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Einsteinium
General | States | Energies | Oxidation & Electrons |Appearance & Characteristics
Reactions | Other Forms |Radius | Conductivity | Abundance
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General

Name Einsteinium Symbol Es
atomic number 99 Atomic weight (254)
Density @ 293 K ? Atomic volume ?
Group Rare Earth, Actinides discovered 1954

States

state (s, l, g)
melting point 1133.2 K boiling point K
Heat of fusion ? Heat of vaporization ?
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Energies

1st ionization energy 619 kJ/mole electronegativity 1.3
2nd ionization energy kJ/mole electron affinity kJ/mole
3rd ionization energy kJ/mole Specific heat ?
heat atomization kJ/mole atoms

Oxidation & Electrons

Shells 2,8,18,32,29,8,2 electron configuration [Rn] 5f11 7s2
minimum oxidation number 0 maximum oxidation number 3
min. common oxidation no. 0 max. common oxidation no. 3
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Appearance & Characteristics

structure color
uses toxicity
hardness mohs characteristics Radioactive

Reactions

reaction with air reaction with 6M HCl
reaction with 6M HCl reaction with 15M HNO3
reaction with 6M NaOH
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Other Forms

number of isotopes 0 hydride(s)
oxide(s) Es2O3 chloride(s)

Radius

ionic radius (2- ion) pm ionic radius (1- ion) pm
atomic radius 186 pm ionic radius (1+ ion) pm
ionic radius (2+ ion) pm ionic radius (3+ ion) pm
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Conductivity

thermal conductivity J/m-sec-deg electrical conductivity 1/mohm-cm
polarizability 19.7 A^3

Abundance

source Synthetic rel. abund. solar system log
abundance earth's crust log cost, pure $/100g
cost, bulk $/100g
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