Lawrencium
Lawrencium is a synthetic chemical element with chemical symbol Lr (formerly Lw) and atomic number 103. It is named in honor of Ernest Lawrence, inventor of the cyclotron, a device that was used to discover many artificial radioactive elements. A radioactive metal, lawrencium is the eleventh transuranic element and is also the final member of the actinide series.
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
- 103
- Atomic mass
- 266 u
- Phase
- Solid
- Density
- Unavailable
- Melting point
- 1,900 K
- Boiling point
- Unavailable
- First ionization energy
- 470 kJ/mol
- Electronegativity
- 1.3
- Electron affinity
- -30.04 kJ/mol
- 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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