HAFNIUM, Hf (72)

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HAFNIUM

Hf (72)

ˈhæfniəm

PHONETICS

Hafnium is a lustrous, silvery grey, tetravalent transition metal, which chemically resembles and is found in zirconium minerals. It is used in filaments, electrodes and semiconductor fabrication processes.

ELEMENT BRIEF

1923 by Dirk Coster and George Charles von Hevesy, Denmark.

DISCOVERY

From Latin 'Hafnia' meaning 'Copenhagen'.

ETYMOLOGY

Hafnium

ELEMENT

Hf

SYMBOL

72

ATOMIC NUMBER

7440-58-6

CAS NUMBER
element

ELEMENTAL SPECTRUM


Silver

ELEMENTAL COLOUR


-

REFRACTIVE INDEX


0.370

POISSON RATIO


8.667 cm³

MOLAR VOLUME


1.70G Pa, 16.777'7k Atm

BRINELL HARDNESS


5.50

MOHS HARDNESS


1.76G Pa, 17.369'8k Atm

VICKERS HARDNESS


3,010 m/s, Mach 8.775'5

SPEED OF SOUND


110.00G Pa, 1.085'6M Atm

BULK MODULUS


30.00G Pa, 296.077'0k Atm

SHEAR MODULUS


78.00G Pa, 769.800'1k Atm

YOUNG MODULUS


ALLOTROPES

element element

2,506.15 K, 2,233.00 °C

MELTING POINT


4,876.15 K, 4,603.00 °C

BOILING POINT


-

AUTOMATIC IGNITION


-

FLASHPOINT


-

CRITICAL TEMPERATURE


-

CRITICAL PRESSURE


23.000'000 W/(m K)

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY


0.000'005'9 K¯¹

THERMAL EXPANSION


144.00 J/(kg K)

SPECIFIC HEAT


25.500 kJ/mol

HEAT FUSION


630.000 kJ/mol

HEAT VAPORISATION


-

HEAT COMBUSTION


-

CURIE POINT


-

NEEL POINT


-

ADIABATIC INDEX


Solid

PHASE

Conductor

ELECTRICAL TYPE


3.30M S/m

CONDUCTIVITY


300.00n Ω.m

RESISTIVITY


0.128 K

SUPERCONDUCTING POINT


-

MAGNETIC TYPE


0.000'000'005'3

MASS SUSCEPTIBILITY


0.000'000'000'946'00

MOLAR SUSCEPTIBILITY


0.000'070'500'00

VOLUME SUSCEPTIBILITY

Transition Metal

CLASSIFICATION


115.359'722'4

ATOMIC WEIGHT


200 pm

ATOMIC RADIUS


152 pm

COVALENT RADIUS SINGLE BOND


128 pm

COVALENT RADIUS DOUBLE BOND


122 pm

COVALENT RADIUS TRIPLE BOND


212 pm

VAN DER WAALS RADIUS


[Xe]6s²4f¹⁴5d²

ELECTRON CONFIGURATION


Hexagonal, Close Packed Single

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE


13.310'00 g/cm³

DENSITY AS SOLID


12.000'00 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


319.64, 319.64 505.11 pm

LATTICE CONSTANTS

4

VALENCE


1.3

ELECTRONEGATIVITY


17.17 kJ/mol

ELECTRON AFFINITY


IONISATION ENERGY

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0.000'000'1 %

UNIVERSE


0.000'017 %

METEORITES


0.000'000'1 %

SUN


0.000'34 %

EARTH CRUST


0.000'000'000'8 %

OCEANS


-

HUMANS

Stable

HALF LIFE


Stable

LIFETIME


5s² = 5, 2, -1, +1/2

QUANTUM NUMBERS


10.200'00 b σs

NEUTRON CROSS SECTION


104.100'00 b σa

NEUTRON MASS ABSORPTION


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