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Tc - Technetium - periodic table of the elements

Technetium was discovered in platinum ore using x-ray technology by Walter Noddack and Ida Tacke in Berlin. The element was artificially produced in 1937 by Emilio Segrè and Carlo Perrier at UC Berkeley.
Atomic number - 43 Density g/mL 11 .5
Atomic weight u 98 Melting point K 2473
Bonding radius A 1 .27 Boiling point K 4538
Atomic radius A 1 .95 Heat of vaporization kJ/mol 660
Ionization Potential V 7 .28 Heat of fusion kJ/mol 24
Electronegativity - 1 .9 Specific heat J/gK 0 .21
The oxide is a strong acid.
Crystal are hexagonal.

Electron configuration: [Kr] 4d5 5s2

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NaMgAlSiPSClAr
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Actinides ** ThPaUNpPuAmCmBkCfEsFmMdNoLr