The mineralogy of Nihonium
General Properties | |
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Symbol: | Nh |
Other names: | The name ununtrium was the temporary name issued by IUPAC. It was also known as eka-thallium following Mendeleev's original nomenclature for unnamed and undiscovered elements. |
Atomic Number: | 113 |
Standard atomic weight (Ar): | [284] |
Electron configuration: | [Rn].5f14.6d10.7s2.7p1 |
Atomic Properties | |
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Atomic Radius: | 170 pm - predicted value |
Physical Properties | |
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Metal/Non-Metal: | metal |
Main isotopes of Nihonium | ||||
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Isotope | % in Nature | Half Life | Decay type | Decay product |
278Nh | synthetic | 0.24ms | α | 274Rg |
282Nh | synthetic | 70ms | α | 278Rg |
283Nh | synthetic | 0.10s | α | 279Rg |
284Nh | synthetic | 0.48s | α | 280Rg |
285Nh | synthetic | 5.5s | α | 281Rg |
286Nh | synthetic | 20s | α | 282Rg |
Other Information | |
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Year Discovered: | 2003 |
Discovered By: | Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
Named For: | IUPAC systematic element name |
External Links: | WikipediaWebElementsLos Alamos National LaboratoryTheodore Gray's PeriodicTable.com |
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Copernicium << Nihonium >> Flerovium |
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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)