116 Lv 293
Livermorium
unknown, probably post-transition metal
Properties
- Atomic number
- 116
- Atomic mass
- 293 u
- Category
- unknown, probably post-transition metal
- Group
- 16
- Period
- 7
- Block
- p-block
- State (room temp)
- Solid
- Outer-shell electrons
- 6
- Electronegativity
- —
- Density
- 12.9 g/cm³
- Melting point
- 435.85 °C
- Boiling point
- 811.85 °C
Electron configuration
1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁶ 4s² 3d¹⁰ 4p⁶ 5s² 4d¹⁰ 5p⁶ 6s² 4f¹⁴ 5d¹⁰ 6p⁶ 7s² 5f¹⁴ 6d¹⁰ 7p⁴
Noble-gas shorthand: [Rn] 5f¹⁴ 6d¹⁰ 7s² 7p⁴
Electrons per shell: 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 18, 6 — that's 6 in the outermost shell.
About Livermorium
Livermorium is a synthetic superheavy element with symbol Lv and atomic number 116. It is an extremely radioactive element that has only been created in the laboratory and has not been observed in nature. The element is named after the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the United States, which collaborated with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia to discover livermorium in 2000.
- Discovered by Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Position in the periodic table
Data compiled from Wikipedia, PubChem, and IUPAC. Source.