magnesium vs nickel vs iron

magnesium (chemical element) | nickel (chemical element) | iron (chemical element)

Periodic table location

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| magnesium | nickel | iron atomic symbol | Mg | Ni | Fe atomic number | 12 | 28 | 26 short electronic configuration | [Ne]3s^2 | [Ar]4s^23d^8 | [Ar]4s^23d^6 Aufbau diagram | 3s | 3d 4s | 3d 4s block | s | d | d group | 2 | 10 | 8 period | 3 | 4 | 4 atomic mass | 24.305 u | 58.6934 u | 55.845 u half-life | (stable) | (stable) | (stable)

| magnesium | nickel | iron phase at STP | solid | solid | solid melting point | 650 °C | 1455 °C | 1538 °C boiling point | 1090 °C | 2913 °C | 2861 °C molar heat of fusion | 8.7 kJ/mol | 17.2 kJ/mol | 13.8 kJ/mol molar heat of vaporization | 128 kJ/mol | 378 kJ/mol | 347 kJ/mol specific heat at STP | 1020 J/(kg K) | 445 J/(kg K) | 449 J/(kg K) (properties at standard conditions)

| magnesium | nickel | iron density | 1.738 g/cm^3 | 8.908 g/cm^3 | 7.874 g/cm^3 liquid density | 1.584 g/cm^3 | 7.81 g/cm^3 | 6.98 g/cm^3 molar volume | 13.98 cm^3/mol | 6.589 cm^3/mol | 7.092 cm^3/mol Mohs hardness | 2.5 (between gypsum and calcite) | 4 (≈ fluorite) | 4 (≈ fluorite) Vickers hardness | (unknown) | 638 MPa | 608 MPa Brinell hardness | 260 MPa | 700 MPa | 490 MPa bulk modulus | 45 GPa | 180 GPa | 170 GPa shear modulus | 17 GPa | 76 GPa | 82 GPa Young's modulus | 45 GPa | 200 GPa | 211 GPa Poisson ratio | 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.29 tensile yield strength | | 59 MPa | 50 MPa ultimate tensile strength | | 317 MPa | sound speed | 4602 m/s | 4970 m/s | 4910 m/s thermal expansion | 2.5×10^-5 K^(-1) | 1.34×10^-5 K^(-1) | 1.18×10^-5 K^(-1) thermal conductivity | 160 W/(m K) | 91 W/(m K) | 80 W/(m K) (properties at standard conditions)

| magnesium | nickel | iron electrical type | conductor | conductor | conductor resistivity | 4.4×10^-8 Ω m (ohm meters) | 7×10^-8 Ω m (ohm meters) | 9.7×10^-8 Ω m (ohm meters) electrical conductivity | 2.3×10^7 S/m (siemens per meter) | 1.4×10^7 S/m (siemens per meter) | 1×10^7 S/m (siemens per meter) magnetic type | paramagnetic | ferromagnetic | ferromagnetic volume magnetic susceptibility | 1.2×10^-5 | | mass magnetic susceptibility | 6.9×10^-9 m^3/kg (cubic meters per kilogram) | | molar magnetic susceptibility | 1.68×10^-10 m^3/mol (cubic meters per mole) | | Curie point | | 631 K (kelvins) | 1043 K (kelvins) work function | 3.66 eV (Polycrystalline) | (5.04 to 5.35) eV | (4.67 to 4.81) eV threshold frequency | 8.85×10^14 Hz (hertz) | (1.219×10^15 to 1.294×10^15) Hz (hertz) | (1.129×10^15 to 1.163×10^15) Hz (hertz) color | (silver) | (gray) | (gray)

| magnesium | nickel | iron valence | 2 | 2 | 3 electronegativity | 1.31 | 1.91 | 1.83 electron affinity | 0 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 112 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 15.7 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) first ionization energy | 737.7 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 737.1 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 762.5 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) ionization energies | 737.7 kJ/mol | 1450.7 kJ/mol | 7732.7 kJ/mol | 10542.5 kJ/mol | 13630 kJ/mol | 18020 kJ/mol | 21711 kJ/mol | 25661 kJ/mol | 31653 kJ/mol | 35458 kJ/mol | 737.1 kJ/mol | 1753 kJ/mol | 3395 kJ/mol | 5300 kJ/mol | 7339 kJ/mol | 10400 kJ/mol | 12800 kJ/mol | 15600 kJ/mol | 18600 kJ/mol | 21670 kJ/mol | 30970 kJ/mol | 34000 kJ/mol | 37100 kJ/mol | 41500 kJ/mol | 44800 kJ/mol | 48100 kJ/mol | 55101 kJ/mol | 58570 kJ/mol | 148700 kJ/mol | 159000 kJ/mol | 169400 kJ/mol | 762.5 kJ/mol | 1561.9 kJ/mol | 2957 kJ/mol | 5290 kJ/mol | 7240 kJ/mol | 9560 kJ/mol | 12060 kJ/mol | 14580 kJ/mol | 22540 kJ/mol | 25290 kJ/mol | 28000 kJ/mol | 31920 kJ/mol | 34830 kJ/mol | 37840 kJ/mol | 44100 kJ/mol | 47206 kJ/mol | 122200 kJ/mol | 131000 kJ/mol | 140500 kJ/mol | 152600 kJ/mol | 163000 kJ/mol

Reactivity

| magnesium | nickel | iron term symbol | ^1S_0 | ^3F_4 | ^5D_4 atomic radius | 150 pm | 135 pm | 140 pm covalent radius | 141 pm | 124 pm | 132 pm van der Waals radius | 173 pm | 163 pm | (unknown) (electronic ground state properties)

| magnesium | nickel | iron universe abundance | 0.06 mass% | 0.006 mass% | 0.11 mass% solar abundance | 0.07 mass% | 0.008 mass% | 0.1 mass% meteorite abundance | 12 mass% | 1.3 mass% | 22 mass% crust abundance | 2.9 mass% | 0.0089 mass% | 6.3 mass% ocean abundance | 0.13 mass% | 2×10^-7 mass% | 3×10^-7 mass% human abundance | 0.027 mass% | 1×10^-5 mass% | 0.006 mass% universe molar abundance | 0.003 mol% | 1×10^-4 mol% | 0.002 mol% solar molar abundance | 0.003 mol% | 2×10^-4 mol% | 0.003 mol% meteorite molar abundance | 10 mol% | 0.44 mol% | 7.8 mol% ocean molar abundance | 0.034 mol% | 2.1×10^-8 mol% | 3.3×10^-8 mol% crust molar abundance | 2.5 mol% | 0.0032 mol% | 2.3 mol% human molar abundance | 0.007 mol% | 1.1×10^-6 mol% | 6.7×10^-4 mol%