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Brinell Hardness of the elements

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Actinium	N/A	Hafnium	1700 MPa	Praseodymium	481 MPa
Aluminum	245 MPa	Hassium	N/A	Promethium	N/A
Americium	N/A	Helium	N/A	Protactinium	N/A
Antimony	294 MPa	Holmium	746 MPa	Radium	N/A
Argon	N/A	Hydrogen	N/A	Radon	N/A
Arsenic	1440 MPa	Indium	8.83 MPa	Rhenium	1320 MPa
Astatine	N/A	Iodine	N/A	Rhodium	1100 MPa
Barium	N/A	Iridium	1670 MPa	Roentgenium	N/A
Berkelium	N/A	Iron	490 MPa	Rubidium	0.216 MPa
Beryllium	600 MPa	Krypton	N/A	Ruthenium	2160 MPa
Bismuth	94.2 MPa	Lanthanum	363 MPa	Rutherfordium	N/A
Bohrium	N/A	Lawrencium	N/A	Samarium	441 MPa
Boron	N/A	Lead	38.3 MPa	Scandium	750 MPa
Bromine	N/A	Lithium	N/A	Seaborgium	N/A
Cadmium	203 MPa	Livermorium	N/A	Selenium	736 MPa
Calcium	167 MPa	Lutetium	893 MPa	Silicon	N/A
Californium	N/A	Magnesium	260 MPa	Silver	24.5 MPa
Carbon	N/A	Manganese	196 MPa	Sodium	0.69 MPa
Cerium	412 MPa	Meitnerium	N/A	Strontium	N/A
Cesium	0.14 MPa	Mendelevium	N/A	Sulfur	N/A
Chlorine	N/A	Mercury	N/A	Tantalum	800 MPa
Chromium	1120 MPa	Molybdenum	1500 MPa	Technetium	N/A
Cobalt	700 MPa	Moscovium	N/A	Tellurium	180 MPa
Copernicium	N/A	Neodymium	265 MPa	Tennessine	N/A
Copper	874 MPa	Neon	N/A	Terbium	677 MPa
Curium	N/A	Neptunium	N/A	Thallium	26.4 MPa
Darmstadtium	N/A	Nickel	700 MPa	Thorium	400 MPa
Dubnium	N/A	Nihonium	N/A	Thulium	471 MPa
Dysprosium	500 MPa	Niobium	736 MPa	Tin	51 MPa
Einsteinium	N/A	Nitrogen	N/A	Titanium	715 MPa
Erbium	814 MPa	Nobelium	N/A	Tungsten	2570 MPa
Europium	N/A	Oganesson	N/A	Uranium	2400 MPa
Fermium	N/A	Osmium	3920 MPa	Vanadium	628 MPa
Flerovium	N/A	Oxygen	N/A	Xenon	N/A
Fluorine	N/A	Palladium	37.2 MPa	Ytterbium	343 MPa
Francium	N/A	Phosphorus	N/A	Yttrium	588 MPa
Gadolinium	N/A	Platinum	392 MPa	Zinc	412 MPa
Gallium	60 MPa	Plutonium	N/A	Zirconium	650 MPa
Germanium	7273.402498871 MPa^[note]	Polonium	N/A
Gold	2450 MPa	Potassium	0.363 MPa

Notes on the Brinell Hardness of particular elements:

Germanium: converted from Mohs scale

Up to date, curated data provided by Mathematica's ElementData function from Wolfram Research, Inc.

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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
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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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