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Protactinium

Protactinium is a chemical element; it has symbol Pa and atomic number 91. It is a dense, radioactive, silvery-gray actinide metal which readily reacts with oxygen, water vapor, and inorganic acids. It forms various chemical compounds, in which protactinium is usually present in the oxidation state +5, but it can also assume +4 and even +3 or +2 states.…

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230Pa
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231Pa
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232Pa
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Protactinium

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related to history · 27
Protactinium → Crookes, Dmitri Mendeleev, For, Frederick Soddy, Germany, Great Britain, Greek, His, In, IV, John Cranston, Kasimir Fajans, Latin, Lise Meitner, Meitner, Mendeleev, Oswald Helmuth Göhring, Otto Hahn, Tantalum's, The
related to Oxides and oxygen-containing salts · 13
Protactinium → A3PaO4, A7PaO6, Another, APaO3, In, It, Its, Pa2O5, PaO, PaO2, R2O3, The, With
related to Precautions · 12
Protactinium → As, Bq/m3, For, From, GBq, Germany, However, In, Its, Only, Pa, The
related to Organometallic compounds · 10
Protactinium → Another, Be, C5H5, C8H8, IV, K2C8H8, One, Pa, Similar, There
related to Other inorganic compounds · 10
Protactinium → BH4, In, It, Oxyhalides, Pa, PaC, PaOBr3, PaOS, The, This
related to Occurrence · 9
Protactinium → Congo, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic, It, Jáchymov, Much, Nearly, There, Whereas
related to In nuclear reactors · 8
Protactinium → Extraction, In, It, Protactinium-233, The, Thus, To, Two
related to Halides · 7
Protactinium → Brown-colored, III, It, IV, The, There, UF5
has application · 4
Protactinium → Although, However, It, Walter Seifritz
related to External links · 4
Protactinium → Nottingham, The Periodic Table, University, Videos

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231pa decay uranium isotope element thorium nuclear half-life also produced structure metal isotopes water years chemical pa 233pa first chloride

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Protactinium229Pasynth1.00infobox
Protactinium230Pasynth1.00infobox
Protactinium231Pa100%1.00infobox
Protactinium232Pasynth1.00infobox
Protactinium233Patrace1.00infobox
Protactinium234mPatrace1.00infobox
Protactinium234Patrace1.00infobox
ProtactiniumAppearancebright, silvery metallic luster1.00infobox
ProtactiniumAtomic number (Z)911.00infobox
ProtactiniumAtomic radiusempirical: 163 pm1.00infobox
ProtactiniumBlockf-block1.00infobox
ProtactiniumBoiling point4300 K ​(4027 °C, ​7280 °F) (?)1.00infobox
ProtactiniumCAS Number7440-13-31.00infobox
ProtactiniumCovalent radius200 pm1.00infobox
ProtactiniumCrystal structure​body-centered tetragonal (tI2)1.00infobox
ProtactiniumDensity (at 20° C)15.43 g/cm31.00infobox
ProtactiniumDiscoveryKasimir Fajans and Oswald Helmuth Göhring (1913)1.00infobox
ProtactiniumElectrical resistivity177 nΩ⋅m (at 0 °C)1.00infobox
ProtactiniumElectron configuration[Rn] 5f2 6d1 7s21.00infobox
ProtactiniumElectronegativityPauling scale: 1.51.00infobox
ProtactiniumElectrons per shell2, 8, 18, 32, 20, 9, 21.00infobox
ProtactiniumFirst isolationAristid von Grosse (1934)1.00infobox
ProtactiniumGroupf-block groups (no number)1.00infobox
ProtactiniumHeat of fusion12.34 kJ/mol1.00infobox
ProtactiniumHeat of vaporization481 kJ/mol1.00infobox
ProtactiniumIonization energies1st: 568 kJ/mol1.00infobox
ProtactiniumLattice constanta = 392.1 pm c = 323.5 pm (at 20 °C)1.00infobox
ProtactiniumMagnetic orderingparamagnetic1.00infobox
ProtactiniumMain 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
ProtactiniumMelting point1841 K ​(1568 °C, ​2854 °F)1.00infobox

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