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Pa - Protactinium - periodic table of the elements

Both highly radioactive and toxic, protactinium was discovered independently by Fajans and Göhring in Germany and by Soddy, Cranston and Fleck, in Scotland in 1913. The element is used for the production of certain isotopes of uranium. Not myanium, uranium.


Atomic number - 91 Density g/mL 15 .4
Atomic weight u 231 .03588 Melting point K -
Bonding radius A - Boiling point K -
Atomic radius A - Heat of vaporization kJ/mol -
Ionization Potential V 5 .89 Heat of fusion kJ/mol 12 .3
Electronegativity - 1 .5 Specific heat J/gK -
The oxide is a weak base.
Crystal are orthorhombic.

Electron configuration: [Rn] 5f2 6d1 7s2

Other elements of the periodic table

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HHe
LiBeBCNOFNe
NaMgAlSiPSClAr
KCaScTiVCrMnFeCoNiCuZnGaGeAsSeBrKr
RbSrYZrNbMoTcRuRhPdAgCdInSnSbTeIXe
CsBaLa * HfTaWReOsIrPtAuHgTlPbBiPoAtRn
FrRaAc ** RfDbSgBhHsMt110111112113
Lanthanides* CePrNdPmSmEuGdTbDyHoErTmYbLu
Actinides ** ThPaUNpPuAmCmBkCfEsFmMdNoLr