential
38.90 (-eV)41.78 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
20.12 Lattice Constant
266.49 pm362.00 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
20.13 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
20.14 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
21 Mechanical
21.1 Density
21.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
7.14 g/cm36.77 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
21.1.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
6.57 g/cm36.55 g/cm3
Lithium
0.512 20
21.2 Tensile Strength
NANA
Indium
2.5 11000
21.3 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
21.4 Vapor Pressure
21.4.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
NA0.00 (Pa)
Palladium
2.47E-11 121
21.4.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
NA1.04 (Pa)
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
21.5 Elasticity properties
21.5.1 Shear Modulus
43.00 GPa13.50 GPa
Potassium
1.3 222
21.5.2 Bulk Modulus
70.00 GPa21.50 GPa
Cesium
1.6 462
21.5.3 Young's Modulus
108.00 GPa33.60 GPa
Cesium
1.7 528
21.6 Poisson Ratio
0.250.24
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
21.7 Other Mechanical Properties
NA
Ductile, Malleable
22 Magnetic
22.1 Magnetic Characteristics
22.1.1 Specific Gravity
6.906.77
Lithium
0.53 4500
22.1.2 Magnetic Ordering
Diamagnetic
Paramagnetic
22.1.3 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
22.1.4 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
22.2 Electrical Properties
22.2.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
Conductor
22.2.2 Resistivity
59.00 nΩ·m828.00 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
22.2.3 Electrical Conductivity
0.17 106/cm Ω0.01 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
22.2.4 Electron Affinity
0.00 kJ/mol50.00 kJ/mol
Mercury
0 222.8
23 Thermal
23.1 Specific Heat
0.39 J/(kg K)0.19 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
23.2 Molar Heat Capacity
25.47 J/mol·K26.94 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
23.3 Thermal Conductivity
116.00 W/m·K11.30 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
23.4 Critical Temperature
NANA
Ytterbium
26.3 3223
23.5 Thermal Expansion
30.20 µm/(m·K)6.30 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
23.6 Enthalpy
23.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
7.32 kJ/mol414.00 kJ/mol
Sodium
7.32 799.1
23.6.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
7.32 kJ/mol5.46 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
23.6.3 Enthalpy of Atomization
129.70 kJ/mol381.00 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
23.7 Standard Molar Entropy
41.60 J/mol.K72.00 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1