RHODIUM, Rh (45)

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RHODIUM

Rh (45)

ˈrəʊdiəm

PHONETICS

Rhodium is a rare, silvery-white, hard, and chemically inert transition metal. It is a member of the platinum group and has one naturally occurring isotope, 103Rh and is usually found as the free metal or alloyed with similar metals with a chemical compound of minerals such as bowieite and rhodplumsite. It is one of the rarest and most valuable precious metals.

ELEMENT BRIEF

1803 by William Hyde Wollaston, England.

DISCOVERY

Ancient Greek, ῥόδον (rhódon, 'rose').

ETYMOLOGY

Rhodium

ELEMENT

Rh

SYMBOL

45

ATOMIC NUMBER

7440-16-6

CAS NUMBER
element

ELEMENTAL SPECTRUM


Silver

ELEMENTAL COLOUR


-

REFRACTIVE INDEX


0.260

POISSON RATIO


8.266 cm³

MOLAR VOLUME


1.10G Pa, 10.856'2k Atm

BRINELL HARDNESS


6.00

MOHS HARDNESS


1.25G Pa, 12.297'1k Atm

VICKERS HARDNESS


4,700 m/s, Mach 13.702'6

SPEED OF SOUND


380.00G Pa, 3.750'3M Atm

BULK MODULUS


150.00G Pa, 1.480'4M Atm

SHEAR MODULUS


275.00G Pa, 2.714'0M Atm

YOUNG MODULUS


ALLOTROPES

NONE

2,237.15 K, 1,964.00 °C

MELTING POINT


3,968.15 K, 3,695.00 °C

BOILING POINT


-

AUTOMATIC IGNITION


-

FLASHPOINT


-

CRITICAL TEMPERATURE


-

CRITICAL PRESSURE


150.000'000 W/(m K)

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY


0.000'008'2 K¯¹

THERMAL EXPANSION


240.00 J/(kg K)

SPECIFIC HEAT


21.700 kJ/mol

HEAT FUSION


495.000 kJ/mol

HEAT VAPORISATION


-

HEAT COMBUSTION


-

CURIE POINT


-

NEEL POINT


-

ADIABATIC INDEX


Solid

PHASE

Conductor

ELECTRICAL TYPE


23.00M S/m

CONDUCTIVITY


43.00n Ω.m

RESISTIVITY


-

SUPERCONDUCTING POINT


Paramagnetic

MAGNETIC TYPE


0.000'000'013'2

MASS SUSCEPTIBILITY


0.000'000'001'358'00

MOLAR SUSCEPTIBILITY


0.000'164'300'00

VOLUME SUSCEPTIBILITY

Transition Metal

CLASSIFICATION


102.905'504'3

ATOMIC WEIGHT


173 pm

ATOMIC RADIUS


125 pm

COVALENT RADIUS SINGLE BOND


110 pm

COVALENT RADIUS DOUBLE BOND


106 pm

COVALENT RADIUS TRIPLE BOND


195 pm

VAN DER WAALS RADIUS


[Kr]5s¹4d⁸

ELECTRON CONFIGURATION


Cubic, Face-centred

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE


12.450'00 g/cm³

DENSITY AS SOLID


10.700'00 g/cm³

DENSITY AS LIQUID


-

DENSITY AS GAS


Fm_3m

SPACE GROUP NAME


225

SPACE GROUP NUMBER


π/2, π/2 π/2

LATTICE ANGLES


380.34, 380.34 380.34 pm

LATTICE CONSTANTS

6

VALENCE


2.28

ELECTRONEGATIVITY


100.28 kJ/mol

ELECTRON AFFINITY


IONISATION ENERGY

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0.000'000'1 %

UNIVERSE


0.000'018 %

METEORITES


0.000'000'2 %

SUN


0.000'000'92 %

EARTH CRUST


-

OCEANS


-

HUMANS

Stable

HALF LIFE


Stable

LIFETIME


4d⁸ = 4, 2, 0, -1/2

QUANTUM NUMBERS


4.600'00 b σs

NEUTRON CROSS SECTION


144.800'00 b σa

NEUTRON MASS ABSORPTION


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