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Lutetium vs Seaborgium


Seaborgium vs Lutetium


Periodic Table

Symbol
Lu  
Sg  

Group Number
Not Available  
6  
12

Period Number
6  
7  

Block
f block  
d block  

Element Family
Lanthanide  
Transition Metal  

CAS Number
7439943  
99+
54038812  
9

Space Group Name
P63/mmc  
Not Available  

Space Group Number
194.00  
5
Not Available  

Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Metal dust of Lutetium element is highly explosive.
  • Lutetium metal is corrosion resistance and acts stable in air.
  
  • 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
Georges Urbain and Carl Auer von Welsbach  
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory  

Discovery
In 1906  
In 1974  

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
1 * 10-8 %  
30
Not Available  

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000001 %  
26
~-9999 %  

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %  
99+
Not Available  

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %  
99+
Not Available  

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %  
99+
Not Available  

Uses

Uses & Benefits
  • Lutetium metal is used outside research. It has commercial uses like Industrial catalyst for cracking oil refineries of hydrocarbons .
  
  • Currently known uses of Seaborgium metal are limited to research purpose only.
  

Industrial Uses
NA  
NA  

Medical Uses
NA  
NA  

Other Uses
Alloys  
Research Purposes  

Biological Properties
  
  

Toxicity
Low Toxic  
Unknown  

Present in Human Body
No  
No  

Physical Properties

Melting Point
1,652.00 °C  
19
Not Available  

Boiling Point
3,402.00 °C  
19
Not Available  

Appearance
  
  

Physical State
Solid  
Solid  

Color
Silvery White  
Unknown  

Luster
Metallic  
Unknown Luster  

Hardness
  
  

Brinell Hardness
893.00 MPa  
10
Not Available  

Vickers Hardness
1,160.00 MPa  
8
Not Available  

Speed of Sound
Not Available  
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
Lu  
Sg  

Isotopes
  
  

Known Isotopes
35  
4
9  
29

Electronegativity
  
  

Pauling Electronegativity
1.27  
34
Not Available  

Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.14  
28
Not Available  

Electropositivity
  
  

Pauling Electropositivity
2.73  
20
Not Available  

Ionization Energies
  
  

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

2nd Energy Level
1,340.00 kJ/mol  
99+
1,732.90 kJ/mol  
28

3rd Energy Level
2,022.30 kJ/mol  
99+
2,483.50 kJ/mol  
99+

4th Energy Level
4,370.00 kJ/mol  
28
3,415.60 kJ/mol  
99+

5th Energy Level
6,445.00 kJ/mol  
21
4,561.80 kJ/mol  
38

6th Energy Level
Not Available  
5,715.80 kJ/mol  
25

Electrochemical Equivalent
2.18 g/amp-hr  
23
Not Available  

Electron Work Function
3.30 eV  
33
Not Available  

Other Chemical Properties
Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility  
NA  

Atomic Properties

Atomic Number
71  
99+
106  
12

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

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

Crystal Lattice
BCC-Crystal-Structure-.jpg#100  
BCC-Crystal-Structure-.jpg#100  

Atom
  
  

Number of Protons
71  
99+
106  
12

Number of Neutrons
104  
30
157  
7

Number of Electrons
71  
99+
106  
12

Radius of an Atom
  
  

Atomic Radius
174.00 pm  
20
132.00 pm  
99+

Covalent Radius
187.00 pm  
20
143.00 pm  
99+

Van der Waals Radius
221.00 pm  
22
Not Available  

Atomic Weight
174.97 amu  
40
269.00 amu  
9

Atomic Volume
17.78 cm3/mol  
30
Not Available  

Adjacent Atomic Numbers
  
  

Previous Element
Ytterbium
  
Dubnium
  

Next Element
Hafnium
  
Bohrium
  

Valence Electron Potential
50.90 (-eV)  
26
Not Available  

Lattice Constant
350.31 pm  
99+
Not Available  

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

Lattice C/A Ratio
1.59  
10
Not Available  

Mechanical Properties

Density
  
  

Density At Room Temperature
9.84 g/cm3  
38
35.00 g/cm3  
4

Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
9.30 g/cm3  
22
Not Available  

Tensile Strength
Not Available  
Not Available  

Viscosity
Not Available  
Not Available  

Vapor Pressure
  
  

Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
0.00 (Pa)  
33
Not Available  

Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
3.18 (Pa)  
11
Not Available  

Elasticity properties
  
  

Shear Modulus
27.20 GPa  
26
Not Available  

Bulk Modulus
47.60 GPa  
23
Not Available  

Young's Modulus
68.60 GPa  
30
Not Available  

Poisson Ratio
0.26  
21
Not Available  

Other Mechanical Properties
NA  
Unknown  

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic Characteristics
  
  

Specific Gravity
9.84  
29
Not Available  

Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic  
Unknown  

Electrical Properties
  
  

Electrical Property
Conductor  
Unknown  

Resistivity
582.00 nΩ·m  
9
Not Available  

Electrical Conductivity
0.02 106/cm Ω  
99+
Not Available  

Electron Affinity
50.00 kJ/mol  
21
Not Available  

Thermal Properties

Specific Heat
0.15 J/(kg K)  
36
Not Available  

Molar Heat Capacity
26.86 J/mol·K  
24
Not Available  

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

Critical Temperature
Not Available  
Not Available  

Thermal Expansion
9.90 µm/(m·K)  
40
Not Available  

Enthalpy
  
  

Enthalpy of Vaporization
355.90 kJ/mol  
22
Not Available  

Enthalpy of Fusion
18.70 kJ/mol  
13
Not Available  

Enthalpy of Atomization
398.00 kJ/mol  
20
Not Available  

Standard Molar Entropy
51.00 J/mol.K  
30
Not Available  

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