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Compare Oxygen vs Livermorium

Comparing Oxygen (O) and Livermorium (Lv). Atomic numbers 8 and 116 with atomic masses 15.999 u and 293 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.

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O
Oxygen
#8
Lv
Livermorium
#116

Periodic properties of the elements

OxygenLivermorium
SymbolOLv
Atomic number8116
Group1616
Period27
Blockpp
Element categoryNonmetalUnknown

Physical properties

OxygenLivermorium
Phase at STPGasSolid
Density1.429 g/cm312.9 g/cm3
Atomic weight15.999 u293 u
Melting point54.36 K
-218.79 °C
-361.822 °F		709 K
435.85 °C
816.53 °F
Boiling point90.188 K
-182.962 °C
-297.3316 °F		1085 K
811.85 °C
1493.33 °F

Atomic properties

OxygenLivermorium
Electronegativity (Pauling Scale)3.440
Electron affinity140.976 kJ/mol74.9 kJ/mol
Oxidation states−2, −1, 0, +1, +2
()		(−2), (+2), (+4)
(predicted)
Ionization energies
  1. 1313.9 kJ/mol
  2. 3388.3 kJ/mol
  3. 5300.5 kJ/mol
  4. 7469.2 kJ/mol
  5. 10989.5 kJ/mol
  6. 13326.5 kJ/mol
  7. 71330 kJ/mol
  8. 84078 kJ/mol
  1. 663.9 kJ/mol
  2. 1330 kJ/mol
  3. 2850 kJ/mol
  4. 3810 kJ/mol
  5. 6080 kJ/mol

Electron configuration

OxygenLivermorium
Shorthand configuration[He] 2s2 2p4 [Rn] 5f14 6d10 7s2 7p4
Full configuration1s2 2s2 2p4 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10 4s2 4p6 4d10 4f14 5s2 5p6 5d10 5f14 6s2 6p6 6d10 7s2 7p4
Electrons per shell2, 62, 8, 18, 32, 32, 18, 6

History

OxygenLivermorium
DiscoveryCarl Wilhelm Scheele, Joseph Priestley (1774)Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (2000)
Named byAntoine Lavoisier (1777)JINR, LLNL
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