Compare Fluorine vs Tennessine
Comparing Fluorine (F) and Tennessine (Ts). Atomic numbers 9 and 117 with atomic masses 18.998 u and 294 u, classified as nonmetal and unknown. Below: a side-by-side comparison of their physical, atomic, electron-configuration and historical properties, including density, melting and boiling points, ionization energies, oxidation states and discovery history.
Periodic properties of the elements
| Fluorine | Tennessine | |
|---|---|---|
| Symbol | F | Ts |
| Atomic number | 9 | 117 |
| Group | 17 | 17 |
| Period | 2 | 7 |
| Block | p | p |
| Element category | Nonmetal | Unknown |
Physical properties
| Fluorine | Tennessine | |
|---|---|---|
| Phase at STP | Gas | Solid |
| Density | 1.696 g/cm3 | 7.17 g/cm3 |
| Atomic weight | 18.9984 u | 294 u |
| Melting point | 53.48 K -219.67 °C -363.406 °F | 723 K 449.85 °C 841.73 °F |
| Boiling point | 85.03 K -188.12 °C -306.616 °F | 883 K 609.85 °C 1129.73 °F |
Atomic properties
| Fluorine | Tennessine | |
|---|---|---|
| Electronegativity (Pauling Scale) | 3.98 | 0 |
| Electron affinity | 328.165 kJ/mol | 165.9 kJ/mol |
| Oxidation states | −1, 0 (oxidizes oxygen) | (−1), (+1), (+3), (+5) (predicted) |
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Electron configuration
| Fluorine | Tennessine | |
|---|---|---|
| Shorthand configuration | [He] 2s2 2p5 | [Rn] 5f14 6d10 7s2 7p5 |
| Full configuration | 1s2 2s2 2p5 | 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10 4s2 4p6 4d10 4f14 5s2 5p6 5d10 5f14 6s2 6p6 6d10 7s2 7p5 |
| Electrons per shell | 2, 7 | 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 18, 7 |
History
| Fluorine | Tennessine | |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery | André-Marie Ampère (1810) | Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Vanderbilt University, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (2009) |
| First isolation | Henri Moissan (1886) | |
| Named by | Humphry Davy, André-Marie Ampère | JINR, LLNL, ORNL, Vanderbilt University |