Element Family
Transition Metal
Lanthanide
Space Group Name
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P63/mmc
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Metal dust of Lutetium element is highly explosive.
- Lutetium metal is corrosion resistance and acts stable in air.
Sources
Synthetically Produced
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Who Discovered
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Georges Urbain and Carl Auer von Welsbach
Discovery
In 1974
In 1906
Abundance In Meteorites
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Abundance In Earth's Crust
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Uses & Benefits
- Currently known uses of Seaborgium metal are limited to research purpose only.
- Lutetium metal is used outside research. It has commercial uses like Industrial catalyst for cracking oil refineries of hydrocarbons .
Other Uses
Research Purposes
Alloys
Present in Human Body
No
No
Physical State
Solid
Solid
Luster
Unknown Luster
Metallic
Pauling Electronegativity
Sanderson Electronegativity
Allred Rochow Electronegativity
Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
Pauling Electropositivity
Electrochemical Equivalent
Other Chemical Properties
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Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
Electron Configuration
[Rn] 5f14 6d2 7s2
[Xe] 6s2 4f14 5d1
Crystal Structure
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP)
Crystal Lattice
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Valence Electron Potential
Lattice Angles
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π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
Density At Room Temperature
Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
Other Mechanical Properties
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-
Magnetic Ordering
-
Paramagnetic
Electrical Property
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Conductor