Actinium (Ac)

Actinium (Ac) is element 89 of the periodic table, an actinide in period 7, in the f-block. It has no stable isotope and no standard atomic weight; 227 is the mass number of its longest-lived isotope. At room temperature it is a solid; it melts at 1050.85 °C and boils at 3197.85 °C.

89 Ac Actinium [227]

Period 7, f-block · Actinide

Atomic number89
SymbolAc
Standard atomic weight[227] (mass number of the longest-lived isotope)
Molar mass[227] g/mol
CategoryActinide
Groupf-block (actinide series)
Period7
Blockf-block
Electron configuration[Rn] 7s2 6d1
Oxidation states+3
Electronegativity (Pauling)1.1
Atomic radius (van der Waals)260 pm
First ionisation energy5.17 eV (498.8 kJ/mol)
Electron affinity—
State at room temperatureSolid
Melting point1324 K (1050.85 °C)
Boiling point3471 K (3197.85 °C)
Density10.07 g/cm³
Discovered1899

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