ACTINIUM, Ac (89)

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ACTINIUM

Ac (89)

ækˈtɪniəm

PHONETICS

Actinium is a soft, silvery-white radioactive metal which reacts rapidly with oxygen and moisture in the air forming a white coating of actinium oxide that prevents further oxidation. Found only in traces in uranium and thorium ores as the isotope 227Ac, which decays with a half-life of 21.772 years, predominantly emitting beta and sometimes alpha particles, and 228Ac, which is beta active with a half-life of 6.15 hours. One tonne of natural uranium in ore contains about 0.2 milligrams of actinium-227, and one tonne of natural thorium contains about 5 nanograms of actinium-228.

ELEMENT BRIEF

1899 by Andre-Louis Debierne, France.

DISCOVERY

Greek 'aktinos' meaning 'ray'.

ETYMOLOGY

Actinium

ELEMENT

Ac

SYMBOL

89

ATOMIC NUMBER

7440-34-8

CAS NUMBER
element

ELEMENTAL SPECTRUM


Silver

ELEMENTAL COLOUR


-

REFRACTIVE INDEX


-

POISSON RATIO


22.545 cm³

MOLAR VOLUME


-

BRINELL HARDNESS


-

MOHS HARDNESS


-

VICKERS HARDNESS


-

SPEED OF SOUND


-

BULK MODULUS


-

SHEAR MODULUS


-

YOUNG MODULUS


ALLOTROPES

NONE

1,323.15 K, 1,050.00 °C

MELTING POINT


3,473.15 K, 3,200.00 °C

BOILING POINT


-

AUTOMATIC IGNITION


-

FLASHPOINT


-

CRITICAL TEMPERATURE


12.000'000 W/(m K)

CRITICAL PRESSURE


-

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY


-

THERMAL EXPANSION


120.00 J/(kg K)

SPECIFIC HEAT


14.000 kJ/mol

HEAT FUSION


400.000 kJ/mol

HEAT VAPORISATION


-

HEAT COMBUSTION


-

CURIE POINT


-

NEEL POINT


-

ADIABATIC INDEX


Solid

PHASE

-

ELECTRICAL TYPE


-

CONDUCTIVITY


-

RESISTIVITY


-

SUPERCONDUCTING POINT


-

MAGNETIC TYPE


-

MASS SUSCEPTIBILITY


-

MOLAR SUSCEPTIBILITY


-

VOLUME SUSCEPTIBILITY

Actinide

CLASSIFICATION


227.027'752'3

ATOMIC WEIGHT


-

ATOMIC RADIUS


186 pm

COVALENT RADIUS SINGLE BOND


153 pm

COVALENT RADIUS DOUBLE BOND


140 pm

COVALENT RADIUS TRIPLE BOND


260 pm

VAN DER WAALS RADIUS


[Rn]7s²6d¹

ELECTRON CONFIGURATION


Cubic, Face-centred

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE


10.070'00 g/cm³

DENSITY AS SOLID


-

DENSITY AS LIQUID


-

DENSITY AS GAS


Fm_3m

SPACE GROUP NAME


225

SPACE GROUP NUMBER


π/2, π/2 π/2

LATTICE ANGLES


567, 567 567 pm

LATTICE CONSTANTS

3

VALENCE


1.1

ELECTRONEGATIVITY


-

ELECTRON AFFINITY


IONISATION ENERGY

element element

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UNIVERSE


-

METEORITES


-

SUN


-

EARTH CRUST


-

OCEANS


-

HUMANS

21.79 years

HALF LIFE


31.43 years

LIFETIME


6d¹ = 6, 2, -2, +1/2

QUANTUM NUMBERS


-

NEUTRON CROSS SECTION


-

NEUTRON MASS ABSORPTION


STABLE ISOTOPES

NONE


UNSTABLE ISOTOPES

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ISOTOPIC CHAIN

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