The first metal humans smelted, and still the nervous system of the electrified world.
- Atomic number
- 29
- Atomic mass
- 63.546 u
- Phase
- Solid
- Electron configuration
- [Ar] 3d¹⁰ 4s¹
- Melting point
- 1,357.77 K · 1,084.6 °C
- Boiling point
- 2,835 K · 2,561.9 °C
- Density
- 8.96 g/cm³
- Electronegativity
- 1.9
- Period / Group
- 4 / 11
- Discovery year
- Ancient