The metal at the centre of chlorophyll — and the one that burns with a light bright enough to blind a camera.
- Atomic number
- 12
- Atomic mass
- 24.305 u
- Phase
- Solid
- Electron configuration
- [Ne] 3s²
- Melting point
- 923 K · 649.9 °C
- Boiling point
- 1,363 K · 1,089.9 °C
- Density
- 1.738 g/cm³
- Electronegativity
- 1.31
- Period / Group
- 3 / 2
- Discovery year
- 1755