Astatine (At)

Astatine (At) is element 85 of the periodic table, a halogen in period 6 and group 17. It has no stable isotope and no standard atomic weight; 210 is the mass number of its longest-lived isotope. At room temperature it is a solid.

85 At Astatine [210]

Period 6, group 17 · Halogen

Atomic number85
SymbolAt
Standard atomic weight[210] (mass number of the longest-lived isotope)
Molar mass[210] g/mol
CategoryHalogen
Group17
Period6
Blockp-block
Electron configuration[Xe] 6s2 4f14 5d10 6p5
Oxidation states+7, +5, +3, +1, −1
Electronegativity (Pauling)2.2
Atomic radius (van der Waals)202 pm
First ionisation energy9.5 eV (916.6 kJ/mol)
Electron affinity2.8 eV
State at room temperatureSolid
Melting point575 K (301.85 °C)
Boiling point—
Density7 g/cm³
Discovered1940

Group 17

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Atomic weight: IUPAC CIAAW — no standard atomic weight; mass number in brackets. Other properties: PubChem (U.S. National Library of Medicine, public domain). Values such as melting point and radius depend on how they were measured; check a data book for precise work.