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Compare Zinc vs Manganese

Comparing Zinc (Zn) and Manganese (Mn). Atomic numbers 30 and 25 with atomic masses 65.382 u and 54.938 u, classified as transition metal and transition metal. Below: a side-by-side comparison of their physical, atomic, electron-configuration and historical properties, including density, melting and boiling points, ionization energies, oxidation states and discovery history.

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Zinc
#30
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Manganese
#25

Periodic properties of the elements

ZincManganese
SymbolZnMn
Atomic number3025
Group127
Period44
Blockdd
Element categoryTransition MetalTransition Metal

Physical properties

ZincManganese
Phase at STPSolidSolid
Density7.14 g/cm37.21 g/cm3
Atomic weight65.382 u54.938 u
Melting point692.68 K
419.53 °C
787.154 °F		1519 K
1245.85 °C
2274.53 °F
Boiling point1180 K
906.85 °C
1664.33 °F		2334 K
2060.85 °C
3741.53 °F

Atomic properties

ZincManganese
Electronegativity (Pauling Scale)1.651.55
Electron affinity-58 kJ/mol-50 kJ/mol
Oxidation states−2, 0, +1, +2
(an amphoteric oxide)		−3, −2, −1, 0, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5, +6, +7
(depending on the oxidation state, an acidic, basic, or amphoteric oxide)
Ionization energies
  1. 906.4 kJ/mol
  2. 1733.3 kJ/mol
  3. 3833 kJ/mol
  4. 5731 kJ/mol
  5. 7970 kJ/mol
  6. 10400 kJ/mol
  7. 12900 kJ/mol
  8. 16800 kJ/mol
  9. 19600 kJ/mol
  10. 23000 kJ/mol
  11. 26400 kJ/mol
  12. 29990 kJ/mol
  13. 40490 kJ/mol
  14. 43800 kJ/mol
  15. 47300 kJ/mol
  16. 52300 kJ/mol
  17. 55900 kJ/mol
  18. 59700 kJ/mol
  19. 67300 kJ/mol
  20. 71200 kJ/mol
  21. 179100 kJ/mol
  1. 717.3 kJ/mol
  2. 1509 kJ/mol
  3. 3248 kJ/mol
  4. 4940 kJ/mol
  5. 6990 kJ/mol
  6. 9220 kJ/mol
  7. 11500 kJ/mol
  8. 18770 kJ/mol
  9. 21400 kJ/mol
  10. 23960 kJ/mol
  11. 27590 kJ/mol
  12. 30330 kJ/mol
  13. 33150 kJ/mol
  14. 38880 kJ/mol
  15. 41987 kJ/mol
  16. 109480 kJ/mol
  17. 118100 kJ/mol
  18. 127100 kJ/mol
  19. 138600 kJ/mol
  20. 148500 kJ/mol
  21. 158600 kJ/mol
  22. 172500 kJ/mol
  23. 181380 kJ/mol
  24. 785450 kJ/mol
  25. 827067 kJ/mol

Electron configuration

ZincManganese
Shorthand configuration[Ar] 3d10 4s2 [Ar] 3d5 4s2
Full configuration1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10 4s2 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d5 4s2
Electrons per shell2, 8, 18, 22, 8, 13, 2

History

ZincManganese
DiscoveryIndian metallurgists (1000 BC)Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1774)
First isolationAndreas Sigismund Marggraf (1746)Johann Gottlieb Gahn (1774)
Named byParacelsus
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