Flerovium
Flerovium is a superheavy artificial chemical element with symbol Fl and atomic number 114. It is an extremely radioactive synthetic element. The element is named after the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia, where the element was discovered in 1998.
A stylized shell model. Electrons are quantum objects, not particles following these literal paths. Sizes and motion are illustrative.
86 is the [Rn] core total across six shells.
At a glance
- Atomic number
- 114
- Atomic mass
- 289 u
- Phase
- Solid
- Density
- 14 g/cm³
- Melting point
- 340 K
- Boiling point
- 420 K
- First ionization energy
- Unavailable
- Electronegativity
- Unavailable
- Electron affinity
- Unavailable
- Molar heat capacity
- Unavailable
- Period
- 7
- Appearance
- Unavailable
Conditions and isotopes affect measured properties. Some properties of short-lived elements are predicted. Electronegativity uses the Pauling scale.
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