The mineralogy of Tennessine
General Properties | |
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Symbol: | Ts |
Other names: | Previously given the temporary name of Ununseptium. |
Atomic Number: | 117 |
Standard atomic weight (Ar): | |
Electron configuration: | [Rn].5f14.6d10.7s2.7p5 |
Atomic Properties | |
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Atomic Radius: | 138 pm - predicted value |
Physical Properties | |
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Metal/Non-Metal: | alkali metal |
Main isotopes of Tennessine | ||||
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Isotope | % in Nature | Half Life | Decay type | Decay product |
293Ts | synthetic | 22(+8/-4)ms | α | |
294Ts | synthetic | 51(+41/-16)ms | α |
Other Information | |
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Year Discovered: | 2010 |
Discovered By: | Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
Named For: | Named after the region of Tennessee. |
External Links: | WikipediaWebElementsLos Alamos National LaboratoryTheodore Gray's PeriodicTable.com |
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Livermorium << Tennessine >> Oganesson |
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Constants and physical property data from:
David R. Lide (ed.), CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 85th Edition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, Florida (2005).
Kaye and Laby Tables of Physical & Chemical Constants (2005). Section 3.1.3, Abundances of the elements
A. Earnshaw, N. Greenwood, Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, (1997)
Thomas J. Ahrens (ed.), Global Earth Physics : A Handbook of Physical Constants, American Geophysical Union (1995)
L.B. Railsback, An Earth Scientist's Periodic Table of the Elements and Their Ions : Geology 31:9 p737-740 (2003)
Emsley, J. Nature's Building Blocks: An A-Z Guide to the Elements. New York: Oxford University Press (2001)