Input interpretation
chlorine (chemical element) | sulfur (chemical element) | polonium (chemical element) | boron (chemical element)
Periodic table location
Periodic table location
Images
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Basic elemental properties
| atomic symbol | atomic number | short electronic configuration chlorine | Cl | 17 | [Ne]3s^23p^5 sulfur | S | 16 | [Ne]3s^23p^4 polonium | Po | 84 | [Xe]6s^24f^145d^106p^4 boron | B | 5 | [He]2s^22p^1 | Aufbau diagram | block | group chlorine | 3p 3s | p | 17 sulfur | 3p 3s | p | 16 polonium | 6p 5d 4f 6s | p | 16 boron | 2p 2s | p | 13 | period | atomic mass | half-life chlorine | 3 | 35.45 u | (stable) sulfur | 3 | 32.06 u | (stable) polonium | 6 | 209 u | 102 yr boron | 2 | 10.81 u | (stable)
Thermodynamic properties
phase at STP | all | gas | solid melting point | median | 185 °C | highest | 2075 °C (boron) | lowest | -101.5 °C (chlorine) | distribution | boiling point | median | 703 °C | highest | 4000 °C (boron) | lowest | -34.04 °C (chlorine) | distribution | molar heat of fusion | median | 8.1 kJ/mol | highest | 50 kJ/mol (boron) | lowest | 1.73 kJ/mol (sulfur) molar heat of vaporization | median | 55 kJ/mol | highest | 507 kJ/mol (boron) | lowest | 9.8 kJ/mol (sulfur) specific heat at STP | median | 705 J/(kg K) | highest | 1030 J/(kg K) (boron) | lowest | 478.2 J/(kg K) (chlorine) | distribution | (properties at standard conditions)
Material properties
density | median | 2.21 g/cm^3 | highest | 9.196 g/cm^3 (polonium) | lowest | 0.003214 g/cm^3 (chlorine) molar volume | median | 19.5 cm^3/mol | highest | 11030 cm^3/mol (chlorine) | lowest | 4.394 cm^3/mol (boron) Vickers hardness | all | 49000 MPa bulk modulus | median | 7.7 GPa | highest | 320 GPa (boron) | lowest | 1.1 GPa (chlorine) ultimate tensile strength | all | 2 MPa thermal conductivity | median | 0.205 W/(m K) | highest | 27 W/(m K) (boron) | lowest | 0.0089 W/(m K) (chlorine) (properties at standard conditions)
Electromagnetic properties
resistivity | median | 5050 Ω m (ohm meters) | highest | 1×10^15 Ω m (ohm meters) (sulfur) | lowest | 4.3×10^-7 Ω m (ohm meters) (polonium) electrical conductivity | median | 0.0051 S/m (siemens per meter) | highest | 2.3×10^6 S/m (siemens per meter) (polonium) | lowest | 1×10^-15 S/m (siemens per meter) (sulfur) volume magnetic susceptibility | median | -1.22×10^-5 | highest | -2.31×10^-8 (chlorine) | lowest | -2.14×10^-5 (boron) | distribution | mass magnetic susceptibility | median | -7.2×10^-9 m^3/kg (cubic meters per kilogram) | highest | -6.2×10^-9 m^3/kg (cubic meters per kilogram) (sulfur) | lowest | -8.7×10^-9 m^3/kg (cubic meters per kilogram) (boron) | distribution | molar magnetic susceptibility | median | -1.99×10^-10 m^3/mol (cubic meters per mole) | highest | -9.41×10^-11 m^3/mol (cubic meters per mole) (boron) | lowest | -5.11×10^-10 m^3/mol (cubic meters per mole) (chlorine) | distribution | work function | all | 4.45 eV
Reactivity
valence | median | 5.5 | highest | 6 (sulfur and polonium) | lowest | 3 (boron) | distribution | electronegativity | median | 2.31 | highest | 3.16 (chlorine) | lowest | 2 (polonium) | distribution | electron affinity | median | 190 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | highest | 349 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) (chlorine) | lowest | 26.7 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) (boron) | distribution | first ionization energy | median | 905.8 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | highest | 1251.2 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) (chlorine) | lowest | 800.6 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) (boron)
Atomic properties
term symbol | all | ^2P_(1/2) | ^2P_(3/2) | ^3P_2 atomic radius | median | 100 pm | highest | 190 pm (polonium) | lowest | 85 pm (boron) | distribution | covalent radius | median | 103 pm | highest | 140 pm (polonium) | lowest | 84 pm (boron) | distribution | (electronic ground state properties)
Abundances
universe abundance | median | 1×10^-4 mass% | highest | 0.05 mass% (sulfur) | lowest | 1×10^-7 mass% (boron) solar abundance | median | 8×10^-4 mass% | highest | 0.04 mass% (sulfur) | lowest | 2×10^-7 mass% (boron) meteorite abundance | median | 0.037 mass% | highest | 4 mass% (sulfur) | lowest | 1.6×10^-4 mass% (boron) crust abundance | median | 0.017 mass% | highest | 0.042 mass% (sulfur) | lowest | 8.6×10^-4 mass% (boron) | distribution | ocean abundance | median | 0.047 mass% | highest | 2 mass% (chlorine) | lowest | 2×10^-18 mass% (polonium) human abundance | median | 0.06 mass% | highest | 0.2 mass% (sulfur) | lowest | 0 mass% (polonium) | distribution | universe molar abundance | median | 4×10^-6 mol% | highest | 0.002 mol% (sulfur) | lowest | 1×10^-8 mol% (boron) solar molar abundance | median | 3×10^-5 mol% | highest | 9.9×10^-4 mol% (sulfur) | lowest | 2×10^-8 mol% (boron) meteorite molar abundance | median | 0.016 mol% | highest | 2.2 mol% (sulfur) | lowest | 3×10^-4 mol% (boron) ocean molar abundance | median | 0.0091 mol% | highest | 0.35 mol% (chlorine) | lowest | 6×10^-6 mol% (polonium) crust molar abundance | median | 0.0099 mol% | highest | 0.027 mol% (sulfur) | lowest | 0.0017 mol% (boron) human molar abundance | median | 0.011 mol% | highest | 0.039 mol% (sulfur) | lowest | 0 mol% (polonium) | distribution |