RUTHERFORDIUM, Rf (104)
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RUTHERFORDIUM
Rf (104)
ˌrʌðəˈfɔːdiəm
PHONETICS
Rutherfordium is a synthetic element (an element created in a laboratory but is not found in nature) and radioactive. The most stable known isotope is 267Rf and has a half-life of 1.3 hours. In the 1960s, small amounts of rutherfordium were produced in laboratories in the former Soviet Union and in California.
ELEMENT BRIEF
1964 by Workers at the Nuclear Institute at Dubna and the University of California, Berkeley, USA.
DISCOVERY
From the name of Lord “Rutherford”, physicist and chemist from New Zealand.
ETYMOLOGY
Rutherfordium
ELEMENT
Rf
SYMBOL
104
ATOMIC NUMBER
53850-36-5
CAS NUMBER

ELEMENTAL SPECTRUM
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ELEMENTAL COLOUR
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REFRACTIVE INDEX
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POISSON RATIO
11.514 cm³
MOLAR VOLUME
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BRINELL HARDNESS
-
MOHS HARDNESS
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VICKERS HARDNESS
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SPEED OF SOUND
-
BULK MODULUS
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SHEAR MODULUS
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YOUNG MODULUS
ALLOTROPES
NONE
1,900.15 K, 1,627.00 °C
MELTING POINT
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BOILING POINT
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AUTOMATIC IGNITION
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FLASHPOINT
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CRITICAL TEMPERATURE
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CRITICAL PRESSURE
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THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
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THERMAL EXPANSION
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SPECIFIC HEAT
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HEAT FUSION
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HEAT VAPORISATION
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HEAT COMBUSTION
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CURIE POINT
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NEEL POINT
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ADIABATIC INDEX
Solid
PHASE
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ELECTRICAL TYPE
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CONDUCTIVITY
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RESISTIVITY
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SUPERCONDUCTING POINT
-
MAGNETIC TYPE
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MASS SUSCEPTIBILITY
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MOLAR SUSCEPTIBILITY
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VOLUME SUSCEPTIBILITY
Transition Metal
CLASSIFICATION
267.121'790'0
ATOMIC WEIGHT
-
ATOMIC RADIUS
157 pm
COVALENT RADIUS SINGLE BOND
140 pm
COVALENT RADIUS DOUBLE BOND
131 pm
COVALENT RADIUS TRIPLE BOND
150 pm
VAN DER WAALS RADIUS
[Rn]7s²5f¹⁴7p²
ELECTRON CONFIGURATION
Hexagonal, Close Packed Single
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
23.200'00 g/cm³
DENSITY AS SOLID
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DENSITY AS LIQUID
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DENSITY AS GAS
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SPACE GROUP NAME
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SPACE GROUP NUMBER
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LATTICE ANGLES
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LATTICE CONSTANTS
3
VALENCE
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ELECTRONEGATIVITY
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ELECTRON AFFINITY
IONISATION ENERGY
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UNIVERSE
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METEORITES
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SUN
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EARTH CRUST
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OCEANS
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HUMANS
13.06 hours
HALF LIFE
18.89 hours
LIFETIME
7p² = 6, 2, -1, +1/2
QUANTUM NUMBERS
-
NEUTRON CROSS SECTION
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NEUTRON MASS ABSORPTION
STABLE ISOTOPES
NONE
UNSTABLE ISOTOPES
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