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Actinium

Actinium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ac and atomic number 89. It was discovered by Friedrich Oskar Giesel in 1902, who gave it the name emanium; the element got its name by being wrongly identified with a substance André-Louis Debierne found in 1899 and called actinium. The actinide series, a set of 15 elements between actinium and lawrencium in…

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225Ac
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226Ac
synth
227Ac
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228Ac
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silvery-white, glowing with an eerie blue light; sometimes with a golden cast
Atomic number (Z)
89

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Actinium

Nodes150
Edges149
Triples134
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013333
Components1

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related to External links · 19
Actinium → Actinide, Dordrecht, Edelstein, Fuger, ISBN, Jean, Kirby, Morss, NLM Hazardous Substances Databank, Norman, Nottingham, RadioactiveActinium, Springer, The Chemistry, The Netherlands, The Periodic Table, Transactinide Elements, University, Videos
related to Chemical compounds · 18
Actinium → Ac, Ac2O3, Ac2S3, AcBr3, AcCl3, AcF3, AcOBr, AcOCl, AcOF, AcPO4, Density, Due, Here, In, No, NO3, These, They
related to history · 18
Actinium → Adloff, After, André-Louis Debierne, Articles, Debierne, Debierne's, French, Friedrich Oskar Giesel, Furthermore, Giesel, Harriet Brooks, He, In, Marie, Otto Hahn, Otto Sackur, Pierre Curie, This
related to Properties · 9
Actinium → British, Dmitri Mendeleev's, Glenn, Henry Bassett, Its, Owing, Seaborg's, Solvent, The
related to Isotopes · 8
Actinium → All, Da, It, Naturally, Owing, Purified, The, Thirty-three
related to Halides · 7
Actinium → AcOF, However, In, Similarly, The, Treating, Whereas
related to Other compounds · 7
Actinium → Ac2S3, AcPO4, It, LaH2, Mixing, NaH2PO4, The
Ionization energies · 4
Actinium → (more), 1st: 499 kJ/mol, 2nd: 1170 kJ/mol, 3rd: 1900 kJ/mol
related to Occurrence and synthesis · 4
Actinium → Another, Instead, La2O3, The
related to Precautions · 3
Actinium → For, Its, When

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227ac 225ac element decay isotope radioactive thorium isotopes half-life lanthanum chemical alpha radium first oxidation radiation neutron uranium lanthanides 228ac

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Actinium225Actrace1.00infobox
Actinium226Acsynth1.00infobox
Actinium227Actrace1.00infobox
Actinium228Actrace1.00infobox
ActiniumAppearancesilvery-white, glowing with an eerie blue light; sometimes with a golden cast1.00infobox
ActiniumAtomic number (Z)891.00infobox
ActiniumBlockf-block1.00infobox
ActiniumBoiling point3500±300 K ​(3200±300 °C, ​5800±500 °F) (extrapolated)1.00infobox
ActiniumCAS Number7440-34-81.00infobox
ActiniumCovalent radius215 pm1.00infobox
ActiniumCrystal structure​face-centered cubic (fcc) (cF4)1.00infobox
ActiniumDensity (near r.t.)10 g/cm31.00infobox
ActiniumDiscoveryFriedrich Oskar Giesel (1902)1.00infobox
ActiniumElectron configuration[Rn] 6d1 7s21.00infobox
ActiniumElectronegativityPauling scale: 1.11.00infobox
ActiniumElectrons per shell2, 8, 18, 32, 18, 9, 21.00infobox
ActiniumFirst isolationJoseph G. Stites, Murrell L. Salutsky, Bob D. Stone (1955)1.00infobox
ActiniumGroupf-block groups (no number)1.00infobox
ActiniumHeat of fusion14 kJ/mol1.00infobox
ActiniumHeat of vaporization400 kJ/mol1.00infobox
ActiniumIonization energies1st: 499 kJ/mol1.00infobox
ActiniumIonization energies2nd: 1170 kJ/mol1.00infobox
ActiniumIonization energies3rd: 1900 kJ/mol1.00infobox
ActiniumIonization energies(more)1.00infobox
ActiniumLattice constanta = 531.5 pm (at 20 °C)1.00infobox
ActiniumMain isotopes.mw-parser-output .isotopes-table{text-align:center;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .isotopes-table-headers>:not(:first-child){padding:0…1.00infobox
ActiniumMelting point1500 K ​(1227 °C, ​2240 °F) (estimated)1.00infobox
ActiniumMolar heat capacity27.2 J/(mol·K)1.00infobox
ActiniumNamed byAndré-Louis Debierne (1899)1.00infobox
ActiniumNamingfrom the Ancient Greek ακτίς, "beam" or "ray"1.00infobox

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