Zirconium (Zr)
A fascinating transition metal element.
Zirconium is element 40 on the periodic table.
Element properties
- Atomic number
- 40
- Symbol
- Zr
- Atomic mass
- 91.224 u
- Category
- Transition Metal
- Period
- 5
- Group
- 4
- Block
- d
- State
- Solid
- Electron configuration
- [Kr] 4d2 5s2
- Electronegativity (Pauling)
- 1.33
- Density
- 6.52 g/cm³
- Melting point
- 1855 °C
- Boiling point
- 4409 °C