Updated September, 2014
Note: Specific Gravity is expressed in kilograms per liter except for gases which are stated in grams per liter.
Atomic | Atomic | Spec | Melting | Boiling | # of | Year of | |||
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Element | Sym | Numb | Mass | Grav | Point℃ | Point℃ | Iso | Discovery | Discoverer(s) |
Actinium | Ac | 89 | 227.20 | 10.07 | 1,050 | 3,200 | 11 | 1899 | Debierne |
Aluminum | Al | 13 | 26.98 | 2.70 | 660.4 | 2,467 | 8 | 1827 | Wöhler |
Americium | Am | 95 | 243.00 | 13.67 | 994.0 | 2,607 | 13 | 1944 | Seaborg et al |
Antimony | Sb | 51 | 121.75 | 6.61 | 630.7 | 1,750 | 29 | Early historic times | |
Argon | Ar | 18 | 39.95 | 1.78 | -189.2 | -186 | 8 | 1894 | Rayleigh and Ramsay |
Arsenic | As | 33 | 74.92 | 5.73 | 817.0 | 613 | 14 | 1250 | Albertus Magnus |
Astatine | At | 85 | 210.00 | —- | 302.0 | 337 | 21 | 1940 | Corson et al |
Barium | Ba | 56 | 137.34 | 3.50 | 725.0 | 1,640 | 25 | 1808 | Davy |
Berkelium | Bk | 97 | 247.00 | 14 | 986.0 | 8 | 1949 | Seaborg et al | |
Berylium | Be | 4 | 9.01 | 1.85 | 1,278 | 2,970 | 6 | 1798 | Vauquelin |
Bismuth | Bi | 83 | 208.98 | 9.75 | 271.3 | 560 | 19 | 1753 | Geoffroy |
Bohrium | Bh | 107 | 1981 | GSI Helmholtz Ctr Heavy Ion Res | |||||
Boron | B | 5 | 10.81 | 2.37 | 2,300 | 2,550 | 6 | 1808 | Gay-Lussac&Thénard; Davy |
Bromine | Br | 35 | 79.90 | 3.12 | -7.2 | 59 | 19 | 1826 | Balard |
Cadmium | Cd | 48 | 112.40 | 8.65 | 320.9 | 765 | 22 | 1817 | Stromeyer |
Calcium | Ca | 20 | 40.08 | 1.55 | 839.0 | 1,484 | 14 | 1808 | Davy |
Californium | Cf | 98 | 251.00 | 12 | 1950 | Seaborg et al | |||
Carbon | C | 6 | 12.01 | 1.83 | 3,550 | 4,827 | 7 | Prehistoric | |
Cerium | Ce | 58 | 140.12 | 6.77 | 798.0 | 3,257 | 19 | 1803 | Berzelius&Hisinger;Klaproth |
Cesium | Cs | 55 | 132.91 | 1.87 | 28.4 | 678 | 22 | 1860 | Bunsen and Kirchoff |
Chlorine | Cl | 17 | 35.45 | 1.56 | -101.0 | -35 | 11 | 1774 | Scheele |
Chromium | Cr | 24 | 52.00 | 7.18 | 1,857 | 2,672 | 9 | 1797 | Vauquelin |
Cobalt | Co | 27 | 58.93 | 8.90 | 1,495 | 2,870 | 14 | 1735 | Brandt |
Copernicium | Cn | 112 | 1981 | GSI Helmholtz Ctr Heavy Ion Res | |||||
Copper | Cu | 29 | 63.55 | 8.96 | 1,083.4 | 2,567 | 11 | Prehistoric | |
Curium | Cm | 96 | 247.00 | 13.51 | 1,340 | 13 | 1944 | Seaborg et al | |
Darmstadtium | Ds | 110 | 1994 | GSI Helmholtz Ctr Heavy Ion Res | |||||
Dubnium | Db | 105 | 1968 | Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research | |||||
Dysprosium | Dy | 66 | 162.50 | 8.54 | 1,409 | 2,335 | 21 | 1886 | Boisbaudran |
Einsteinium | Es | 99 | 254.00 | 12 | 1952 | Ghiorso et al | |||
Erbium | Er | 68 | 167.26 | 9.05 | 1,522 | 2,510 | 16 | 1843 | Mosander |
Europium | Eu | 63 | 151.96 | 5.28 | 822.0 | 1,597 | 21 | 1896 | Demarcay |
Fermium | Fm | 100 | 257.00 | 6.00 | 10 | 1953 | Ghiorso et al | ||
Flerovium | Fl | 114 | 1999 | Joint Inst & Lawrence Livermore | |||||
Fluorine | F | 9 | 19.00 | 1.11 | -219.6 | -188 | 6 | 1886 | Moissan |
Francium | Fr | 87 | 223.00 | 27.0 | 677 | 21 | 1938 | Perey | |
Gadolinium | Gd | 64 | 157.25 | 7.90 | 1,311 | 3,233 | 17 | 1880 | Marignac |
Gallium | Ga | 31 | 69.72 | 5.90 | 29.8 | 2,403 | 14 | 1875 | Boisbaudran |
Germanium | Ge | 32 | 72.59 | 5.32 | 937.4 | 2,830 | 17 | 1886 | Winkler |
Gold | Au | 79 | 196.97 | 19.32 | 1,064.4 | 2,807 | 21 | Prehistoric | |
Hafnium | Hf | 72 | 178.49 | 13.31 | 2,227 | 4,602 | 17 | 1923 | Coster and von Hevesy |
Hassium | Hs | 108 | 1984 | GSI Helmholtz Ctr Heavy Ion Res | |||||
Helium | He | 2 | 4.00 | 0.18 | -272.2 | -269 | 1868 | Janssen | |
Holmium | Ho | 67 | 164.93 | 8.78 | 1,470 | 2,720 | 29 | 1878 | Delafontaine and Soret |
Hydrogen | H | 1 | 1.01 | 0.07 | -259.1 | -253 | 3 | 1766 | Cavendish |
Indium | In | 49 | 4.82 | 7.31 | 156.6 | 2,080 | 34 | 1863 | Reich and Richter |
Iodine | I | 53 | 6.90 | 4.93 | 113.5 | 184 | 24 | 1811 | Cortois |
Iridium | Ir | 77 | 192.22 | 22.42 | 2,410 | 4,130 | 25 | 1803 | Tennant |
Iron | Fe | 26 | 55.85 | 7.89 | 1,535 | 2,750 | 10 | Prehistoric | |
Krypton | Kr | 36 | 83.80 | 3.73 | -156.6 | -152 | 23 | 1898 | Ramsay and Travers |
Lanthanum | La | 57 | 138.91 | 6.17 | 920.0 | 3,454 | 19 | 1839 | Mosander |
Lawrenceium | Lr | 103 | 262.00 | 20 | 1961 | Ghiorso et al | |||
Lead | Pb | 82 | 207.20 | 11.35 | 327.5 | 1,740 | 29 | Prehistoric | |
Lithium | Li | 3 | 6.94 | 0.53 | 180.5 | 1,347 | 0 | 1817 | Arfvedson |
Livermorium | Lv | 116 | 2000 | Joint Inst & Lawrence Livermore | |||||
Lutetium | Lu | 71 | 174.97 | 9.84 | 1,656 | 3,315 | 22 | 1907 | Urbain |
Magnesium | Mg | 12 | 24.31 | 1.74 | 648.8 | 1,090 | 8 | 1755 | Black |
Manganese | Mn | 25 | 54.94 | 7.21 | 1,244 | 1,962 | 11 | 1774 | Gahn, Scheele, and Bergman |
Meitnerium | Mt | 109 | 2000 | GSI Helmholtz Ctr Heavy Ion Res | |||||
Mendelevium | Md | 101 | 256.00 | 3 | 1955 | Ghiorso et al | |||
Mercury | Hg | 80 | 200.59 | 13.55 | -38.9 | 357 | 26 | Prehistoric | |
Molybdenum | Mo | 42 | 95.94 | 10.22 | 2,617 | 4,612 | 20 | 1778 | Scheele |
Neodymium | Nd | 60 | 144.24 | 6.80 | 1,010 | 3,127 | 16 | 1885 | von Welsbach |
Neon | Ne | 10 | 20.00 | 0.18 | -248.7 | -246 | 8 | 1898 | Ramsay and Travers |
Neptunium | Np | 93 | 237.00 | 20.25 | 15 | 1940 | McMillan and Abelson | ||
Nickel | Ni | 28 | 58.71 | 8.90 | 1,453 | 2,732 | 11 | 1751 | Cronstedt |
Niobium | Nb | 41 | 92.91 | 8.57 | 2,468 | 4,742 | 24 | 1801 | Hatchett |
Nitrogen | N | 7 | 14.01 | 0.81 | -209.9 | -196 | 8 | 1772 | Rutherford |
Nobelium | No | 102 | 254.00 | 7 | 1957 | Ghiorso et al | |||
Oganesson | Og | 118 | |||||||
Osmium | Os | 76 | 190.20 | 22.57 | 3,045 | 5,027 | 19 | 1803 | Tennant |
Oxygen | O | 8 | 16.00 | 0.14 | -218.4 | -183 | 8 | 1774 | Preistley |
Palladium | Pd | 46 | 106.40 | 12.02 | 1,552 | 3,140 | 21 | 1803 | Wollaston |
Phosphorous | P | 15 | 30.97 | 1.82 | 44.1 | 280 | 7 | 1669 | Brand |
Platinum | Pt | 78 | 195.09 | 21.45 | 1,772 | 3,827 | 32 | 1735 | Ulloa |
Plutonium | Pu | 94 | 244.00 | 19.84 | 641.0 | 3,232 | 16 | 1940 | Seaborg et al |
Polonium | Po | 84 | 210.00 | 9.32 | 254.0 | 962 | 34 | 1898 | Curie |
Potassium | K | 19 | 39.10 | 0.86 | 63.7 | 774 | 10 | 1807 | Davy |
Praseodymium | Pr | 59 | 140.91 | 6.77 | 931.0 | 3,212 | 15 | 1885 | von Weisbach |
Promethium | Pm | 61 | 145.00 | 1,080 | 2,460 | 14 | 1945 | Marinsky et al | |
Protactinium | Pa | 91 | 231.04 | 15.37 | 1,600 | 14 | 1917 | Hahn and Meitner | |
Radium | Ra | 88 | 226.03 | 5.00 | 700.0 | 1,140 | 15 | 1898 | P. and M. Curie |
Radon | Rn | 86 | 222.00 | -62 | 20 | 1900 | Dorn | ||
Rhenium | Re | 75 | 186.20 | 21.02 | 3,180 | 5,627 | 21 | 1925 | Noddack, Berg, and Tacke |
Rhodium | Rh | 45 | 102.91 | 12.41 | 1,966 | 3,727 | 20 | 1803 | Wollaston |
Roentgenium | Rg | 111 | 1994 | GSI Helmholtz Ctr Heavy Ion Res | |||||
Rubidium | Rb | 37 | 85.47 | 1.53 | 38.9 | 688 | 20 | 1861 | Bunsen and Kirchoff |
Rutherfordium | Rf | 104 | 261.00 | 1969 | Ghiorso et al | ||||
Ruthenium | Ru | 44 | 101.07 | 12.44 | 2,310 | 3,900 | 16 | 1844 | Klaus |
Samarium | Sm | 62 | 150.40 | 7.54 | 1,072 | 1,778 | 17 | 1879 | Boisbaudran |
Scandium | Sc | 21 | 44.96 | 2.99 | 1539 | 2832 | 15 | 1879 | Nilson |
Seaborgium | Sg | 106 | 263.00 | 1974 | Ghiorso et al | ||||
Selenium | Se | 34 | 78.96 | 4.79 | 217.0 | 685 | 20 | 1817 | Berzelius |
Silicon | Si | 14 | 28.09 | 2.33 | 1,410 | 2,355 | 8 | 1824 | Berzelius |
Silver | Ag | 47 | 107.87 | 10.5 | 961.9 | 2,212 | 27 | Prehistoric | |
Sodium | Na | 11 | 22.99 | 0.97 | 97.8 | 883 | 7 | 1807 | Davy |
Strontium | Sr | 38 | 87.62 | 2.54 | 769.0 | 1,384 | 18 | 1808 | Davy |
Sulfur | S | 16 | 32.06 | 2.07 | 112.8 | 445 | 10 | Prehistoric | |
Tantalum | Ta | 73 | 180.95 | 16.65 | 2,996 | 5,425 | 19 | 1801 | Ekeberg |
Technetium | Tc | 43 | 98.06 | 11.5 | 2,172 | 4,877 | 23 | 1937 | Perrier and Segré |
Tellurium | Te | 52 | 127.60 | 6.24 | 449.5 | 990 | 29 | 1782 | von Reichenstein |
Tennisine | Ts | 117 | |||||||
Terbium | Tb | 65 | 158.93 | 8.23 | 1,360 | 3,041 | 24 | 1843 | Mosander |
Thallium | Tl | 81 | 204.37 | 11.85 | 303.5 | 1,457 | 28 | 1861 | Crookes |
Thorium | Th | 90 | 232.04 | 11.72 | 1,750 | 4,790 | 12 | 1828 | Berzelius |
Thulium | Tm | 69 | 168.93 | 9.31 | 1,545 | 1,727 | 18 | 1879 | Cleve |
Tin | Sn | 50 | 118.69 | 7.31 | 232.0 | 2,270 | 28 | Prehistoric | |
Titanium | Ti | 22 | 47.90 | 4.55 | 1,660 | 3,287 | 9 | 1791 | Gregor |
Tungsten | W | 74 | 183.85 | 19.3 | 3,410 | 5,660 | 22 | 1783 | J. and F. d’Elhuyar |
Uranium | U | 92 | 238.03 | 18.95 | 1,132.3 | 3,818 | 15 | 1841 | Peligot |
Vanadium | V | 23 | 50.94 | 6.11 | 1,890 | 3,380 | 9 | 1801 | del Rio |
Xenon | Xe | 54 | 131.30 | 3.52 | -219.0 | 31 | 1898 | Ramsay and Travers | |
Ytterbium | Yb | 70 | 173.04 | 6.97 | 824.0 | 1,193 | 16 | 1878 | Marignac |
Yttrium | Y | 39 | 88.91 | 4.46 | 1,523 | 3,337 | 21 | 1794 | Gadolin |
Zinc | Zn | 30 | 65.38 | 7.13 | 419.6 | 907 | 15 | Prehistoric | |
Zirconium | Zr | 40 | 91.22 | 6.51 | 1,852 | 4,377 | 20 | 1789 | Klaproth |