50 Sn Tin 118.71
Post-transition metal
Tin 锡
[Kr] 4d¹⁰ 5s² 5p²
- Period 5
- Group 14
- Block p
- Solid
Electron configuration
1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁶ 3d¹⁰ 4s² 4p⁶ 4d¹⁰ 5s² 5p²
Orbital diagram (valence)
5s ↑↓
5p ↑↑
- Electrons per shell
- 2, 8, 18, 18, 4
- Unpaired electrons
- 2
- Zeff (Slater)
- 5.65
Properties
- Atomic weight
- 118.71
- Electronegativity (Pauling)
- 1.96
- First ionization energy
- 708.6 kJ/mol
- Electron affinity
- 115.8 kJ/mol
- Covalent radius
- 139 pm
- van der Waals radius
- 217 pm
- Melting point
- 505.1 K
- Boiling point
- 2875 K
- Density
- 7.287 g/cm³
- Melting / boiling point
- 231.9 °C / 2601.8 °C
- Common oxidation states
- +4, +2
- Discovered
- Known since antiquity
Natural isotopes
| Mass number A | Atomic mass / u | Abundance |
|---|---|---|
| 112Sn | 111.904824 | 0.9700 % |
| 114Sn | 113.902783 | 0.6600 % |
| 115Sn | 114.903345 | 0.3400 % |
| 116Sn | 115.901743 | 14.54 % |
| 117Sn | 116.902954 | 7.68 % |
| 118Sn | 117.901607 | 24.22 % |
| 119Sn | 118.903311 | 8.59 % |
| 120Sn | 119.902202 | 32.58 % |
| 122Sn | 121.903444 | 4.63 % |
| 124Sn | 123.905277 | 5.79 % |
Isotope masses: AME2020; abundances: IUPAC/CIAAW representative values.
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Periodic trend
Group 14
Data: PubChem periodic table (public domain); atomic weights are IUPAC abridged standard values; covalent radii from Cordero et al. (2008).