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Meitnerium (Mt)

Meitnerium is a chemical element of the periodic table with chemical symbol Mt and atomic number 109 with an atomic weight of 277.154 u and is classed as unknown and is part of group 9 (cobalt group). Meitnerium is solid at room temperature.

Meitnerium in the periodic table

SymbolMt
Atomic number109
Group9 (Cobalt group)
Period7
Blockd
ClassificationUnknown
Appearance-
Color-
Number of protons109 p+
Number of neutrons168 n0
Number of electrons109 e-
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaMeitnerium is a chemical element with symbol Mt and atomic number 109. It is an extremely radioactive synthetic element (an element not found in nature that can be created in a laboratory). The most stable known isotope, meitnerium-278, has a half-life of 7.6 seconds.

Physical properties

Phase at STPSolid
Density37.4 g/cm3
Atomic weight277.154 u

Thermal properties

Melting point-
Boiling point-
Heat of vaporization-

Atomic properties

Electronegativity (Pauling Scale)-
Electron affinity-
Oxidation states(+1), (+3), (+4), (+6), (+8), (+9)
(predicted)
Ionization energies
  1. 800.8 kJ/mol
  2. 1823.6 kJ/mol
  3. 2904.2 kJ/mol
  4. 3859.4 kJ/mol
  5. 4920.8 kJ/mol

Electron configuration for meitnerium

Electron configuration
Shorthand configuration
[Rn] 5f14 6d7 7s2
Electron configuration
Full configuration
1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10 4s2 4p6 4d10 4f14 5s2 5p6 5d10 5f14 6s2 6p6 6d7 7s2
Electron configuration chart
1s2
2s22p6
3s23p63d10
4s24p64d104f14
5s25p65d105f14
6s26p66d7
7s2
Electrons per shell2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 15, 2
Valence electrons
Valency electrons
Bohr model
MeitneriumElectron shell for Meitnerium, created by Injosoft ABMt
Figure: Shell diagram of Meitnerium (Mt) atom.
Orbital Diagram
1s
2s2p
3s3p3d
4s4p4d4f
5s5p5d5f
6s6p6d
7s

The history of Meitnerium

DiscoveryGesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (1982)

Identifiers

List of unique identifiers for Meitnerium in various chemical registry databases
CAS Number54038-01-6
ChemSpider ID-
EC number-
PubChem CID Number56951716