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Copper,  ₂₉Cu

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General properties
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Appearance	red-orange metallic luster
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Copper in the periodic table
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Atomic number (Z)	29
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Period	period 4
Block	d-block
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Electron configuration	[Ar] 3d10 4s1
Electrons per shell	2, 8, 18, 1
Physical properties
Phase at STP	solid
Melting point	1357.77 K ​(1084.62 °C, ​1984.32 °F)
Boiling point	2835 K ​(2562 °C, ​4643 °F)
Density (near r.t.)	8.96 g/cm3
when liquid (at m.p.)	8.02 g/cm3
Heat of fusion	13.26 kJ/mol
[[Enthalpy of vaporization|Heat of Template:Engvar]]	300.4 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity	24.440 J/(mol·K)
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Atomic properties
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Electronegativity	Pauling scale: 1.90
[[Ionization energy|Template:Engvar energies]]	1st: 745.5 kJ/mol 2nd: 1957.9 kJ/mol 3rd: 3555 kJ/mol (more)
Atomic radius	empirical: 128 pm
Covalent radius	132±4 pm
Van der Waals radius	140 pm
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Other properties
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Speed of sound thin rod	(annealed) 3810 m/s (at r.t.)
Thermal expansion	16.5 µm/(m·K) (at 25 °C)
Thermal conductivity	401 W/(m·K)
Electrical resistivity	16.78 nΩ·m (at 20 °C)
Magnetic ordering	diamagnetic
Magnetic susceptibility	−5.46·10−6 cm3/mol
Young's modulus	110–128 GPa
Shear modulus	48 GPa
Bulk modulus	140 GPa
Poisson ratio	0.34
Mohs hardness	3.0
Vickers hardness	343–369 MPa
Brinell hardness	235–878 MPa
CAS Number	7440-50-8
History
Naming	after Cyprus, principal mining place in Roman era (Cyprium)
Discovery	Middle East (9000 BC)
Main isotopes of copper
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