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Nobelium

Chemical, physical and material properties and data of the chemical element Nobelium.


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Nobelium

The chemical element nobelium, atomic number 102 on the periodic table of elements, is a rare and man-made metal first discovered in 1958 by a team led by Glenn T. Seaborg at the University of California, Berkeley. It is named after the Swedish chemist and industrialist Alfred Nobel, who is also the namesake of the Nobel Prizes.

Nobelium is a shiny silver metal that is characterized by high levels of radioactivity and, in its stable form, occurs in very small amounts at most. It has no known natural occurrences and is usually produced by certain nuclear reactions in nuclear power plants. Because of its rarity and its radioactive properties, nobelium is of no practical use.

 

General Information about Nobelium

Regular nameNobeliumChemical symbolNoOther namesSystematic nameHistorical namesName meaning, originDiscovery (year)OccurencePosition in the PSEGroup membership

 

Atomar Properties of Nobelium

Atomic number Z102 = number of protonsStandard Atomic Weight259.101033

 

Electron configuration of Nobelium

1s2s2p3s3p3d4s4p4d4f5s5p5d5f6s6p6d6f7s7p
2262610261014261014262

Abbreviated form: [Rn] 5f14 7s2 .

 

Ionization Energies of Nobelium

The following table lists the ionization energies IE (ionization potentials); the IE is the energy required in electron volts (eV) per atom to separate a given electron from an Nobelium atom.

IE1
6.65

 

Isotopic Data of Nobelium

An overview of the nuclides as well as the isotopic data and properties are listed on the following page: Nobelium isotopes.

 

Chemistry of Nobelium

 

Oxidation states+ 2Electronegativity1.3 (Pauling original)
1.30 (Pauling)
1.2 (Allred-Rochow)
Electron affinity-2.33 eV
-223.22 kJ mol-1

 

Standard Electrode Potential

E0 (V)SymbolNoxName Ox.
Name Red.
Ox.
Red.
e-
-2.50No+ II
0
Nobelium(II) cation
Nobelium
No2+
⇄ No (s)
+ 2 e-
1.20No+ III
0
Nobelium(III) cation
Nobelium
No3+
⇄ No (s)
+ 3 e-
1.4No+ III
+ II
Nobelium(III) cation
Nobelium(II) cation
No3+
⇄ No2+
+ e-

 

Material and Physical Properties

Melting point827 °CDensity9.9(4) g cm-3 (20 °C)

 

External Data, Identifiers

CAS registry number10028-14-5InChI =1S/NoInChIKeyORQBXQOJMQIAOY-UHFFFAOYSA-NPubChem ID15841472

 


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