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Vickers Hardness of the elements

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