Chemical element · Atomic number 25
Manganese (Mn)
Transition metals · Period 4 · Solid
Element identity
- Atomic number (Z)
- 25
- Symbol
- Mn
- Atomic weight / isotope mass number
- 54.938 043(2)
- Category
- Transition metals
- Physical state (reference)
- Solid
- Period
- 4
- Group (reference)
- 7
- Block
- d
Physical properties
- Appearance
- Silvery metallic
- Density
- 7.21 g·cm⁻³
- Melting point
- 1519 K / 1246 °C / 2275 °F
- Boiling point
- 2334 K / 2061 °C / 3742 °F
- Sublimation point
- Not available
Atomic and material properties
- Electron configuration
- [Ar] 3d⁵ 4s²
- Electrons per shell
- K2 L8 M13 N2
- Oxidation states
- 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, −1, −2, −3
- Electronegativity (Pauling)
- 1.55
- Atomic radius
- 161 pm
- Covalent radius
- Low spin: 139±5 pm High spin: 161±8 pm
- Molar ionization energies
- 1st: 717.3 kJ·mol⁻¹ 2nd: 1509.0 kJ·mol⁻¹ 3rd: 3248 kJ·mol⁻¹ 4th: 4940 kJ·mol⁻¹ 5th: 6990 kJ·mol⁻¹ 6th: 9220 kJ·mol⁻¹ 7th: 11,500 kJ·mol⁻¹ 8th: 18,770 kJ·mol⁻¹ 9th: 21,400 kJ·mol⁻¹ 10th: 23,960 kJ·mol⁻¹ 11th: 27,590 kJ·mol⁻¹ 12th: 30,330 kJ·mol⁻¹ 13th: 33,150 kJ·mol⁻¹ 14th: 38,880 kJ·mol⁻¹ 15th: 41,987 kJ·mol⁻¹ 16th: 109,480 kJ·mol⁻¹ 17th: 118,100 kJ·mol⁻¹ 18th: 127,100 kJ·mol⁻¹ 19th: 138,600 kJ·mol⁻¹ 20th: 148,500 kJ·mol⁻¹ 21st: 158,600 kJ·mol⁻¹ 22nd: 172,500 kJ·mol⁻¹ 23rd: 181,380 kJ·mol⁻¹ 24th: 785,450 kJ·mol⁻¹ 25th: 827,067 kJ·mol⁻¹
- Thermal conductivity
- 7.81 W·m⁻¹·K⁻¹
- Molar heat capacity
- 26.32 J·mol⁻¹·K⁻¹
- Crystal structure
- Body-centered cubic
- CAS number
- 7439-96-5
Property source: Wikipedia — Manganese, adapted from the Nuclides App snapshot. Quoted conditions and qualifiers are retained.
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