Moscovium
Moscovium is the name of a synthetic superheavy element in the periodic table that has the symbol Mc and has the atomic number 115. It is an extremely radioactive element; its most stable known isotope, moscovium-289, has a half-life of only 220 milliseconds. It is also known as eka-bismuth or simply element 115.
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
- 115
- Atomic mass
- 289 u
- Phase
- Solid
- Density
- 13.5 g/cm³
- Melting point
- 670 K
- Boiling point
- 1,400 K
- First ionization energy
- Unavailable
- Electronegativity
- Unavailable
- Electron affinity
- 35.3 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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