The metal that soaks up hydrogen like a sponge — up to 900 times its own volume.
- Atomic number
- 46
- Atomic mass
- 106.42 u
- Phase
- Solid
- Electron configuration
- [Kr] 4d¹⁰
- Melting point
- 1,828 K · 1,554.9 °C
- Boiling point
- 3,236 K · 2,962.9 °C
- Density
- 12.023 g/cm³
- Electronegativity
- 2.2
- Period / Group
- 5 / 10
- Discovery year
- 1803