Copper Element (Periodic Table)

Copper (Cu) is a chemical element of the periodic table, located in the group 11 and the period 4, and is having the atomic number 29. It is a soft, ductile and malleable, reddish-orange transition metal, which is named after Cyprus, principal mining place in the Roman era.

group

period

1
H

2
He

3
Li

4
Be

5
B

6
C

7
N

8
O

9
F

10
Ne

11
Na

12
Mg

13
Al

14
Si

15
P

16
S

17
Cl

18
Ar

19
K

20
Ca

21
Sc

22
Ti

23
V

24
Cr

25
Mn

26
Fe

27
Co

28
Ni

29
Cu

30
Zn

31
Ga

32
Ge

33
As

34
Se

35
Br

36
Kr

37
Rb

38
Sr

39
Y

40
Zr

41
Nb

42
Mo

43
Tc

44
Ru

45
Rh

46
Pd

47
Ag

48
Cd

49
In

50
Sn

51
Sb

52
Te

53
I

54
Xe

55
Cs

56
Ba

72
Hf

73
Ta

74
W

75
Re

76
Os

77
Ir

78
Pt

79
Au

80
Hg

81
Tl

82
Pb

83
Bi

84
Po

85
At

86
Rn

87
Fr

88
Ra

104
Rf

105
Db

106
Sg

107
Bh

108
Hs

109
Mt

110
Ds

111
Rg

112
Cn

113
Nh

114
Fl

115
Mc

116
Lv

117
Ts

118
Og

57
La

58
Ce

59
Pr

60
Nd

61
Pm

62
Sm

63
Eu

64
Gd

65
Tb

66
Dy

67
Ho

68
Er

69
Tm

70
Yb

71
Lu

89
Ac

90
Th

91
Pa

92
U

93
Np

94
Pu

95
Am

96
Cm

97
Bk

98
Cf

99
Es

100
Fm

101
Md

102
No

103
Lr

– d block

FAQs on Copper Element

Copper
‣ What does copper look like? Appearance: red-orange metallic luster
‣ When was copper discovered and by whom? Discovery: Middle East (9000 BC)
‣ Where is copper located on the periodic table? Location: Copper is found in the eleventh column of the periodic table, next to the nickel element.
‣ What is the atomic number of copper? Atomic number (Z): 29
‣ What is the chemical symbol for copper? Symbol: Cu
‣ What is the atomic weight of copper? Standard atomic weight: 63.546
‣ What block is copper in the periodic table? Block: d-block
‣ What group does copper belong to on the periodic table? Group: 11
‣ What period is copper in on the periodic table? Period: 4
‣ What is the atomic radius of copper? Atomic radius: empirical: 128 pm
‣ Copper covalent radius: 132±4 pm
‣ Copper Van der Waals radius: 140 pm
‣ What is copper’s melting point? Melting point: 1357.77 K (1084.62 °C, 1984.32 °F)
‣ What is copper’s boiling point? Boiling point: 2835 K (2562 °C, 4643 °F)
‣ How many electron shells does copper have? Electrons per shell: 2, 8, 18, 1
‣ What is copper electron configuration? Electron configuration: [Ar] 3d¹⁰ 4s¹
‣ What is the ionization energy of copper? Ionization energies: 1st: 745.5 kJ/mol 2nd: 19597.9 kJ/mol 3rd: 3555 kJ/mol
‣ What phase is copper normally found in? Phase (at r.t): solid
‣ What is copper’s density? Density (near r.t): 8.96 g/cm³ when liquid (at m.p): 8.02 g/cm³
‣ Copper magnetic ordering: diamagnetic
‣ Copper natural occurrence: primordial
‣ What is the oxidation state of copper? Oxidation state: -2, 0, +1, +2, +3, +4
‣ What is the electronegativity of copper? Electronegativity: Pauling scale: 1.90
‣ Copper poisson’s ratio: 0.34
‣ Copper heat of fusion: 13.26 kJ/mol
‣ Copper heat of vaporization: 300.4 kJ/mol
‣ Copper molar heat capacity: 24.440 J/(mol K)
‣ Copper molar magnetic susceptibility: -5.46 × 10^-6 cm³/mol
‣ Speed of sound in copper: (annealed) 3810 m/s (at r.t)
‣ What is copper crystal structure? Crystal structure: face-centered cubic (fcc)
‣ Thermal expansion of copper: 16.5 µm/(m.K) (at 25 °C)
‣ Thermal conductivity of copper: 401 W/(m.K)
‣ Copper electrical resistivity: 16.78 nΩ.m (at 20 °C)
‣ What is copper hardness? Mohs hardness: 3.0 Vickers hardness: 343-369 MPa Brinell hardness: 235-878 MPa
‣ Young’s modulus of copper: 110-128 GPa
‣ Shear modulus of copper: 48 GPa
‣ Bulk modulus of copper: 140 GPa
‣ Copper CAS number: 7440-50-8

‣ Copper vapor pressure

Vapor pressure
P (Pa)	1	10	100	1 k	10 k	100 k
at T (K)	1509	1661	1850	2089	2404	2834

‣ How many isotopes does copper have?

Main isotopes of copper
Isotope	Abundance	Half-life (t_1/2)	Decay mode	Product
⁶³Cu	69.15 %		stable
⁶⁴Cu	syn	12.70 h	ε β^–	⁶⁴Ni ⁶⁴Zn
⁶⁵Cu	30.85 %		stable
⁶⁷Cu	syn	61.83 h	β^–	⁶⁷Zn

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