Element Family
Actinide
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Space Group Name
P63/mmc
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Interesting Facts
- Californium metal is very harmful and highly radioactive.
- Californium metal is the heaviest metal.
Roentgenium is a highly unstable synthetic element.
Sources
Made by Bombarding Curium with Helium Ions
Synthetically Produced
Who Discovered
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
Discovery
In 1950
In 1994
Abundance In Meteorites
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Abundance In Earth's Crust
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Uses & Benefits
- Californium metal has a very strong neutron emitter. It is used as a metal detector.
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It also used as an identifier to check Water and oil layers in oil wells.
- Currently known uses of Roentgenium metal are limited to research purpose only.
Industrial Uses
Chemical Industry
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Other Uses
Alloys, Nuclear Research
Research Purposes
Present in Human Body
No
No
Physical State
Solid
Solid
Pauling Electronegativity
Sanderson Electronegativity
Allred Rochow Electronegativity
Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
Pauling Electropositivity
Electrochemical Equivalent
Other Chemical Properties
Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity, Solubility
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Electron Configuration
[Rn] 5f10 7s2
[Rn] 5f14 6d9 7s2
Crystal Structure
Double Hexagonal Close Packed (DHCP)
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
Crystal Lattice
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Valence Electron Potential
Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
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Density At Room Temperature
Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
Other Mechanical Properties
Malleable, Sectile
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Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
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Enthalpy of Atomization
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