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Brinell Hardness of the elements

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

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
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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