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Brinell Hardness of the elements

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