Rutherfordium
Rutherfordium is a chemical element with symbol Rf and atomic number 104, named in honor of physicist Ernest Rutherford. It is a synthetic element (an element that can be created in a laboratory but is not found in nature) and radioactive; the most stable known isotope, 267Rf, has a half-life of approximately 1.3 hours. In the periodic table of the elements, it is a d - block element and the second of the fourth - row transition elements.
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
- 104
- Atomic mass
- 267 u
- Phase
- Solid
- Density
- 23.2 g/cm³
- Melting point
- 2,400 K
- Boiling point
- 5,800 K
- First ionization energy
- 580 kJ/mol
- 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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