NEPTUNIUM, Np (93)
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NEPTUNIUM
Np (93)
nɛpˈtjuːniəm
PHONETICS
Neptunium is silvery, tarnishes when exposed to air and occurs in three allotropic forms and it normally exhibits five oxidation states, ranging from +3 to +7. It is radioactive, pyrophoric, and can accumulate in bones, which makes the handling of neptunium dangerous. The most stable isotope of neptunium, neptunium-237, is a by-product of nuclear reactors and plutonium production.
ELEMENT BRIEF
1940 by Edwin McMillan and Philip H. Abelson, USA.
DISCOVERY
From the name Neptune, the planet.
ETYMOLOGY
Neptunium
ELEMENT
Np
SYMBOL
93
ATOMIC NUMBER
7439-99-8
CAS NUMBER

ELEMENTAL SPECTRUM
Silver
ELEMENTAL COLOUR
-
REFRACTIVE INDEX
-
POISSON RATIO
11.567 cm³
MOLAR VOLUME
-
BRINELL HARDNESS
-
MOHS HARDNESS
-
VICKERS HARDNESS
-
SPEED OF SOUND
-
BULK MODULUS
-
SHEAR MODULUS
-
YOUNG MODULUS
ALLOTROPES
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917.15 K, 644.00 °C
MELTING POINT
4,273.15 K, 4,000.00 °C
BOILING POINT
-
AUTOMATIC IGNITION
-
FLASHPOINT
-
CRITICAL TEMPERATURE
-
CRITICAL PRESSURE
6.000'000 W/(m K)
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
-
THERMAL EXPANSION
-
SPECIFIC HEAT
10.000 kJ/mol
HEAT FUSION
335.000 kJ/mol
HEAT VAPORISATION
-
HEAT COMBUSTION
-
CURIE POINT
-
NEEL POINT
-
ADIABATIC INDEX
Solid
PHASE
Conductor
ELECTRICAL TYPE
830.00k S/m
CONDUCTIVITY
1.20μ Ω.m
RESISTIVITY
-
SUPERCONDUCTING POINT
-
MAGNETIC TYPE
-
MASS SUSCEPTIBILITY
-
MOLAR SUSCEPTIBILITY
-
VOLUME SUSCEPTIBILITY
Actinide
CLASSIFICATION
236.547'371'8
ATOMIC WEIGHT
140 pm
ATOMIC RADIUS
171 pm
COVALENT RADIUS SINGLE BOND
136 pm
COVALENT RADIUS DOUBLE BOND
116 pm
COVALENT RADIUS TRIPLE BOND
221 pm
VAN DER WAALS RADIUS
[Rn]7s²5f⁴6d¹
ELECTRON CONFIGURATION
Orthorhombic, Primitive
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
20.450'00 g/cm³
DENSITY AS SOLID
-
DENSITY AS LIQUID
-
DENSITY AS GAS
Pnma
SPACE GROUP NAME
62
SPACE GROUP NUMBER
π/2, π/2 π/2
LATTICE ANGLES
666.3, 472.3 488.7 pm
LATTICE CONSTANTS
6
VALENCE
1.36
ELECTRONEGATIVITY
-
ELECTRON AFFINITY
IONISATION ENERGY
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UNIVERSE
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METEORITES
-
SUN
-
EARTH CRUST
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OCEANS
-
HUMANS
2.15 x 10⁶ Years
HALF LIFE
3.10 x 10⁶ Years
LIFETIME
6d¹ = 6, 2, -2, +1/2
QUANTUM NUMBERS
14.500'00 b σs
NEUTRON CROSS SECTION
175.900'00 b σa
NEUTRON MASS ABSORPTION
STABLE ISOTOPES
NONE
UNSTABLE ISOTOPES
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