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Encyclopedia > WikiProject Elements

This WikiProject is aimed at facilitating the conversion of the current periodic table element articles to the agreed upon format discussed in Talk:WikiProject Elements.
For an example of what the new format will look like, please see Beryllium. For a clean copy of the template being used please see the bottom of this page.


Participants
User:maveric149, Bryan Derksen, fonzy, Bth, Dwmyers, Schneelocke, Bensaccount 16:26, 16 May 2004 (UTC)


Conversion Log (118 DONE; 0 LEFT)
Alkaline earth metals (done): Beryllium, Magnesium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium | Unbinilium
Alkali metals (done): Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium, Francium | Roentgenium
Halogens (done): Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine, Astatine | Ununseptium
Metalloids (done): Boron, Silicon, Germanium, Antimony, Arsenic, Tellurium, Polonium | Ununseptium, Ununoctium
True metals (done): Bismuth, Lead, Thallium, Indium, Tin, Gallium, Aluminium | Ununquadium, Ununpentium, Ununhexium
Noble gases (done): Radon, Xenon, Krypton, Argon, Neon, Helium | Ununoctium
Nonmetals (done): Carbon, Selenium, Oxygen, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Phosphorus
Transition metals (done): Molybdenum, Hafnium, Iron, Copper, Tantalum, Tungsten, Rhenium, Osmium, Iridium, Platinum, Gold, Mercury (element), Yttrium, Zirconium, Niobium, Technetium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium, Silver, Cadmium, Scandium, Titanium, Zinc, Vanadium, Cobalt, Nickel, Manganese, Chromium, Rutherfordium, Dubnium, Seaborgium, Bohrium, Hassium, Meitnerium, Darmstadtium, Roentgenium, Ununbium, Lutetium, Lawrencium
Lanthanides (done): Lanthanum, Cerium, Praseodymium, Neodymium, Promethium, Samarium, Europium, Gadolinium, Terbium, Dysprosium, Thulium, Erbium, Ytterbium, Holmium
Actinides (done): Actinium, Thorium, Protactinium, Uranium, Neptunium, Nobelium, Mendelevium, Fermium, Einsteinium, Plutonium, Californium, Berkelium, Curium, Americium

Contents

Other languages

Somebody has already translated one of these tables into Dutch at nl.wikipedia.com/wiki/Boor (http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki.cgi?Boor). I encourage this type of translation and when all the English versions of the element articles are done I plan on doing a find and replace on all of the tables (in one file) in order to quickly translate each table. Of course, at least one good translated table is needed before this is done for any particular language. Others are more than welcome to do this work before the English versions of the element articles are done, but be forwarned, plans are already being made for several significant changes to the tables and the template is evolving all the time.


Next Phase

The most significant thing being planned is the addition of a locator map image and a relative atomic size diagram similar to the one found at environmentalchemistry.com - Tin (http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/periodic/Sn.html). No part of the images will be in English so they will be usable for every language. All the current tables have been modified to allow for easy nav/map upgrade later. --mav


Image Documentation

NOTE: The font sizes below refer to the font sizes for the BIG version of each image. After that image is completed a copy of that image should be made at 250 pixels wide (this is the one that gets put into the articles).


The font type for the letting is in Helvetica (urw), medium


Font Sizes:

Element symbol: 56
Nucleons: 38

The element highlight box should be black, 2 pixels wide and within the element's box.


The images for the different crystal structures are at crystal structure and are already the right size for the large image.


Images of the different shell structures and blocks are already on each of the different period templates.


When done, downsize a copy of the 890 pixel wide BIG image to be 250 pixels wide (don't forget to remove the extra dash and the word "BIG" from the file name). Upload both versions and provide a link to the BIG or "source" version of each image on the smaller image's image page.


Here is the full-sized master image template. An example of a smaller version in action can be found at Lithium.
media:Perio Table.png


Templates for each period

NOTE: To make a new source file for a particular element simply place the element's symbol before the first dash and remove the third dash, the word "Period" and the period number. Then remove the second dash and the word "BIG" for the name of the 250 pixel wide final image.

media:-TableImage-BIG-Period8.png (for elements Uue and Ubn, no shell structure on image)

You may also notice a single black dot near where the element's symbol is supposed to go. That dot is the top left corner of an imaginery box where the image symbol should be in.


Temporary page header template


''This is a temporary page created for the sole purpose of converting the current [[_]] article over to the new format agreed upon in [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Elements/Archive 1]]. When this process is complete the content in this page will be moved to the main article and any relevant edits made to that version will be incorporated into this version (this page will then be deleted from the database). For an example of what this article will look like when complete, please visit [[Beryllium]], for a clean copy of the template used here please visit [[WikiProject Elements]]. See also [[periodic table]] to view the color scheme.''


Color scheme
Table headings will all have fill colors that match the fill colors used for that elements chemical series in the periodic table.


Rationale for colors of the New Table
Alkali metals #FF6666 Very reactive and therefore dangerous = red.
Alkaline earths #FFDEAD Nice earthy color = easy to remember.
Lanthanides #ffbfff Suggestions? The current color was chosen arbitrarily.
Actinides #ff99cc Suggestions? The current color was chosen arbitrarily.
Transition metals #ffc0c0 Another shade of gray (or even silver) would work here. But that would make to table a bit drab and the colors of the metals and transitions metals too similar. I am up for suggestions. Does any other common property of the transition metals have a color associated?
Metals #cccccc True metals are closest in color to gray.
Semimetals #cccc99 Intermediate color between above and below.
Nonmetals #a0ffa0 Elements most essential to life. Most life on Earth (measured by biomass) is photosynthetic and chlorophyll is green.
Halogens #ffff99 Fluorine gas is yellowish as are many precipitates of halogens.
Noble gases #c0ffff Non-reacative for practical purposes. Cyan is soft and soothing (it is also the opposite of red).
The factual accuracy of this article is disputed.
Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page.

Data acquisition guide for filling in the table templates.
These instructions assume you have made active the links at the bottom of the template and are using those links to gather data.


General

Series, Period, Block

  • WebElements.com -- click on "Key data; description" on side panel

Density

  • WebElements.com -- click on "Density"

Hardness (Mohs)

  • EnvironmentalChemistry.com -- 2/3 down "Physical Properties"

Appearance

  • WebElements.com -- click on "Key data; description" on side panel

Atomic

Atomic weight

  • WebElements.com -- click on "Key data; description" on side panel

Atomic, Covalent, van der Waals radii

  • WebElements.com -- click on "Van der Waals radius"

Electron configuration & e- 's per energy level

  • WebElements.com -- click on "Electron configuration"

Oxidation states

Crystal structure

  • EnvironmentalChemistry.com -- 1/4 through "Atomic Structure"

Physical

State of matter at STP

  • WebElements.com -- click on "Key data; description" on side panel

Melting and Boiling point at SP

  • WebElements.com -- click on "Boiling point"

Molar volume

  • WebElements.com -- click on "Molar Volume"

Heat of vaporization

Heat of fusion

Vapor pressure

  • EnvironmentalChemistry.com -- at the end of "Physical Properties"
    • add 273 to the Celsius temperature to get Kelvin.

Velocity of Sound

  • WebElements.com -- click on "Velocity of sound"

Miscellaneous

Electronegativity

  • EnvironmentalChemistry.com -- third entry under "Chemicl Properties".

Specific heat capacity

  • EnvironmentalChemistry.com -- second to last in "Physical Properties"
multiply numeric value by 1000

Electrical conductivity and Thermal conductivity

  • EnvironmentalChemistry.com -- 1/5 down "Physical Properties"
multiply each numeric value by 100

ionization potentials

  • WebElements.com -- click on "Ionization energies"

Isotopic

  • EnvironmentalChemistry.com -- click on the link at the bottom of the page going to "Nuclides" (Under "Part Two")
Choose all the stable forms and only the most stable isotopes -- Please don't include any isotopes with half-lifes less than a week

TALK PAGE TEMPLATE

This isn't that important, but it is nice to have. NOTE: Not all the listed sources are usable for each element. Leave out the ones that do not apply.


Article changed over to new [[WikiProject Elements]] format by {insert users who significantly contributed here}
=== Information Sources ===
Some of the text in this entry was rewritten from [http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/{element #}.html Los Alamos National Laboratory - _]. Additional text was taken directly from [http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/{element name, lowercase)/ USGS _ Statistics and Information], [http://wwwrcamnl.wr.usgs.gov/isoig/period/{element symbol, lowercase}_iig.html USGS Periodic Table - _], from the Elements database 20001107 (via [http://www.dict.org dict.org]), Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (via [http://www.dict.org dict.org]) and WordNet (r) 1.7 (via [http://www.dict.org dict.org]). Data for the table were obtained from the sources listed on the subject page and [[WikiProject Elements]] but were reformatted and converted into [[SI]] units.
------
=== Talk ===
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MAIN TEMPLATE

To make the links at the bottom of this template active the underscore within the links needs to be replaced. For Los Alamos National Lab replace the URL _ with the atomic number. For the USGS page replace the URL _ with the element's name (lowercased). For the other two links replace the _ with the element's symbol.


This is a temporary page created for the sole purpose of converting the current [[_]] article over to the new format agreed upon in Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Elements/Archive 1. When this process is complete the content in this page will be moved to the main article and any relevant edits made to that version will be incorporated into this version (this page will then be deleted from the database). For an example of what this article will look like when complete, please visit Beryllium, for a clean copy of the template used here please visit WikiProject Elements. See also periodic table to view the color scheme.


elementNAMEleft - elementNAME - elementNAMEright
elementSYMBOLabove
elementSYMBOL
elementSYMBOLbelow  
 
 
Missing image
ElementSYMBOL-TableImage.png
Image:elementSYMBOL-TableImage.png

General
Name, Symbol, Number __, __, __
Chemical series Lanthanides
Group, Period, Block _ , 6 , _
Appearance __
Atomic properties
Atomic weight __ amu
Atomic radius (calc.) __ (_) pm
Covalent radius __ pm
van der Waals radius __ pm
Electron configuration [[[__|_]]]___
e- 's per energy level _, _
Oxidation states (Oxide) _ (__)
Physical properties
Density __(__)kg/m3
State of matter __
Melting point __ K (__ °F)
Boiling point __ K (__ °F)
Crystal structure __
Hardness __(__)
Magnetic ordering PM/DM/FM/AFM/SDW/etc.
Molar volume __ ×10-6 m3/mol
Heat of vaporization __ kJ/mol
Heat of fusion __ kJ/mol
Vapor pressure __ Pa at __ K
Velocity of sound __ m/s at 293.15 K
Miscellaneous
Electronegativity __ (Pauling scale)
Specific heat capacity __ J/(kg*K)
Electrical conductivity __ 106/m ohm
Thermal conductivity __ W/(m*K)
1st ionization potential __ kJ/mol
2nd ionization potential __ kJ/mol
3rd ionization potential __ kJ/mol
4th ionization potential __ kJ/mol
Most stable isotopes
iso NA half-life DM DE MeV DP
___ {syn.} {HL} {DM} {DE} _[[__|_]]
___ {syn.} {HL} {DM} {DE} _[[__|_]]
___ __% __ is stable with __ neutrons
___ __% __ is stable with __ neutrons
SI units & STP are used except where noted.

__ is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol __ and atomic number __.


Notable characteristics

Applications

History

Biological role

{Depending on the element, this section may be placed here, after Occurrence or after Compounds or not anywhere for elements that have no biological role}


Occurrence

Compounds

Isotopes

Naturally occurring _ is composed of _ stable isotopes, _-_, _-_, and _-_, with _-_ being the most abundant (_% natural abundance). _ radioisotopes have been characterized, with the most {abundant and/or stable} being _-_ with a half-life of _, _-_ with a half-life of _, and _-_ with a half-life of _. All of the remaining radioactive isotopes have half-lifes that are less than _, and the majority of these have half lifes that are less than _. This element also has _ meta states, with the most stable being _m-_ (t½ _), _m-_ (t½ _) and _m-_ (t½ _).


The isotopes of _ range in atomic weight from _ amu (_-_) to _ amu (_-_). The primary decay mode before the most abundant stable isotope, _-_, is [[{name of decay mode}]], and the primary mode after is [[{name of decay mode}]]. The primary decay products before _-_ are element _ ([[ {element name} ]]) isotopes, and the primary products after are element _ ([[ {element name} ]]) isotopes.


Precautions

__


References

External links

External links used only for conversion (please delete before pasting into main article)

  1. number}.html Los Alamos National Laboratory - _ (http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/{atomic)
  2. name, lowercase}/ USGS _ Statistics and Information (http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/{element)
  3. http://dict.org (input the name of the element)
  4. symbol, lowercase}_iig.html USGS Periodic Table - _ (http://wwwrcamnl.wr.usgs.gov/isoig/period/{element)

Notes

  1. Even though this text was paid for by CA State and US Federal tax dollars, it may be covered by a semi-proprietary license held by the UC Regents and therefore needs to be rewritten so that it passes the Google test (specifically they don't allow for commercial redistribution without permission which is not compatible with our license). The UC Regents claims copyright on most texts at LANL and the 3 emails I sent to them requesting the status of the perio text were never answered. In addition, the LANL periodic table hasn't been touched since 1997 but it has won several awards. --mav
  2. This is public domain material and can be copied verbatim but it isn't available for every element. The text may also be under a different name. They sometimes combine entries, such as iron and steel. If nothing comes up, then look for the element at http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/ .
  3. These databases are covered by more or less public domain licenses. The main thing that is asked for is some attribution (which isn't mandatory but would be nice to have on talk pages). This material is useful when creating the definition/introduction paragraphs.
  4. This is public domain isotope info and can be copied verbatim but it is very technical and usually only the first paragraph or two are useable at all (the focus of the USGS period table is hydrology and we needn't fill our period table with material that is that specialized). Not all elements are included in this source. Several months ago I ported over all the elements that they then had. Since then, however, they seem to have either added more elements to their database or I somehow missed some. --mav

Template for short-lived synthetic elements


This is a temporary page created for the sole purpose of converting the current [[_]] article over to the new format agreed upon in Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Elements/Archive 1. When this process is complete the content in this page will be moved to the main article and any relevant edits made to that version will be incorporated into this version (this page will then be deleted from the database). For an example of what this article will look like when complete, please visit Rutherfordium, for a clean copy of the template used here please visit WikiProject Elements. See also periodic table to view the color scheme.


elementNAMEleft - elementNAME - elementNAMEright
elementSYMBOLabove
elementSYMBOL
elementSYMBOLbelow  
 
 
Missing image
ElementSYMBOL-TableImage.png
Image:elementSYMBOL-TableImage.png

Known properties
Name, Symbol, Number _, _, _
Chemical series Actinides
Period, Block 7 , f
Appearance unknown; probably metallic,
silvery white or gray
Atomic weight [_] amu
Electron configuration probably [Rn] _
e- 's per energy level _,_
State of matter Presumably a solid
Most stable isotopes
iso NA half-life DM DE MeV DP
___ {syn.} {HL} {DM} {DE} _[[__|_]]
___ {syn.} {HL} {DM} {DE} _[[__|_]]

__ is a synthetic element in the periodic table that has the symbol __ and atomic number __.


Notable characteristics

History

Isotopes

_ radioisotopes of _ have been characterized, with the most stable being _-_ with a half-life of _, _-_ with a half-life of _, and _-_ with a half-life of _. All of the remaining radioactive isotopes have half-lifes that are less than _, and the majority of these have half lifes that are less than _. This element also has _ meta states, with the most stable being _m-_ (t½ _), _m-_ (t½ _) and _m-_ (t½ _).


The isotopes of _ range in atomic weight from _ amu (_-_) to _ amu (_-_). The primary decay mode before the most stable isotope, _-_, is [[{name of decay mode}]], and the primary mode after is [[{name of decay mode}]]. The primary decay products before _-_ are element _ ([[ {element name} ]]) isotopes, and the primary products after are element _ ([[ {element name} ]]) isotopes.


References

External links

External links used only for conversion (please delete before pasting into main article)

  1. number}.html Los Alamos National Laboratory - _ (http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/{atomic)
  2. name, lowercase}/ USGS _ Statistics and Information (http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/{element)
  3. http://dict.org (input the name of the element)
  4. symbol, lowercase}_iig.html USGS Periodic Table - _ (http://wwwrcamnl.wr.usgs.gov/isoig/period/{element)

Notes

  1. Even though this text was paid for by CA State and US Federal tax dollars, it may be covered by a semi-proprietary license held by the UC Regents and therefore needs to be rewritten so that it passes the Google test (specifically they don't allow for commercial redistribution without permission which is not compatible with our license). The UC Regents claims copyright on most texts at LANL and the 3 emails I sent to them requesting the status of the perio text were never answered. In addition, the LANL periodic table hasn't been touched since 1997 but it has won several awards. --mav
  2. This is public domain material and can be copied verbatim but it isn't available for every element. The text may also be under a different name. They sometimes combine entries, such as iron and steel. If nothing comes up, then look for the element at http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/ .
  3. These databases are covered by more or less public domain licenses. The main thing that is asked for is some attribution (which isn't mandatory but would be nice to have on talk pages). This material is useful when creating the definition/introduction paragraphs.
  4. This is public domain isotope info and can be copied verbatim but it is very technical and usually only the first paragraph or two are useable at all (the focus of the USGS perio table is hydrology and we needn't fill our perio table with material that is that specialized). Not all elements are included in this source. Several months ago I ported over all the elements that they then had. Since then, however, they seem to have either added more elements to their database or I somehow missed some. --mav

  Results from FactBites:
 
Wikipedia:WikiProject Elements - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1770 words)
__ is a synthetic element in the periodic table that has the symbol __ and atomic number __.
Their text color is fl for elements that are solid at ambient conditions, blue for liquids, and green for gases.
The font type for the lettering is Helvetica (urw), medium, with unscaled font sizes for the element symbol of 56 and the nucleons of 38, respectively.
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