Chemical element with atomic number 51 (Sb)
Antimony, 51 Sb Pronunciation Appearance silvery lustrous gray
Atomic number (Z ) 51 Group group 15 (pnictogens) Period period 5 Block p-block Electron configuration [Kr ] 4d10 5s2 5p3 Electrons per shell 2, 8, 18, 18, 5 Phase at STP solid Melting point 903.78 K (630.63 °C, 1167.13 °F) Boiling point 1908 K (1635 °C, 2975 °F) Density (at 20° C) 6.694 g/cm3 [ 3] when liquid (at m.p. ) 6.53 g/cm3 Heat of fusion 19.79 kJ/mol Heat of vaporization 193.43 kJ/mol Molar heat capacity 25.23 J/(mol·K) Vapor pressure
P (Pa)
1
10
100
1 k
10 k
100 k
at T (K)
807
876
1011
1219
1491
1858
Oxidation states common: −3, +3, +5
−2,? −1,? 0,[ 4] +1,? +2,? +4? Electronegativity Pauling scale: 2.05 Ionization energies 1st: 834 kJ/mol 2nd: 1594.9 kJ/mol 3rd: 2440 kJ/mol (more ) Atomic radius empirical: 140 pm Covalent radius 139±5 pm Van der Waals radius 206 pm Spectral lines of antimonyNatural occurrence primordial Crystal structure rhombohedral (hR2 ) Lattice constants a = 0.45066 nm α = 57.112°a h = 0.43084 nmc h = 1.12736 nm (at 20 °C)[ 3] Thermal expansion 11.04× 10−6 /K (at 20 °C)[ a] Thermal conductivity 24.4 W/(m⋅K) Electrical resistivity 417 nΩ⋅m (at 20 °C) Magnetic ordering diamagnetic [ 5] Molar magnetic susceptibility −99.0× 10−6 cm3 /mol[ 6] Young's modulus 55 GPa Shear modulus 20 GPa Bulk modulus 42 GPa Speed of sound thin rod 3420 m/s (at 20 °C) Mohs hardness 3.0 Brinell hardness 294–384 MPa CAS Number 7440-36-0 Discovery Arabic alchemists (before AD 815) Symbol "Sb": from Latin stibium 'stibnite '
Category: Antimony | references
child table, as reused in {IB-Sb}
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