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Chemical element, symbol W and atomic number 74
Tungsten, 74 W
Pronunciation (
TUNG -stən ) Alternative name wolfram, pronounced: (
WUUL -frəm )
Allotropes α-tungsten (common), β-tungsten Appearance grayish white, lustrous
Atomic number (Z ) 74
Group
group 6
Period
period 6
Block
d-block
Electron configuration [
Xe ] 4f14 5d4 6s2
[3] Electrons per shell 2, 8, 18, 32, 12, 2
Phase at
STP
solid
Melting point 3695
K (3422 °C, 6192 °F)
Boiling point 6203 K (5930 °C, 10706 °F)
Density (at 20° C) 19.254 g/cm3
[4] when liquid (at
m.p. ) 17.6 g/cm3
Heat of fusion 52.31
kJ/mol
[5]
[6]
Heat of vaporization 774 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity 24.27 J/(mol·K)
Vapor pressure
P (Pa)
1
10
100
1 k
10 k
100 k
at
T (K)
3477
3773
4137
4579
5127
5823
Oxidation states −4, −2, −1, 0, +1, +2, +3, +4 , +5, +6 (a mildly
acidic oxide)
Electronegativity Pauling scale: 2.36
Ionization energies 1st: 770 kJ/mol 2nd: 1700 kJ/mol
Atomic radius empirical: 139
pm
Covalent radius 162±7 pm
Spectral lines of tungsten Natural occurrence
primordial
Crystal structure
body-centered cubic (bcc) (
cI2 )
Lattice constant a = 316.52 pm (at 20 °C)
[4]
Thermal expansion 4.42× 10−6 /K (at 20 °C)
[4]
Thermal conductivity 173 W/(m⋅K)
Electrical resistivity 52.8 nΩ⋅m (at 20 °C)
Magnetic ordering
paramagnetic
[7]
Molar magnetic susceptibility +59.0× 10−6 cm3 /mol (298 K)
[8]
Young's modulus 411 GPa
Shear modulus 161 GPa
Bulk modulus 310 GPa
Speed of sound thin rod 4620 m/s (at
r.t. ) (annealed)
Poisson ratio 0.28
Mohs hardness 7.5
Vickers hardness 3430–4600 MPa
Brinell hardness 2000–4000 MPa
CAS Number 7440-33-7
Discovery and first isolation
Juan José Elhuyar and
Fausto Elhuyar
[9] (1783) Named by
Torbern Bergman (1781) Symbol "W": from Wolfram , originally from
Middle High German wolf-rahm 'wolf's foam' describing the mineral
wolframite
[10]
Category: Tungsten |
references
Chemical element, symbol Al and atomic number 13
Aluminium, 13 Al
Pronunciation Alternative name Aluminum (U.S., Canada) Appearance Silvery gray metallic
Atomic number (Z ) 13
Group
group 13 (boron group)
Period
period 3
Block
p-block
Electron configuration [
Ne ] 3s2 3p1 Electrons per shell 2, 8, 3
Phase at
STP
solid
Melting point 933.47
K (660.32 °C, 1220.58 °F)
Boiling point 2743 K (2470 °C, 4478 °F)
Density (at 20° C) 2.699 g/cm3
[4] when liquid (at
m.p. ) 2.375 g/cm3
Heat of fusion 10.71
kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization 284 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity 24.20 J/(mol·K)
Vapor pressure
P (Pa)
1
10
100
1 k
10 k
100 k
at
T (K)
1482
1632
1817
2054
2364
2790
Oxidation states −2, −1, 0,
[13] +1,
[14] +2,
[15] +3 (an
amphoteric oxide)
Electronegativity Pauling scale: 1.61
Ionization energies 1st: 577.5 kJ/mol 2nd: 1816.7 kJ/mol 3rd: 2744.8 kJ/mol (
more )
Atomic radius empirical: 143
pm
Covalent radius 121±4 pm
Van der Waals radius 184 pm
Spectral lines of aluminium Natural occurrence
primordial
Crystal structure
face-centered cubic (fcc) (
cF4 )
Lattice constant a = 404.93 pm (at 20 °C)
[4]
Thermal expansion 22.87× 10−6 /K (at 20 °C)
[4]
Thermal conductivity 237 W/(m⋅K)
Electrical resistivity 26.5 nΩ⋅m (at 20 °C)
Magnetic ordering
paramagnetic
[16]
Molar magnetic susceptibility +16.5× 10−6 cm3 /mol
Young's modulus 70 GPa
Shear modulus 26 GPa
Bulk modulus 76 GPa
Speed of sound thin rod (rolled) 5000 m/s (at
r.t. )
Poisson ratio 0.35
Mohs hardness 2.75
Vickers hardness 160–350 MPa
Brinell hardness 160–550 MPa
CAS Number 7429-90-5 Naming from alumine , obsolete name for
alumina Prediction
Antoine Lavoisier (1782)
Discovery
Hans Christian Ørsted (1824) Named by
Humphry Davy (1812
[a] )
Category: Aluminium |
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