sulfur vs potassium vs zinc

sulfur (chemical element) | potassium (chemical element) | zinc (chemical element)

Periodic table location

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| sulfur | potassium | zinc atomic symbol | S | K | Zn atomic number | 16 | 19 | 30 short electronic configuration | [Ne]3s^23p^4 | [Ar]4s^1 | [Ar]4s^23d^10 Aufbau diagram | 3p 3s | 4s | 3d 4s block | p | s | d group | 16 | 1 | 12 period | 3 | 4 | 4 atomic mass | 32.06 u | 39.0983 u | 65.38 u half-life | (stable) | (stable) | (stable)

| sulfur | potassium | zinc phase at STP | solid | solid | solid melting point | 115.21 °C | 63.38 °C | 419.53 °C boiling point | 444.72 °C | 759 °C | 907 °C critical temperature | 1314 K | 2223 K | critical pressure | 20.7 MPa | 16 MPa | molar heat of fusion | 1.73 kJ/mol | 2.33 kJ/mol | 7.35 kJ/mol molar heat of vaporization | 9.8 kJ/mol | 76.9 kJ/mol | 119 kJ/mol specific heat at STP | 705 J/(kg K) | 757 J/(kg K) | 388 J/(kg K) (properties at standard conditions)

| sulfur | potassium | zinc density | 1.96 g/cm^3 | 0.856 g/cm^3 | 7.14 g/cm^3 liquid density | 1.819 g/cm^3 | 0.828 g/cm^3 | 6.57 g/cm^3 molar volume | 16.36 cm^3/mol | 45.7 cm^3/mol | 9.16 cm^3/mol Mohs hardness | 2 (≈ gypsum) | 0.4 (between talc and gypsum) | 2.5 (between gypsum and calcite) Brinell hardness | | 0.363 MPa | 412 MPa bulk modulus | 7.7 GPa | 3.1 GPa | 70 GPa shear modulus | | 1.3 GPa | 43 GPa Young's modulus | | | 108 GPa Poisson ratio | | | 0.25 ultimate tensile strength | | | 37 MPa refractive index | 1.001111 | | 1.00205 sound speed | | 2000 m/s | 3700 m/s thermal expansion | | | 3.02×10^-5 K^(-1) thermal conductivity | 0.205 W/(m K) | 100 W/(m K) | 120 W/(m K) (properties at standard conditions)

| sulfur | potassium | zinc electrical type | insulator | conductor | conductor resistivity | 1×10^15 Ω m (ohm meters) | 7×10^-8 Ω m (ohm meters) | 5.9×10^-8 Ω m (ohm meters) electrical conductivity | 1×10^-15 S/m (siemens per meter) | 1.4×10^7 S/m (siemens per meter) | 1.7×10^7 S/m (siemens per meter) magnetic type | diamagnetic | paramagnetic | diamagnetic volume magnetic susceptibility | -1.22×10^-5 | 5.74×10^-6 | -1.58×10^-5 mass magnetic susceptibility | -6.2×10^-9 m^3/kg (cubic meters per kilogram) | 6.7×10^-9 m^3/kg (cubic meters per kilogram) | -2.21×10^-9 m^3/kg (cubic meters per kilogram) molar magnetic susceptibility | -1.99×10^-10 m^3/mol (cubic meters per mole) | 2.62×10^-10 m^3/mol (cubic meters per mole) | -1.45×10^-10 m^3/mol (cubic meters per mole) work function | | 2.29 eV (Polycrystalline) | (3.63 to 4.9) eV threshold frequency | | 5.537×10^14 Hz (hertz) | (8.777×10^14 to 1.185×10^15) Hz (hertz) superconducting point | | | 0.85 K (kelvins) color | (yellow) | (silver) | (slate gray) refractive index | 1.001111 | | 1.00205

| sulfur | potassium | zinc valence | 6 | 1 | 2 electronegativity | 2.58 | 0.82 | 1.65 electron affinity | 200 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 48.4 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 0 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) first ionization energy | 999.6 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 418.8 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 906.4 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) ionization energies | 999.6 kJ/mol | 2252 kJ/mol | 3357 kJ/mol | 4556 kJ/mol | 7004.3 kJ/mol | 8495.8 kJ/mol | 27107 kJ/mol | 31719 kJ/mol | 36621 kJ/mol | 43177 kJ/mol | 418.8 kJ/mol | 3052 kJ/mol | 4420 kJ/mol | 5877 kJ/mol | 7975 kJ/mol | 9590 kJ/mol | 11343 kJ/mol | 14944 kJ/mol | 16963.7 kJ/mol | 48610 kJ/mol | 906.4 kJ/mol | 1733.3 kJ/mol | 3833 kJ/mol | 5731 kJ/mol | 7970 kJ/mol | 10400 kJ/mol | 12900 kJ/mol | 16800 kJ/mol | 19600 kJ/mol | 23000 kJ/mol | 26400 kJ/mol | 29990 kJ/mol | 40490 kJ/mol | 43800 kJ/mol | 47300 kJ/mol | 52300 kJ/mol | 55900 kJ/mol | 59700 kJ/mol | 67300 kJ/mol | 71200 kJ/mol | 179100 kJ/mol

Reactivity

| sulfur | potassium | zinc term symbol | ^3P_2 | ^2S_(1/2) | ^1S_0 atomic radius | 100 pm | 220 pm | 135 pm covalent radius | 105 pm | 203 pm | 122 pm van der Waals radius | 180 pm | 275 pm | 139 pm (electronic ground state properties)

| sulfur | potassium | zinc universe abundance | 0.05 mass% | 3×10^-4 mass% | 3×10^-5 mass% solar abundance | 0.04 mass% | 4×10^-4 mass% | 2×10^-4 mass% meteorite abundance | 4 mass% | 0.07 mass% | 0.018 mass% crust abundance | 0.042 mass% | 1.5 mass% | 0.0078 mass% ocean abundance | 0.093 mass% | 0.042 mass% | 5×10^-7 mass% human abundance | 0.2 mass% | 0.2 mass% | 0.0033 mass% universe molar abundance | 0.002 mol% | 1×10^-5 mol% | 6×10^-7 mol% solar molar abundance | 9.9×10^-4 mol% | 9.9×10^-6 mol% | 3×10^-6 mol% meteorite molar abundance | 2.2 mol% | 0.037 mol% | 0.0044 mol% ocean molar abundance | 0.018 mol% | 0.0066 mol% | 4.7×10^-8 mol% crust molar abundance | 0.027 mol% | 0.78 mol% | 0.0025 mol% human molar abundance | 0.039 mol% | 0.032 mol% | 3.2×10^-4 mol%