103 Lr 266

Lawrencium

actinide

Properties

Atomic number
103
Atomic mass
266 u
Category
actinide
Group
3
Period
7
Block
d-block
State (room temp)
Solid
Outer-shell electrons
3
Electronegativity
1.3 (Pauling)
Density
Melting point
1626.85 °C
Boiling point

Electron configuration

1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁶ 4s² 3d¹⁰ 4p⁶ 5s² 4d¹⁰ 5p⁶ 6s² 4f¹⁴ 5d¹⁰ 6p⁶ 7s² 5f¹⁴ 7p¹

Noble-gas shorthand: [Rn] 5f¹⁴ 7s² 7p¹

Electrons per shell: 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 8, 3 — that's 3 in the outermost shell.

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Lr
Bohr model — outer-shell electrons in blue

About Lawrencium

Lawrencium is a synthetic chemical element with chemical symbol Lr (formerly Lw) and atomic number 103. It is named in honor of Ernest Lawrence, inventor of the cyclotron, a device that was used to discover many artificial radioactive elements. A radioactive metal, lawrencium is the eleventh transuranic element and is also the final member of the actinide series.

Position in the periodic table

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Data compiled from Wikipedia, PubChem, and IUPAC. Source.