All about Cerium: Properties, Color, Uses and more... 2022

Welcome to my Cerium element data sheet page.

On this page I'll provide comprehensive data for Cerium. I hope you profit from it.

Cerium Overview

Name Origin

Named after the asteroid, Ceres, discovered two years before the element.

Symbol

Ce (Cerium)

Description

Malleable, ductile, iron-gray metal.

Discovery

Discovered By: W. von Hisinger, J. Berzelius, M. Klaproth
Year: 1803
Location: Sweden/Germany

Sources

Most abundant rare earth metal. Found in many minerals like monazite sand [Ce(PO4)].

Uses

Its oxides are used in the optics and glass-making industries. Its salts are used in the photography and textile industry. Used in high-intensity carbon lamps and as alloying agents in special metals.

State at 20 °C

Solid

Group

Group Name: Rare Earth 
Group in periodic table: 0
Period in periodic table: 6

Atomic Number

58

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Atomic Mass

140,115

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Stable Isotopes

Ce136 percent abundance: .185% Ce138 percent abundance: .251% Ce140 percent abundance: 88.45% Ce142 percent abundance: 11.114%

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Radioactive Isotopes

Ce134-135, Ce137, Ce139, Ce141, Ce143-144

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Atomic Structure

Crystalline Structure

Cubic: Face centered

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Shells

Electrons per energy level: 2,8,18,20,8,2

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Electron Configuration

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4 s2 3 d10 4 p6 5 s2 4 d10 5 p6 6 s2 5 d1 4 f1

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Abbreviated Configuration

[Xe] 4f1 5d1 6s2

Valence Electrons

3,4

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Atom Size

Atomic Radius

2.70 Ã…

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Covalent Radius

1.65 Ã…

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Ionic Radius

1.14 (+3) Ã…

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Molar Volume

20.67 cm³/mol

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Chemical Properties

Electronegativity

1,12

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Electron Affinity

50 kilojoules per mole

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Common Oxidation States

(3),4

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First Ionization Energy

534.4 kilojoules per mole

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First Ionization Potential

5.5387 V

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Second Ionization Potential

10.851 V

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Third Ionization Potential

20.20 V

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Physical Properties

Density

6.78 g/cm³

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Electrical Conductivity

0.0115 10^6/cm ohm

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Thermal Conductivity

0.114 W/cmK

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Elastic Modulus

30 10³ MPa

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Coefficient of Thermal Expansion

5.2 10^-6 K^-1

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Heat Properties

Other heat related physical properties:

Melting Point

798°C ±3°C

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Boiling Point

3433°C

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Specific Heat

0.19 J/gK

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Heat of Fusion

5.460 kJ/mol

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Heat of Vaporization

414.0 kJ/mol

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