103 · Lr
Lawrencium
Produced at Berkeley in 1961.
Identity
- Atomic number
- 103
- Symbol
- Lr
- Canonical name
- Lawrencium
- Category
- actinide
- Group
- unassigned
- Period
- 7
- Block
- d
Series set apart from the main table. Whether group 3 is lanthanum or lutetium (actinium or lawrencium) is still discussed, so the group is left empty.
Properties
These quantities come from the Periodic Table JSON compilation. They have not yet been checked, one by one, against CIAAW atomic weights or NIST measurements. A value marked estimated is not a measurement.
- Atomic mass
- [266] No standard atomic weight. The number shown is the conventional mass number used in tables, not a measured mass in u.
- Electron configuration
- [Rn] 5f14 7s2 7p1
- Electrons per shell
- 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 8, 3
- Standard state
- solid
- Melting point
- 1,900 K
- Electronegativity
- 1.3 Pauling
- First ionization energy
- 470 kJ/mol
- Electron affinity
- -30.04 kJ/mol
Notable isotopes
This summary is not an inventory of every isotope.
Conventional mass number: 266
History
Lawrencium
Synthesis · confirmed · 1961
Ghiorso and his team produce lawrencium at Berkeley by bombarding californium.
- Target
- Cf
- Projectile
- 10B, 11B
Etymology
- Theme
- scientist
- Language
- anglais
- Root
- Lawrence
- Meaning
- Ernest Lawrence
Scientists
Places and institutions
- Berkeley — historical setting : United States — present country : United States
See also
Sources
- IUPAC, Periodic Table of the Elements
- Bowserinator, Periodic Table JSON. Compilation secondaire d’où viennent les grandeurs physiques importées (masse, densité, températures, énergies). Elles ne sont pas revérifiées une à une auprès du NIST ou de la CIAAW.
- IUPAC, décisions sur la priorité et les noms des éléments transfermiens (1997–2016)