Input interpretation
methanol | element types
Result
carbon | hydrogen | oxygen
Periodic table location
Periodic table location
Images
Images
Basic elemental properties
| carbon | hydrogen | oxygen atomic symbol | C | H | O atomic number | 6 | 1 | 8 short electronic configuration | [He]2s^22p^2 | 1s^1 | [He]2s^22p^4 Aufbau diagram | 2p 2s | 1s | 2p 2s block | p | s | p group | 14 | 1 | 16 period | 2 | 1 | 2 atomic mass | 12.011 u | 1.008 u | 15.999 u half-life | (stable) | (stable) | (stable)
Thermodynamic properties
| carbon | hydrogen | oxygen phase at STP | solid | gas | gas melting point | 3550 °C | -259.14 °C | -218.3 °C boiling point | 4027 °C | -252.87 °C | -182.9 °C critical temperature | | 32.97 K | 154.59 K critical pressure | | 1.293 MPa | 5.043 MPa molar heat of fusion | 105 kJ/mol | 0.558 kJ/mol | 0.222 kJ/mol molar heat of vaporization | 715 kJ/mol | 0.452 kJ/mol | 3.41 kJ/mol specific heat at STP | 710 J/(kg K) | 14300 J/(kg K) | 919 J/(kg K) adiabatic index | | 7/5 | 7/5 (properties at standard conditions)
Material properties
| carbon | hydrogen | oxygen density | 2.26 g/cm^3 | 8.99×10^-5 g/cm^3 | 0.001429 g/cm^3 molar volume | 5.315 cm^3/mol | 11200 cm^3/mol | 11200 cm^3/mol Mohs hardness | 0.5 (between talc and gypsum) | | bulk modulus | 33 GPa | | refractive index | 2.417 | 1.000132 | 1.000271 sound speed | 18350 m/s | 1270 m/s | 317.5 m/s thermal expansion | 7.1×10^-6 K^(-1) | | thermal conductivity | 140 W/(m K) | 0.1805 W/(m K) | 0.02658 W/(m K) (properties at standard conditions)
Electromagnetic properties
| carbon | hydrogen | oxygen electrical type | conductor | | resistivity | 1×10^-5 Ω m (ohm meters) | | electrical conductivity | 100000 S/m (siemens per meter) | | magnetic type | diamagnetic | diamagnetic | paramagnetic volume magnetic susceptibility | -1.4×10^-5 | -2.23×10^-9 | 1.90772×10^-6 mass magnetic susceptibility | -6.2×10^-9 m^3/kg (cubic meters per kilogram) | -2.48×10^-8 m^3/kg (cubic meters per kilogram) | 1.335×10^-6 m^3/kg (cubic meters per kilogram) molar magnetic susceptibility | -7.45×10^-11 m^3/mol (cubic meters per mole) | -4.999×10^-11 m^3/mol (cubic meters per mole) | 4.27184×10^-8 m^3/mol (cubic meters per mole) work function | 5 eV (Polycrystalline) | | threshold frequency | 1.209×10^15 Hz (hertz) | | color | (black) | (colorless) | (colorless) refractive index | 2.417 | 1.000132 | 1.000271
Reactivity
| carbon | hydrogen | oxygen valence | 4 | 1 | 2 electronegativity | 2.55 | 2.2 | 3.44 electron affinity | 153.9 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 72.8 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 141 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) first ionization energy | 1086.5 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 1312 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 1313.9 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) ionization energies | 1086.5 kJ/mol | 2352.6 kJ/mol | 4620.5 kJ/mol | 6222.7 kJ/mol | 37831 kJ/mol | 47277 kJ/mol | 1312 kJ/mol | 1313.9 kJ/mol | 3388.3 kJ/mol | 5300.5 kJ/mol | 7469.2 kJ/mol | 10989.5 kJ/mol | 13326.5 kJ/mol | 71330 kJ/mol | 84078 kJ/mol
Reactivity
Atomic properties
| carbon | hydrogen | oxygen term symbol | ^3P_0 | ^2S_(1/2) | ^3P_2 atomic radius | 70 pm | 25 pm | 60 pm covalent radius | 76 pm | 31 pm | 66 pm van der Waals radius | 170 pm | 120 pm | 152 pm (electronic ground state properties)
Abundances
| carbon | hydrogen | oxygen universe abundance | 0.5 mass% | 75 mass% | 1 mass% solar abundance | 0.3 mass% | 75 mass% | 0.9 mass% meteorite abundance | 1.5 mass% | 2.4 mass% | 40 mass% crust abundance | 0.18 mass% | 0.15 mass% | 46 mass% ocean abundance | 0.0028 mass% | 11 mass% | 86 mass% human abundance | 23 mass% | 10 mass% | 61 mass% universe molar abundance | 0.05 mol% | 93 mol% | 0.08 mol% solar molar abundance | 0.03 mol% | 93 mol% | 0.07 mol% meteorite molar abundance | 1.8 mol% | 17 mol% | 48 mol% ocean molar abundance | 0.0014 mol% | 66 mol% | 33 mol% crust molar abundance | 0.31 mol% | 3.1 mol% | 60 mol% human molar abundance | 12 mol% | 62 mol% | 24 mol%
Nuclear properties
| carbon | hydrogen | oxygen half-life | (stable) | (stable) | (stable) stable isotopes | C-12 (98.89%) | C-13 (1.11%) | H-1 (99.985%) | H-2 (1.5×10^-4) | O-16 (99.762%) | O-18 (0.2%) | O-17 (3.8×10^-4) nuclear spin | C-8: 0^+ | C-9: 3/2^- | C-10: 0^+ | C-11: 3/2^- | C-12: 0^+ | C-13: 1/2^- | C-14: 0^+ | C-15: 1/2^+ | C-16: 0^+ | C-17: 3/2^+ | C-18: 0^+ | C-19: 1/2^+ | C-20: 0^+ | C-21: 1/2^+ | C-22: 0^+ | H-1: 1/2^+ | H-2: 1^+ | H-3: 1/2^+ | H-4: 2^- | H-5: 1/2^+ | H-6: 2^- | H-7: 1/2^+ | O-12: 0^+ | O-13: 3/2^- | O-14: 0^+ | O-15: 1/2^- | O-16: 0^+ | O-17: 5/2^+ | O-18: 0^+ | O-19: 5/2^+ | O-20: 0^+ | O-21: 5/2^+ | O-22: 0^+ | O-23: 1/2^+ | O-24: 0^+ | O-25: 3/2^+ | O-26: 0^+ | O-27: 3/2^+ | O-28: 0^+ unstable isotopes | C-14 (5700 yr) | C-11 (20.334 min) | C-10 (19.29 s) | C-15 (2.449 s) | C-16 (747 ms) | C-17 (193 ms) | C-9 (126.5 ms) | C-18 (92 ms) | C-19 (49 ms) | C-20 (14 ms) | C-22 (6.2 ms) | C-21 (30 ns) | C-8 (2 zs) | H-3 (12.32 yr) | H-6 (0.29 zs) | H-4 (0.139 zs) | H-5 (0.08 zs) | H-7 (0.023 zs) | O-15 (122.24 s) | O-14 (70.606 s) | O-19 (26.88 s) | O-20 (13.51 s) | O-21 (3.42 s) | O-22 (2.25 s) | O-23 (82 ms) | O-24 (65 ms) | O-13 (8.58 ms) | O-27 (260 ns) | O-28 (100 ns) | O-25 (50 ns) | O-26 (40 ns) | O-12 (1.14 zs) neutron cross-section | 0.0035 b | 0.332 b | 2.8×10^-4 b neutron mass absorption | 1.5×10^-5 m^2/kg | 0.011 m^2/kg | 1×10^-6 m^2/kg
Identifiers
| carbon | hydrogen | oxygen CAS number | 7440-44-0 | 1333-74-0 | 7782-44-7 PubChem CID number | | 783 | 977