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Francium vs Actinium


Actinium vs Francium


Periodic Table

Symbol
Fr   
Ac   

Group Number
1   
17
Not Available   

Period Number
7   
7   

Block
s block   
f block   

Element Family
Alkali   
Actinide   

CAS Number
7440735   
18
7440348   
99+

Space Group Name
Not Available   
Fm_ 3m   

Space Group Number
Not Available   
225.00   
2

Facts

Interesting Facts
  • 223 Francium has the longest half life at 21.8.
  • Francium metal is produced by alpha decay in 227Actinium 227.
  
Not Available   

Sources
Formed by Decay Process, Mining   
Obtained by Treating Radium with Neutrons, Ores of metals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Marguerite Perey   
Friedrich Oskar Giesel   

Discovery
In 1939   
In 1902   

Abundance
  
  

Uses

Uses & Benefits
  • Francium has no known uses as it has a half life of only 22 minutes.
  
  • 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
NA   
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
27.00 °C   
99+
1,227.00 °C   
38

Boiling Point
677.00 °C   
99+
3,200.00 °C   
26

Appearance
  
  

Physical State
Solid   
Solid   

Color
NA   
Silvery White   

Luster
NA   
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
Fr   
Ac   

Isotopes
  
  

Known Isotopes
33   
6
29   
10

Electronegativity
  
  

Pauling Electronegativity
0.70   
99+
1.10   
99+

Allred Rochow Electronegativity
0.86   
99+
1.00   
36

Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
0.68   
25
Not Available   

Allen Electronegativity
0.67   
99+
Not Available   

Electropositivity
  
  

Pauling Electropositivity
3.30   
1
2.90   
10

Ionization Energies
  
  

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

2nd Energy Level
Not Available   
1,170.00 kJ/mol   
99+

3rd Energy Level
Not Available   
1,900.00 kJ/mol   
99+

4th Energy Level
Not Available   
4,700.00 kJ/mol   
23

Electrochemical Equivalent
8.32 g/amp-hr   
1
2.82 g/amp-hr   
18

Electron Work Function
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

Atomic Properties

Atomic Number
87   
31
89   
29

Electron Configuration
[Rn] 7s1   
[Rn] 6d1 7s2   

Crystal Structure
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)   
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)   

Crystal Lattice
BCC-Crystal-Structure-.jpg#100   
FCC-Crystal-Structure-of-Actinium.jpg#100   

Atom
  
  

Number of Protons
87   
31
89   
29

Number of Neutrons
136   
17
138   
16

Number of Electrons
87   
31
89   
29

Radius of an Atom
  
  

Atomic Radius
Not Available   
195.00 pm   
7

Covalent Radius
260.00 pm   
1
Not Available   

Van der Waals Radius
348.00 pm   
1
Not Available   

Atomic Weight
223.00 amu   
27
227.00 amu   
25

Atomic Volume
Not Available   
22.54 cm3/mol   
11

Adjacent Atomic Numbers
  
  

Previous Element
Polonium
  
Radium
  

Next Element
Radium
  
Thorium
  

Valence Electron Potential
8.00 (-eV)   
99+
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
1.87 g/cm3   
99+
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
Paramagnetic   
Paramagnetic   

Electrical Properties
  
  

Electrical Property
Poor Conductor   
Unknown   

Resistivity
3.00 nΩ·m   
99+
Not Available   

Electrical Conductivity
0.03 106/cm Ω   
40
Not Available   

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
15.00 W/m·K   
99+
12.00 W/m·K   
99+

Critical Temperature
Not Available   
Not Available   

Thermal Expansion
Not Available   
Not Available   

Enthalpy
  
  

Enthalpy of Atomization
71.00 kJ/mol   
99+
301.00 kJ/mol   
36

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

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