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Compare two chemical elements side by side across 19 atomic and physical properties.

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Property Li Lithium O Oxygen
Atomic Number 3 lower 8 lower
Symbol Li different O different
Name Lithium different Oxygen different
Atomic Mass 7 lower 15.999 lower
Category Alkali Metals different Reactive Nonmetals different
Period 2 same value 2 same value
Group 1 lower 16 lower
Block s-Block different p-Block different
Standard State Solid different Gas different
Electronegativity 0.98 lower 3.44 lower
Atomic Radius 182 higher 152 higher
Ionization Energy 5.392 lower 13.618 lower
Electron Affinity 0.618 lower 1.461 lower
Oxidation States +1 different -2 different
Melting Point 453.65 K (180.5 °C) higher 54.36 K (-218.79 °C) higher
Boiling Point 1615 K (1341.85 °C) higher 90.2 K (-182.95 °C) higher
Density 0.534 higher 0.0014 higher
Electron Configuration [He]2s1 different [He]2s2 2p4 different
Year Discovered 1817 different 1774 different

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