Thallium, 81Tl |
Thallium |
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Pronunciation | (THAL-ee-əm) |
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Appearance | silvery white |
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Standard atomic weight Ar, std(Tl) | [204.382, 204.385] conventional: 204.38 |
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Thallium in the periodic table |
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Atomic number (Z) | 81 |
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Group | group 13 (boron group) |
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Period | period 6 |
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Block | p-block |
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Element category | p-block |
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Electron configuration | [Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2 6p1 |
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Electrons per shell | 2, 8, 18, 32, 18, 3 |
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Physical properties |
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Phase at STP | solid |
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Melting point | 577 K (304 °C, 579 °F) |
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Boiling point | 1746 K (1473 °C, 2683 °F) |
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Density (near r.t.) | 11.85 g/cm3 |
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when liquid (at m.p.) | 11.22 g/cm3 |
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Heat of fusion | 4.14 kJ/mol |
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Heat of vaporization | 165 kJ/mol |
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Molar heat capacity | 26.32 J/(mol·K) |
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Vapor pressure
P (Pa)
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1
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10
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100
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1 k
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10 k
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100 k
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at T (K)
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882
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977
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1097
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1252
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1461
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1758
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Atomic properties |
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Oxidation states | −5,[1] −2, −1, +1, +2, +3 (a mildly basic oxide) |
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Electronegativity | Pauling scale: 1.62 |
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Ionization energies | - 1st: 589.4 kJ/mol
- 2nd: 1971 kJ/mol
- 3rd: 2878 kJ/mol
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Atomic radius | empirical: 170 pm |
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Covalent radius | 145±7 pm |
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Van der Waals radius | 196 pm |
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Spectral lines of thallium |
Other properties |
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Natural occurrence | primordial |
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Crystal structure | hexagonal close-packed (hcp) |
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Speed of sound thin rod | 818 m/s (at 20 °C) |
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Thermal expansion | 29.9 µm/(m·K) (at 25 °C) |
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Thermal conductivity | 46.1 W/(m·K) |
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Electrical resistivity | 0.18 µΩ·m (at 20 °C) |
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Magnetic ordering | diamagnetic[2] |
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Magnetic susceptibility | −50.9·10−6 cm3/mol (298 K)[3] |
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Young's modulus | 8 GPa |
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Shear modulus | 2.8 GPa |
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Bulk modulus | 43 GPa |
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Poisson ratio | 0.45 |
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Mohs hardness | 1.2 |
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Brinell hardness | 26.5–44.7 MPa |
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CAS Number | 7440-28-0 |
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History |
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Naming | after Greek thallos, green shoot or twig |
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Discovery | William Crookes (1861) |
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First isolation | Claude-Auguste Lamy (1862) |
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Main isotopes of thallium |
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Tl data m.p. cat
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C
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304
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K
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577
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577
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579
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579
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C: 304, K: 577, F: 579
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Tl data b.p. cat
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C
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1473
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K
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1746
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1746
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2683
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2683
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C: 1473, K: 1746, F: 2683
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References
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- ↑ Dong, Z.-C.; Corbett, J. D. (1996). "Na23K9Tl15.3: An Unusual Zintl Compound Containing Apparent Tl57−, Tl48−, Tl37−, and Tl5− Anions". Inorganic Chemistry 35 (11): 3107–12. doi:10.1021/ic960014z.
- ↑ Lide, D. R., ed (2005). "Magnetic susceptibility of the elements and inorganic compounds". CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (86th ed.). Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0486-5. https://web.archive.org/web/20110303222309/http://www-d0.fnal.gov/hardware/cal/lvps_info/engineering/elementmagn.pdf.
- ↑ Weast, Robert (1984). CRC, Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Boca Raton, Florida: Chemical Rubber Company Publishing. pp. E110. ISBN 0-8493-0464-4.
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