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Vickers Hardness of the elements

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Hydrogen	N/A	Niobium	1320 MPa	Thallium	N/A
Helium	N/A	Molybdenum	1530 MPa	Lead	N/A
Lithium	N/A	Technetium	N/A	Bismuth	N/A
Beryllium	1670 MPa	Ruthenium	2298.138766667 MPa^[note]	Polonium	N/A
Boron	49000 MPa	Rhodium	1246 MPa	Astatine	N/A
Carbon	N/A	Palladium	461 MPa	Radon	N/A
Nitrogen	N/A	Silver	251 MPa	Francium	N/A
Oxygen	N/A	Cadmium	N/A	Radium	N/A
Fluorine	N/A	Indium	N/A	Actinium	N/A
Neon	N/A	Tin	N/A	Thorium	350 MPa
Sodium	N/A	Antimony	N/A	Protactinium	N/A
Magnesium	N/A	Tellurium	N/A	Uranium	1960 MPa
Aluminum	167 MPa	Iodine	N/A	Neptunium	N/A
Silicon	9630.1303 MPa^[note]	Xenon	N/A	Plutonium	N/A
Phosphorus	N/A	Cesium	N/A	Americium	N/A
Sulfur	N/A	Barium	N/A	Curium	N/A
Chlorine	N/A	Lanthanum	491 MPa	Berkelium	N/A
Argon	N/A	Cerium	270 MPa	Californium	N/A
Potassium	N/A	Praseodymium	400 MPa	Einsteinium	N/A
Calcium	N/A	Neodymium	343 MPa	Fermium	N/A
Scandium	N/A	Promethium	N/A	Mendelevium	N/A
Titanium	970 MPa	Samarium	412 MPa	Nobelium	N/A
Vanadium	628 MPa	Europium	167 MPa	Lawrencium	N/A
Chromium	1060 MPa	Gadolinium	570 MPa	Rutherfordium	N/A
Manganese	N/A	Terbium	863 MPa	Dubnium	N/A
Iron	608 MPa	Dysprosium	540 MPa	Seaborgium	N/A
Cobalt	1043 MPa	Holmium	481 MPa	Bohrium	N/A
Nickel	638 MPa	Erbium	588 MPa	Hassium	N/A
Copper	369 MPa	Thulium	520 MPa	Meitnerium	N/A
Zinc	N/A	Ytterbium	206 MPa	Darmstadtium	N/A
Gallium	N/A	Lutetium	1160 MPa	Roentgenium	N/A
Germanium	8012.03305 MPa^[note]	Hafnium	1760 MPa	Copernicium	N/A
Arsenic	1510 MPa^[note]	Tantalum	873 MPa	Nihonium	N/A
Selenium	N/A	Tungsten	3430 MPa	Flerovium	N/A
Bromine	N/A	Rhenium	2450 MPa	Moscovium	N/A
Krypton	N/A	Osmium	4137.063913415 MPa^[note]	Livermorium	N/A
Rubidium	N/A	Iridium	1760 MPa	Tennessine	N/A
Strontium	N/A	Platinum	549 MPa	Oganesson	N/A
Yttrium	N/A	Gold	216 MPa
Zirconium	904 MPa	Mercury	N/A

Notes on the Vickers Hardness of particular elements:

Silicon: converted from Mohs scale

Germanium: converted from Mohs scale

Arsenic: converted from Brinell scale

Ruthenium: converted from Brinell scale

Osmium: converted from Brinell scale

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Common Properties
Abundance in Earth's Crust	Discovery Year
Abundance in Humans	Electrical Conductivity
Abundance in Meteorites	Electron Affinity
Abundance in the Ocean	Electron Configuration
Abundance in the Sun	Electronegativity
Abundance in the Universe	Half Life
Atomic Mass	Heat of Fusion
Atomic Number	Heat of Vaporization
Atomic Radius	Ionization Energies
Boiling Point	Melting Point
Covalent Radius	Specific Heat
Density

Other Properties
Adiabatic Index	Mohs Hardness
Allotrope Names	Molar Magnetic Susceptibility
Alternate Names	Molar Volume
Block	Neutron Cross Section
Brinell Hardness	Neutron Mass Absorption
Bulk Modulus	NFPA Label
CAS Number	Period
CID Number	Phase
Color	Poisson Ratio
Critical Pressure	Quantum Numbers
Critical Temperature	Radioactive
Crystal Structure	Refractive Index
Curie Point	Resistivity
Decay Mode	RTECS Number
DOT Hazard Class	Series
DOT Numbers	Shear Modulus
Electrical Type	Space Group Name
Gas Atomic Multiplicities	Space Group Number
Group	Speed of Sound
Isotope Abundances	Superconducting Point
Isotopes (All Known)	Symbol
Isotopes (Stable)	Thermal Conductivity
Lattice Angles	Thermal Expansion
Lattice Constants	Valence
Lifetime	Van Der Waals Radius
Liquid Density	Vickers Hardness
Magnetic Type	Volume Magnetic Susceptibility
Mass Magnetic Susceptibility	Young Modulus
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