Color & appearance

How the elemental substance looks at room conditions: color, luster, transparency. Allotrope forms can differ.

Completitud de datos Aspecto 118 de 118Fase en CNPT 111 de 118

Mostrando 118 de 118 elementos

	Símbolo	Nombre
1	H	Hydrogen	Pure hydrogen at room temperature is a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas.	Gas
2	He	Helium	Pure helium is a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas at ordinary temperature and pressure.	Gas
3	Li	Lithium	Pure lithium is a soft, silvery-white metal when freshly cut.	Sólido
4	Be	Beryllium	Pure beryllium is a hard, brittle, steel-gray metal with a metallic luster.	Sólido
5	B	Boron	Pure boron is usually encountered as a dark brown to black, hard, brittle solid with a semiconducting character.	Sólido
6	C	Carbon	Pure carbon has several allotropes.	Sólido
7	N	Nitrogen	Pure nitrogen is normally encountered as N₂, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas.	Gas
8	O	Oxygen	At ordinary temperature and pressure, pure O₂ is a colorless, odorless gas.	Gas
9	F	Fluorine	Pure fluorine, F₂, is a pale yellow gas at ordinary temperature and pressure.	Gas
10	Ne	Neon	Pure neon is a colorless, odorless, monatomic gas at ordinary temperature and pressure.	Gas
11	Na	Sodium	Pure sodium is a silvery, lustrous metal when freshly cut.	Sólido
12	Mg	Magnesium	Pure magnesium is a silvery-white metal with a bright metallic luster when freshly cut.	Sólido
13	Al	Aluminum	Pure aluminum is a silvery-white metal with a bright metallic luster when freshly cut.	Sólido
14	Si	Silicon	Pure crystalline silicon is a dark gray solid with a metallic luster and a diamond-cubic structure.	Sólido
15	P	Phosphorus	White phosphorus consists of soft, waxy, pale material made of P₄ molecules and may glow faintly in air.	Sólido
16	S	Sulfur	Pure sulfur is most familiar as a brittle, bright yellow crystalline solid at room temperature, usually composed of S₈ rings.	Sólido
17	Cl	Chlorine	Pure chlorine is a dense yellow-green gas with a sharp, irritating odor.	Gas
18	Ar	Argon	Pure argon is a monatomic gas at ordinary temperature and pressure, with no color, odor, or taste.	Gas
19	K	Potassium	Pure potassium is a very soft, silvery metal when freshly cut.	Sólido
20	Ca	Calcium	Pure calcium is a silvery gray metal that is softer than many structural metals and can be cut when freshly prepared.	Sólido
21	Sc	Scandium	Pure scandium is a soft, silvery-white metal that tarnishes slowly in air, developing a yellowish or pinkish cast from surface oxidation.	Sólido
22	Ti	Titanium	Pure titanium is a silvery gray metal.	Sólido
23	V	Vanadium	Pure vanadium is a silvery-gray, ductile metal when well refined.	Sólido
24	Cr	Chromium	Pure chromium is a lustrous, silvery-gray metal with a high polish and a relatively high melting point.	Sólido
25	Mn	Manganese	Pure manganese is a silvery-gray metal with a faint pinkish cast when freshly prepared.	Sólido
26	Fe	Iron	Pure iron is a lustrous, silvery-gray metal that tarnishes in moist air.	Sólido
27	Co	Cobalt	Pure cobalt is a lustrous, silvery gray metal with a faint bluish cast.	Sólido
28	Ni	Nickel	Pure nickel is a lustrous, silvery-white metal with a faint golden tinge.	Sólido
29	Cu	Copper	Pure copper is a reddish-orange, lustrous metal when freshly polished.	Sólido
30	Zn	Zinc	Pure zinc is a lustrous bluish-white metal when freshly cut, but it dulls in air as a thin protective surface film forms.	Sólido
31	Ga	Gallium	Pure gallium is a silvery, lustrous metal that is solid at ordinary room temperature but melts at about 30 °C.	Sólido
32	Ge	Germanium	Pure germanium is a lustrous, grayish-white solid with a metallic sheen.	Sólido
33	As	Arsenic	Pure arsenic is most commonly encountered as gray arsenic, a brittle, metallic-looking solid with a steel-gray surface.	Sólido
34	Se	Selenium	Elemental selenium has several allotropes.	Sólido
35	Br	Bromine	Pure bromine is a dark red-brown, mobile liquid at ordinary conditions.	Líquido
36	Kr	Krypton	Pure krypton is a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature and pressure.	Gas
37	Rb	Rubidium	Pure rubidium is a very soft, silvery-white metal that quickly tarnishes in air.	Sólido
38	Sr	Strontium	Pure strontium is a soft, silvery metal when freshly cut, but it rapidly develops a yellowish or gray oxide-nitride surface film in air.	Sólido
39	Y	Yttrium	Pure yttrium is a soft, silvery-white metal with a metallic luster.	Sólido
40	Zr	Zirconium	Pure zirconium is a silvery-gray, ductile metal when clean and massive.	Sólido
41	Nb	Niobium	Pure niobium is a soft, ductile, lustrous gray metal when freshly prepared.	Sólido
42	Mo	Molybdenum	Pure molybdenum is a silvery gray metal with a bright metallic luster when freshly prepared.	Sólido
43	Tc	Technetium	Macroscopic technetium metal is a silvery-gray, metallic solid when prepared in the laboratory.	Sólido
44	Ru	Ruthenium	Pure ruthenium is a silvery gray, lustrous metal.	Sólido
45	Rh	Rhodium	Pure rhodium is a silvery-white metal with a bright metallic luster.	Sólido
46	Pd	Palladium	Pure palladium is a lustrous, silver-white metal.	Sólido
47	Ag	Silver	Pure silver is a bright white, highly lustrous metal with a clean metallic sheen.	Sólido
48	Cd	Cadmium	Pure cadmium is a silvery to bluish-white metal with a bright metallic luster when freshly cut.	Sólido
49	In	Indium	Pure indium is a very soft, lustrous, silvery-white metal at ordinary conditions.	Sólido
50	Sn	Tin	Pure tin is a soft, silvery-white metal with a bright metallic luster.	Sólido
51	Sb	Antimony	Pure antimony is a silvery white, lustrous solid with a crystalline, flaky fracture.	Sólido
52	Te	Tellurium	Pure tellurium is a silvery-white to gray, lustrous, crystalline solid at ordinary conditions.	Sólido
53	I	Iodine	Pure iodine is a dark gray to purple-black crystalline solid at ordinary temperature.	Sólido
54	Xe	Xenon	Pure xenon is a colorless, odorless, monatomic gas at ordinary temperature and pressure.	Gas
55	Cs	Cesium	Pure cesium is a pale gold, silvery metal that is solid near ordinary room temperature but melts at about 28.5 °C.	Sólido
56	Ba	Barium	Pure barium is a silvery-white to pale yellow metal when freshly cut.	Sólido
57	La	Lanthanum	Pure lanthanum is a silvery-white, soft metal that can be cut with a knife when freshly prepared.	Sólido
58	Ce	Cerium	Pure cerium is a soft, silvery-gray metal that tarnishes readily in air.	Sólido
59	Pr	Praseodymium	Pure praseodymium is a soft, silvery metal with a pale yellow cast when freshly cut.	Sólido
60	Nd	Neodymium	Pure neodymium is a bright, silvery metal when freshly cut, but it tarnishes in air as an oxide layer forms.	Sólido
61	Pm	Promethium	Macroscopic promethium metal has been prepared only in small, highly radioactive quantities.	Sólido
62	Sm	Samarium	Pure samarium is a silvery, moderately hard metal that tarnishes in air as oxide forms on the surface.	Sólido
63	Eu	Europium	Pure europium is a soft, silvery metal that tarnishes rapidly in air and can darken as oxide and hydroxide layers form.	Sólido
64	Gd	Gadolinium	Pure gadolinium is a soft, bright, silvery-white metal when freshly cut.	Sólido
65	Tb	Terbium	Pure terbium is a soft, silvery-gray metal.	Sólido
66	Dy	Dysprosium	Pure dysprosium is a bright, silvery metal when freshly cut, but it slowly tarnishes in air.	Sólido
67	Ho	Holmium	Pure holmium is a soft, silvery, metallic solid that can be cut and worked when freshly prepared.	Sólido
68	Er	Erbium	Pure erbium is a silvery-white metal with a metallic lustre.	Sólido
69	Tm	Thulium	Pure thulium is a soft, malleable, silvery metal.	Sólido
70	Yb	Ytterbium	Pure ytterbium is a lustrous, silvery-white metal when freshly cut.	Sólido
71	Lu	Lutetium	Pure lutetium is a bright silvery metal that tarnishes slowly in air.	Sólido
72	Hf	Hafnium	Pure hafnium is a lustrous, silvery-gray metal.	Sólido
73	Ta	Tantalum	Pure tantalum is a hard, heavy, lustrous metal with a gray to blue-gray metallic surface.	Sólido
74	W	Tungsten	Pure tungsten is a steel-gray to silvery-white metal with a metallic luster.	Sólido
75	Re	Rhenium	Pure rhenium is a silvery-white to gray metallic solid with a bright luster when freshly prepared.	Sólido
76	Os	Osmium	Pure osmium is a lustrous bluish white to blue-gray metal.	Sólido
77	Ir	Iridium	Pure iridium is a hard, brittle, silvery-white metal with a high luster.	Sólido
78	Pt	Platinum	Pure platinum is a lustrous, silvery-white metal with a high density and a high melting point.	Sólido
79	Au	Gold	Pure gold is a bright metallic yellow solid at ordinary conditions.	Sólido
80	Hg	Mercury	Pure mercury is a dense, mirror-bright liquid at room temperature, forming rounded droplets with high surface tension.	Líquido
81	Tl	Thallium	Pure thallium is a very soft, heavy metal with a fresh silvery luster.	Sólido
82	Pb	Lead	Pure lead is a bluish-gray, lustrous metal when freshly cut.	Sólido
83	Bi	Bismuth	Pure bismuth is a brittle, crystalline metal with a silvery white surface that often shows a pinkish tint.	Sólido
84	Po	Polonium	Macroscopic polonium is difficult to handle and observe because it self-heats and rapidly accumulates radiation damage.	Sólido
85	At	Astatine	The bulk appearance of astatine has not been directly observed in a macroscopic sample.	Sólido
86	Rn	Radon	Pure radon is a colorless, odorless, monatomic gas at ordinary temperature and pressure.	Gas
87	Fr	Francium	No macroscopic sample of pure francium has been prepared, so its actual bulk appearance is unknown.	Sólido
88	Ra	Radium	Freshly prepared radium metal has been reported as silvery white, but it rapidly darkens in air, probably through formation of nitride and oxide surface films.	Sólido
89	Ac	Actinium	A freshly prepared macroscopic sample has rarely been available.	Sólido
90	Th	Thorium	Pure thorium is a silvery, soft, ductile metal when freshly prepared.	Sólido
91	Pa	Protactinium	Fresh protactinium metal has been reported as a bright, silvery-gray solid.	Sólido
92	U	Uranium	Pure uranium is a silvery-gray metal when freshly prepared, but it darkens in air as oxide layers form.	Sólido
93	Np	Neptunium	Metallic neptunium has been prepared in visible quantities.	Sólido
94	Pu	Plutonium	Pure plutonium is a silvery-gray metal when freshly prepared, but it tarnishes in air as surface oxides form.	Sólido
95	Am	Americium	Pure americium metal has been prepared in milligram quantities.	Sólido
96	Cm	Curium	Curium has been prepared as a metallic element in small amounts.	Sólido
97	Bk	Berkelium	Fresh berkelium metal has been reported as a silvery actinide metal, but only very small samples have been prepared.	Sólido
98	Cf	Californium	Metallic californium has been prepared only in very small quantities.	Sólido
99	Es	Einsteinium	Only microgram-scale samples have been isolated, so ordinary bulk appearance is not well established.	Sólido
100	Fm	Fermium	The bulk appearance of fermium metal is unknown because the element has not been isolated in visible, weighable quantities.	Sólido
101	Md	Mendelevium	No macroscopic sample of mendelevium has been isolated, so its real bulk appearance is unknown.	Sólido
102	No	Nobelium	The bulk appearance of nobelium is unknown, because it has never been isolated as a visible sample.	Sólido
103	Lr	Lawrencium	No macroscopic sample of lawrencium has been prepared, and its visible appearance has not been observed.	Sólido
104	Rf	Rutherfordium	No macroscopic sample of rutherfordium has been prepared, and its visible appearance is unknown.	Sólido
105	Db	Dubnium	No macroscopic sample of dubnium has been prepared, and its visible appearance is unknown.	—
106	Sg	Seaborgium	No macroscopic sample of seaborgium has been prepared, and its visible appearance is unknown.	—
107	Bh	Bohrium	No macroscopic sample of bohrium has been prepared, so its visible appearance is unknown.	—
108	Hs	Hassium	No macroscopic sample of hassium has been prepared, so its visible appearance is unknown.	—
109	Mt	Meitnerium	No macroscopic sample of meitnerium has been prepared, so its visible appearance and bulk physical properties are unknown.	—
110	Ds	Darmstadtium	No macroscopic sample of darmstadtium has ever been prepared, so its bulk appearance is unknown.	—
111	Rg	Roentgenium	No macroscopic sample of roentgenium has ever been prepared, so its appearance is unknown.	—
112	Cn	Copernicium	No macroscopic sample of copernicium has been made, so its visible appearance is unknown.	Gas
113	Nh	Nihonium	No macroscopic sample of nihonium has ever been made, so its color, texture, density, melting point, and other ordinary bulk properties are unknown.	Sólido
114	Fl	Flerovium	No macroscopic sample of flerovium has ever been prepared, so its appearance is not known.	Gas
115	Mc	Moscovium	No macroscopic sample of moscovium has ever been prepared, so its appearance is unknown.	Sólido
116	Lv	Livermorium	The appearance of livermorium is unknown because no visible or weighable sample has been produced.	Sólido
117	Ts	Tennessine	The appearance of elemental tennessine is unknown.	Sólido
118	Og	Oganesson	No macroscopic sample of oganesson has ever existed, so its appearance, density, melting point, and boiling point are not experimentally known.	Gas

Fuentes y notas

Descriptions refer to the pure element, not its compounds.