Properties of Metals

Metal	Specific Gravity	Specific Heat	Melting Point deg. C	Coefficient of Linear Expansion	Atomic Weight	Atomic Volume	Symbol
Aluminum	2.70	0.218	657	0.0000231	27.1	10.04	Al
Antimony	6.62	0.051	630	0.0000105	120.2	18.1	Sb
Arsenic	5.72	0.081	450	0.0000055	75.0	13.1	As
Barium	3.78	0.068	850	-	137.4	36.3	Ba
Bismuth	9.80	0.030	266	0.000014	208.0	21.2	Bi
Cadmium	8.64	0.056	322	0.000027	112.4	13.0	Cd
Caesium	1.87	0.048	26	-	132.8	71.0	Cs
Calcium	1.55	0.152	780	-	40.1	25.8	Ca
Cerium	6.68	0.045	623	-	140.2	21.0	Ce
Chromium	6.80	0.120	1550	-	52.0	7.6	Cr
Cobalt	8.50	0.103	1490	0.0000123	59.0	6.9	Co
Columbium	12.70	0.071	1950	-	93.5	7.4	Cb
Copper	8.93	0.093	1084	0.0000167	63.6	7.1	Cu
Gallium	5.90	0.079	80	-	69.9	11.8	Ga
Glucinum	1.93	0.506	-	-	9.1	4.7	Gl
Gold	19.32	0.031	1065	0.0000136	197.2	10.2	Au
Indium	7.42	0.057	155	0.0000417	114.8	15.5	In
Iridium	22.42	0.033	2300	0.0000065	193.1	8.6	Ir
Iron	7.86	0.116	1505	0.0000116	55.9	7.1	Fe
Lanthanum	6.1	0.045	810	-	139.0	22.8	La
Lead	11.35	0.031	327	0.000027	207.1	18.2	Pb
Lithium	0.54	0.941	186	-	7.0	13.0	Li
Magnesium	1.74	0.250	650	0.0000269	24.3	14.0	Mg
Manganese	8.00	0.120	1207	-	55.0	6.9	Mn
Mercury	13.60	0.032	39	0.0000610	200.0	14.7	Hg
Molybdenum	9.0	0.072	2500	-	96.0	10.7	Mo
Nickel	8.80	0.108	1451	0.0000127	58.7	6.7	Ni
Osmium	22.48	0.031	2500	0.0000065	190.9	8.5	Os
Palladium	11.50	0.059	1535	0.0000117	106.7	9.3	Pd
Platinum	21.4	0.032	1755	0.0000089	195.2	9.1	Pt
Potassium	0.86	0.170	62	0.0000841	39.1	45.5	K
Rhodium	12.10	0.058	1970	0.0000085	103.9	8.5	Rh
Rubidium	1.53	0.079	38	-	85.5	55.9	Rb
Ruthenium	12.26	0.061	1950	0.0000096	101.7	8.3	Ru
Silver	10.53	0.056	961	0.0000192	107.9	10.2	Ag
Sodium	0.97	0.290	97	0.0000710	23.0	23.7	Na
Strontium	2.54	-	800	-	87.6	34.5	Sr
Tantalum	16.6	0.033	2910	0.0000097	181.0	10.9	Ta
Tellurium	6.25	0.049	452	0.0000067	127.5	20.4	Te
Thallium	11.85	0.033	303	0.0000302	204.0	17.2	Tl
Thorium	11.00	0.028	1690	-	232.4	21.1	Th
Tin	7.29	0.055	232	0.0000203	119.0	16.3	Sn
Titanium	4.87	0.130	1800	-	48.1	9.9	Ti
Tungsten	19.10	0.034	3100	-	184.0	9.6	W
Uranium	18.70	0.028	-	-	238.5	12.7	U
Vanadium	5.50	0.115	1680	-	51.1	9.3	V
Yttrium	3.80	-	-	-	89.0	23.4	Yt
Zinc	7.15	0.094	419	0.0000274	65.4	9.1	Zn
Zirconium	6.40	0.066	1500	-	90.6	14.1	Zr

* Atomic volume = Atomic weight ÷Specific Gravity. By atomic volume is meant the volume in cubic centimeters which a combining weight in grammes of the element occupies. In textbooks and papers, the density is usually given instead of the specific volume, which is its reciprocal, i.e. to find the atomic volume, the atomic weight is divided by the density.

Properties table of common solvents

Properties of common solvents.

Solvent	Chemical formula	Boiling point	Dielectric constant	Density	Dipole moment
Non-polar solvents
Pentane	CH3-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH3	36 °C	1.84	0.626 g/ml	0.00 D
Cyclopentane	C5H10	40 °C	1.97	0.751 g/ml	0.00 D
Hexane	CH3-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH3	69 °C	1.88	0.655 g/ml	0.00 D
Cyclohexane	C6H12	81 °C	2.02	0.779 g/ml	0.00 D
Benzene	C6H6	80 °C	2.3	0.879 g/ml	0.00 D
Toluene	C6H5-CH3	111 °C	2.38	0.867 g/ml	0.36 D
1,4-Dioxane	/-CH2-CH2-O-CH2-CH2-O-\	101 °C	2.3	1.033 g/ml	0.45 D
Chloroform	CHCl3	61 °C	4.81	1.498 g/ml	1.04 D
Diethyl ether	CH3CH2-O-CH2-CH3	35 °C	4.3	0.713 g/ml	1.15 D
Polar aprotic solvents
Dichloromethane (DCM)	CH2Cl2	40 °C	9.1	1.3266 g/ml	1.60 D
Tetrahydrofuran (THF)	/-CH2-CH2-O-CH2-CH2-\	66 °C	7.5	0.886 g/ml	1.75 D
Ethyl acetate	CH3-C(=O)-O-CH2-CH3	77 °C	6.02	0.894 g/ml	1.78 D
Acetone	CH3-C(=O)-CH3	56 °C	21	0.786 g/ml	2.88 D
Dimethylformamide (DMF)	H-C(=O)N(CH3)2	153 °C	38	0.944 g/ml	3.82 D
Acetonitrile (MeCN)	CH3-C≡N	82 °C	37.5	0.786 g/ml	3.92 D
Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)	CH3-S(=O)-CH3	189 °C	46.7	1.092 g/ml	3.96 D
Propylene carbonate	C4H6O3	240 °C	64.0	1.205 g/ml	4.9 D
Polar protic solvents
Formic acid	H-C(=O)OH	101 °C	58	1.21 g/ml	1.41 D
n-Butanol	CH3-CH2-CH2-CH2-OH	118 °C	18	0.810 g/ml	1.63 D
Isopropanol (IPA)	CH3-CH(-OH)-CH3	82 °C	18	0.785 g/ml	1.66 D
n-Propanol	CH3-CH2-CH2-OH	97 °C	20	0.803 g/ml	1.68 D
Ethanol	CH3-CH2-OH	79 °C	24.55	0.789 g/ml	1.69 D
Methanol	CH3-OH	65 °C	33	0.791 g/ml	1.70 D
Acetic acid	CH3-C(=O)OH	118 °C	6.2	1.049 g/ml	1.74 D
Water	H-O-H	100 °C	80	1.000 g/ml	1.85 D

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