cadmium vs silver vs tungsten

cadmium (chemical element) | silver (chemical element) | tungsten (chemical element)

Periodic table location

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| cadmium | silver | tungsten atomic symbol | Cd | Ag | W atomic number | 48 | 47 | 74 short electronic configuration | [Kr]5s^24d^10 | [Kr]5s^14d^10 | [Xe]6s^24f^145d^4 Aufbau diagram | 4d 5s | 4d 5s | 5d 4f 6s block | d | d | d group | 12 | 11 | 6 period | 5 | 5 | 6 atomic mass | 112.414 u | 107.8682 u | 183.84 u half-life | (stable) | (stable) | (stable)

| cadmium | silver | tungsten phase at STP | solid | solid | solid melting point | 321.07 °C | 961.78 °C | 3422 °C boiling point | 767 °C | 2162 °C | 5555 °C molar heat of fusion | 6.3 kJ/mol | 11.3 kJ/mol | 35 kJ/mol molar heat of vaporization | 100 kJ/mol | 255 kJ/mol | 800 kJ/mol specific heat at STP | 230 J/(kg K) | 235 J/(kg K) | 132 J/(kg K) (properties at standard conditions)

| cadmium | silver | tungsten density | 8.65 g/cm^3 | 10.49 g/cm^3 | 19.25 g/cm^3 liquid density | 7.996 g/cm^3 | 9.32 g/cm^3 | 17.6 g/cm^3 molar volume | 13 cm^3/mol | 10.283 cm^3/mol | 9.55 cm^3/mol Mohs hardness | 2 (≈ gypsum) | 2.5 (between gypsum and calcite) | 7.5 (between quartz and topaz) Vickers hardness | | 251 MPa | 3430 MPa Brinell hardness | 203 MPa | 24.5 MPa | 2570 MPa bulk modulus | 42 GPa | 100 GPa | 310 GPa shear modulus | 19 GPa | 30 GPa | 161 GPa Young's modulus | 50 GPa | 83 GPa | 411 GPa Poisson ratio | 0.3 | 0.37 | 0.28 tensile yield strength | | | 750 MPa ultimate tensile strength | 75 MPa | 140 MPa | 0.98 GPa sound speed | 2310 m/s | 2600 m/s | 5174 m/s thermal expansion | 3.08×10^-5 K^(-1) | 1.89×10^-5 K^(-1) | 4.5×10^-6 K^(-1) thermal conductivity | 97 W/(m K) | 430 W/(m K) | 170 W/(m K) (properties at standard conditions)

| cadmium | silver | tungsten electrical type | conductor | conductor | conductor resistivity | 7×10^-8 Ω m (ohm meters) | 1.6×10^-8 Ω m (ohm meters) | 5×10^-8 Ω m (ohm meters) electrical conductivity | 1.4×10^7 S/m (siemens per meter) | 6.2×10^7 S/m (siemens per meter) | 2×10^7 S/m (siemens per meter) magnetic type | diamagnetic | diamagnetic | paramagnetic volume magnetic susceptibility | -1.99×10^-5 | -2.38×10^-5 | 8.84×10^-5 mass magnetic susceptibility | -2.3×10^-9 m^3/kg (cubic meters per kilogram) | -2.27×10^-9 m^3/kg (cubic meters per kilogram) | 4.59×10^-9 m^3/kg (cubic meters per kilogram) molar magnetic susceptibility | -2.59×10^-10 m^3/mol (cubic meters per mole) | -2.45×10^-10 m^3/mol (cubic meters per mole) | 8.44×10^-10 m^3/mol (cubic meters per mole) work function | 4.08 eV (Polycrystalline) | (4.52 to 4.74) eV | (4.32 to 5.22) eV threshold frequency | 9.865×10^14 Hz (hertz) | (1.093×10^15 to 1.146×10^15) Hz (hertz) | (1.045×10^15 to 1.262×10^15) Hz (hertz) superconducting point | 0.517 K (kelvins) | | 0.015 K (kelvins) color | (silver) | (silver) | (gray)

| cadmium | silver | tungsten valence | 2 | 1 | 6 electronegativity | 1.69 | 1.93 | 2.36 electron affinity | 0 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 125.6 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 78.6 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) first ionization energy | 867.8 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 731 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 770 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) ionization energies | 867.8 kJ/mol | 1631.4 kJ/mol | 3616 kJ/mol | 731 kJ/mol | 2070 kJ/mol | 3361 kJ/mol | 770 kJ/mol | 1700 kJ/mol

Reactivity

| cadmium | silver | tungsten term symbol | ^1S_0 | ^2S_(1/2) | ^5D_0 atomic radius | 155 pm | 160 pm | 135 pm covalent radius | 144 pm | 145 pm | 162 pm van der Waals radius | 158 pm | 172 pm | (electronic ground state properties)

| cadmium | silver | tungsten universe abundance | 2×10^-7 mass% | 6×10^-8 mass% | 5×10^-8 mass% solar abundance | 6×10^-7 mass% | 1×10^-7 mass% | 4×10^-7 mass% meteorite abundance | 4.4×10^-5 mass% | 1.4×10^-5 mass% | 1.2×10^-5 mass% crust abundance | 1.5×10^-5 mass% | 7.9×10^-6 mass% | 1.1×10^-4 mass% ocean abundance | 5×10^-9 mass% | 1×10^-8 mass% | 1.2×10^-8 mass% human abundance | 7×10^-5 mass% | | universe molar abundance | 2×10^-9 mol% | 7×10^-10 mol% | 3×10^-10 mol% solar molar abundance | 7×10^-9 mol% | 9.9×10^-10 mol% | 3×10^-9 mol% meteorite molar abundance | 6×10^-6 mol% | 2×10^-6 mol% | 1×10^-6 mol% ocean molar abundance | 2.8×10^-10 mol% | 5.7×10^-10 mol% | 4×10^-10 mol% crust molar abundance | 3×10^-6 mol% | 2×10^-6 mol% | 1.2×10^-5 mol% human molar abundance | 3.9×10^-6 mol% | |