LANTHANUM, La (57)

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LANTHANUM

La (57)

ˈlænθənəm

PHONETICS

Lanthanum is a soft, ductile, silvery-white metallic chemical element, it almost always assumes the oxidation state +3. Lanthanum has no biological role and is not very toxic.

ELEMENT BRIEF

1839 by Carl Gustaf Mosander, Sweden.

DISCOVERY

Ancient Greek, λανθάνω (lanthánō, 'escape notice'), gone long undetected in mineral ores.

ETYMOLOGY

Lanthanum

ELEMENT

La

SYMBOL

57

ATOMIC NUMBER

7439-91-0

CAS NUMBER
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ELEMENTAL SPECTRUM


Silver

ELEMENTAL COLOUR


-

REFRACTIVE INDEX


0.280

POISSON RATIO


22.601 cm³

MOLAR VOLUME


363.00M Pa, 3.582'5k Atm

BRINELL HARDNESS


2.50

MOHS HARDNESS


28.00G Pa, 276.338'5k Atm

VICKERS HARDNESS


2,475 m/s, Mach 7.215'7

SPEED OF SOUND


28.00G Pa, 276.338'5k Atm

BULK MODULUS


14.00G Pa, 138.169'3k Atm

SHEAR MODULUS


37.00G Pa, 365.161'6k Atm

YOUNG MODULUS


ALLOTROPES

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1,193.15 K, 920.00 °C

MELTING POINT


3,737.15 K, 3,464.00 °C

BOILING POINT


-

AUTOMATIC IGNITION


-

FLASHPOINT


-

CRITICAL TEMPERATURE


-

CRITICAL PRESSURE


13.000'000 W/(m K)

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY


0.000'012'1 K¯¹

THERMAL EXPANSION


195.00 J/(kg K)

SPECIFIC HEAT


6.200 kJ/mol

HEAT FUSION


400.000 kJ/mol

HEAT VAPORISATION


-

HEAT COMBUSTION


-

CURIE POINT


-

NEEL POINT


-

ADIABATIC INDEX


Solid

PHASE

Conductor

ELECTRICAL TYPE


1.60M S/m

CONDUCTIVITY


610.00n Ω.m

RESISTIVITY


4.880 K

SUPERCONDUCTING POINT


-

MAGNETIC TYPE


0.000'000'011'0

MASS SUSCEPTIBILITY


0.000'000'001'528'00

MOLAR SUSCEPTIBILITY


0.000'067'610'00

VOLUME SUSCEPTIBILITY

Lanthanide

CLASSIFICATION


138.905'453'9

ATOMIC WEIGHT


188 pm

ATOMIC RADIUS


180 pm

COVALENT RADIUS SINGLE BOND


139 pm

COVALENT RADIUS DOUBLE BOND


139 pm

COVALENT RADIUS TRIPLE BOND


240 pm

VAN DER WAALS RADIUS


[Xe]6s²5d¹

ELECTRON CONFIGURATION


Hexagonal, Close Packed Double

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE


6.146'00 g/cm³

DENSITY AS SOLID


5.940'00 g/cm³

DENSITY AS LIQUID


-

DENSITY AS GAS


P6₃/mmc

SPACE GROUP NAME


194

SPACE GROUP NUMBER


π/2, π/2 2π/3

LATTICE ANGLES


377.2, 377.2 1214.4 pm

LATTICE CONSTANTS

3

VALENCE


1.1

ELECTRONEGATIVITY


45.35 kJ/mol

ELECTRON AFFINITY


IONISATION ENERGY

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0.000'000 %

UNIVERSE


0.000'028 %

METEORITES


0.000'000'2 %

SUN


0.004 %

EARTH CRUST


0.000'000'000'34 %

OCEANS


-

HUMANS

Stable

HALF LIFE


Stable

LIFETIME


5d¹ = 5, 2, -2, +1/2

QUANTUM NUMBERS


9.660'00 b σs

NEUTRON CROSS SECTION


8.970'00 b σa

NEUTRON MASS ABSORPTION


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