Francium Seaborgium Comparison
Element Family
Alkali
Transition Metal
Interesting Facts
- 223 Francium has the longest half life at 21.8.
- Francium metal is produced by alpha decay in 227Actinium 227.
- Seaborgium most stable isotope is Sg and it has 2.1 min of half- life.
- And other isotopes of Seaborgium have half-lives as short as 3 ms.
Sources
Formed by Decay Process, Mining
Synthetically Produced
Who Discovered
Marguerite Perey
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Discovery
In 1939
In 1974
Abundance In Meteorites
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Abundance In Earth's Crust
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Uses & Benefits
- Francium has no known uses as it has a half life of only 22 minutes.
- Currently known uses of Seaborgium metal are limited to research purpose only.
Other Uses
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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
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity, Solubility
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Electron Configuration
[Rn] 7s1
[Rn] 5f14 6d2 7s2
Crystal Structure
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
Crystal Lattice
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Valence Electron Potential
Density At Room Temperature
Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
Other Mechanical Properties
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Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
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Electrical Property
Poor Conductor
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