print this page
AAA

Resources

Loading

General, Atomic and Crystallographic Properties and Features of Copper

Source: "Properties of Copper and Copper Alloys at Cryogenic Temperatures" by N.J. Simon, E.S. Drexler, and R.P. Reed ( NIST MN 177)

General and Atomic Properties of Copper

Atomic Number 29
Atomic Weight 63.546
Atomic Diameter 2.551 x 10-10m
Melting Point 1356 K
Boiling Point 2868 K
Density at 293 K 8.94 x 103 kg/m3
Electronic Structure 3d104s
Valence States 2,1
Fermi Energy 7.0 eV
Fermi Surface spherical, necks at [111]
Hall Coefficient -5.12 x 10-11 m3/(A.S)
Magnetic State diamagnetic
Heat of Fusion 134 J/g
Heat of Vaporization 3630 J/g
Heat of Sublimation @ 1299 K 3730 J/g


Crystallographic Features of Copper

Type of Structure A1
Space Group Oh5 - Fm3m
Crystal Structure face-centered cubic
Number of Atoms per Unit Cell 4
Lattice Parameters at 293 K 3.6147 x 10-10 m
Distance of Closest Atomic Approach
(Burgers vector) at 293 		2.556 x 10-10m
Goldschmidt Atomic Radii
(12-fold coordination)		 1.28 x 10-10m
Atomic Volume 1.182 10-29m3