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Fermium vs Actinium


Actinium vs Fermium


Periodic Table

Symbol
Fm   
Ac   

Group Number
Not Available   
Not Available   

Period Number
7   
7   

Block
f block   
f block   

Element Family
Actinide   
Actinide   

CAS Number
7440724   
19
7440348   
99+

Space Group Name
Not Available   
Fm_ 3m   

Space Group Number
Not Available   
225.00   
2

Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Fermium metal is highly radioactive in nature.
  • Fermium is synthetically produced metal.
  
Not Available   

Sources
Bombarding Pu-239 with Neutrons   
Obtained by Treating Radium with Neutrons, Ores of metals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   
Friedrich Oskar Giesel   

Discovery
In 1952   
In 1902   

Abundance
  
  

Uses

Uses & Benefits
  • Currently known uses of Fermium metal are limited to research purpose only.
  
  • Actinium metal has a great source of alpha rays but it is hardly used outside research purpose.
  

Industrial Uses
NA   
NA   

Medical Uses
NA   
NA   

Other Uses
NA   
Alloys, Nuclear Research, Research Purposes   

Biological Properties
  
  

Toxicity
Unknown   
Toxic   

Present in Human Body
No   
No   

In Blood
0.00 Blood/mg dm-3   
37
0.00 Blood/mg dm-3   
37

In Bone
0.00 p.p.m.   
36
0.00 p.p.m.   
36

Physical Properties

Melting Point
1,527.00 °C   
26
1,227.00 °C   
38

Boiling Point
Not Available   
3,200.00 °C   
26

Appearance
  
  

Physical State
Solid   
Solid   

Color
Unknown   
Silvery White   

Luster
Not Defined   
NA   

Hardness
  
  

Speed of Sound
Not Available   
Not Available   

Optical Properties
  
  

Allotropes
No   
No   

α Allotropes
Not Available   
Not Available   

β Allotropes
Not Available   
Not Available   

γ Allotropes
Not Available   
Not Available   

Chemical Properties

Chemical Formula
Fm   
Ac   

Isotopes
  
  

Known Isotopes
18   
21
29   
10

Electronegativity
  
  

Pauling Electronegativity
1.30   
32
1.10   
99+

Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.20   
27
1.00   
36

Electropositivity
  
  

Pauling Electropositivity
2.70   
22
2.90   
10

Ionization Energies
  
  

1st Energy Level
627.00 kJ/mol   
99+
499.00 kJ/mol   
99+

2nd Energy Level
1,225.00 kJ/mol   
99+
1,170.00 kJ/mol   
99+

3rd Energy Level
2,363.00 kJ/mol   
99+
1,900.00 kJ/mol   
99+

4th Energy Level
3,792.00 kJ/mol   
99+
4,700.00 kJ/mol   
23

Electrochemical Equivalent
3.20 g/amp-hr   
13
2.82 g/amp-hr   
18

Electron Work Function
Not Available   
Not Available   

Other Chemical Properties
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity   
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity, Solubility   

Atomic Properties

Atomic Number
100   
18
89   
29

Electron Configuration
[Rn] 5f12 7s2   
[Rn] 6d1 7s2   

Crystal Structure
Not Known   
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)   

Crystal Lattice
Unknown-Crystal-Structure-of-Fermium.jpg#100   
FCC-Crystal-Structure-of-Actinium.jpg#100   

Atom
  
  

Number of Protons
100   
18
89   
29

Number of Neutrons
157   
7
138   
16

Number of Electrons
100   
18
89   
29

Radius of an Atom
  
  

Atomic Radius
Not Available   
195.00 pm   
7

Van der Waals Radius
245.00 pm   
9
Not Available   

Atomic Weight
257.00 amu   
15
227.00 amu   
25

Atomic Volume
Not Available   
22.54 cm3/mol   
11

Adjacent Atomic Numbers
  
  

Previous Element
Radium
  

Next Element
Thorium
  

Valence Electron Potential
Not Available   
38.60 (-eV)   
99+

Lattice Constant
Not Available   
567.00 pm   
8

Lattice Angles
NA   
π/2, π/2, π/2   

Lattice C/A Ratio
Not Available   
Not Available   

Mechanical Properties

Density
  
  

Density At Room Temperature
Not Available   
10.00 g/cm3   
37

Tensile Strength
Not Available   
Not Available   

Viscosity
Not Available   
Not Available   

Vapor Pressure
  
  

Elasticity properties
  
  

Poisson Ratio
Not Available   
Not Available   

Other Mechanical Properties
NA   
NA   

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic Characteristics
  
  

Specific Gravity
Not Available   
10.07   
28

Magnetic Ordering
Unknown   
Paramagnetic   

Electrical Properties
  
  

Thermal Properties

Specific Heat
Not Available   
0.12 J/(kg K)   
40

Molar Heat Capacity
Not Available   
27.20 J/mol·K   
18

Thermal Conductivity
Not Available   
12.00 W/m·K   
99+

Critical Temperature
Not Available   
Not Available   

Thermal Expansion
Not Available   
Not Available   

Enthalpy
  
  

Enthalpy of Atomization
Not Available   
301.00 kJ/mol   
36

Standard Molar Entropy
Not Available   
56.50 J/mol.K   
25

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