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FORMULAS
Density =

mass
volume

Average speed =

total distance
total time

Net force = (mass)(acceleration)

Work = (force)(distance)

D =

m
V

s =

d
t

F = ma

W = Fd

Hydrogen

12

11

(262)
(267)

7
7B

Actinide Series

Lanthanide Series
140.908

231.036
Protactinium

232.038
Thorium

(227)
Actinium

91

Pa

Ac

Re

144.242

60

Nd

Bohrium

(272)

Bh

107

Rhenium

186.207

75

(145)

61

Pm

Hassium

(270)

Hs

108

Osmium

Os
190.23

76

Ruthenium

101.07

44

Ru

Iron

55.845

Fe

26

Silicon

28.086

Si

Uranium

238.029

92

Neptunium

(237)

93

Np

Praseodymium Neodymium Promethium

Th

90

Cerium

Lanthanum

89

140.116

La
138.905

59

58

Pr

(271)
Seaborgium

(268)

Sg

Dubnium

Db

Tungsten

Tantalum

106

W
183.84

74

Ta
105

(98)

43

Tc

Manganese

54.938

Mn

25

Molybdenum Technetium

95.96

42

Mo

Chromium

51.996

Cr

24

6
6B

Atomic mass

Symbol

180.948

73

Niobium

92.906

41

Nb

Vanadium

50.942

23

5
5B

Ce

57

Lawrencium Rutherfordium

(226)

Radium

104

Rf

Hafnium

103

(223)

Fr

Hf
178.49

Lutetium

Francium

88

87

Lr

Barium

Cesium

174.967

Lu

72

71

Ra

Ba

137.328

Cs

132.905

56

55

Zirconium

91.224

40

Zr

Yttrium

88.906

87.62

Strontium

85.468

Rubidium

39

Sr

38

Rb

37

47.867
Titanium

44.956

Scandium

40.078

Calcium

39.098

Potassium

22

Ti

21

4
4B

Sc

19

3
3B

Ca

20

Sodium

24.305

Magnesium

22.990

Mg

Beryllium

Lithium

Na

Be

9.012

Li

6.941

1.008

2
2A

H
Name

10

11
1B
12
2B

13
3A

14
4A

15
5A

16
6A

17
7A

(281)

Ds

110

Platinum

Pt
195.085

78

Palladium

106.42

46

Pd

Nickel

58.693

Ni

28

Au

(280)

Rg

111

Gold

196.967

79

Silver

107.868

47

Ag

Copper

63.546

Cu

29

Plutonium

(244)

94

Pu

Samarium

150.36

62

Sm

(247)
Curium

(243)

96

Cm
Americium

95

Am

157.25
Gadolinium

151.964

64

Gd
Europium

63

Eu

Meitnerium Darmstadtium Roentgenium

(276)

Mt

109

Iridium

Ir
192.217

77

Rhodium

102.906

45

Rh

Cobalt

58.933

Co

27

9
8B

Hg

Tl
Thallium

204.383

81

Indium

114.818

49

In

Gallium

69.723

Ga

31

Aluminum

26.982

Al

13

Boron

Pb
Lead

207.2

82

Tin

118.711

50

Sn

Germanium

72.64

Ge

32

Silicon

28.086

Si

14

Carbon

12.011

Bi
Bismuth

208.980

83

Antimony

121.760

51

Sb

Arsenic

74.922

As

33

30.974

Phosphorus

15

Nitrogen

14.007

Berkelium

(247)

97

Bk

Terbium

158.925

65

Tb

Californium

(251)

98

Cf

Dysprosium

162.500

66

Dy

Einsteinium

(252)

99

Es

Holmium

164.930

67

Ho

Fermium

(257)

100

Fm

Erbium

167.259

68

Er

Mass numbers in parentheses are those of

the most stable or most common isotope.

Mercury

200.59

80

Cadmium

112.412

48

Cd

Zinc

65.38

Zn

30

B
10.812

Po

At

Nobelium

(259)

102

No

Ytterbium

173.055

70

Yb

Astatine

(210)

85

Iodine

126.904

53

Bromine

79.904

Br

35

Chlorine

35.453

Cl

17

Fluorine

18.998

Updated Spring 2011

Mendelevium

(258)

101

Md

Thulium

168.934

69

Tm

Polonium

(209)

84

Tellurium

127.60

52

Te

Selenium

78.96

Se

34

Sulfur

32.066

16

Oxygen

15.999

Ne

Rn
Radon

(222)

86

Xenon

131.294

54

Xe

Krypton

83.798

36

Kr

Argon

39.948

18

Ar

Neon

20.180

10

Helium

4.003

He

14

1
Atomic number

18
8A

1
1A

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