Thorium, 90Th |
General properties |
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Pronunciation | Template:Infobox element/pronunciation |
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Appearance | silvery, often with black tarnish |
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Standard atomic weight (Ar, standard) | Template:Infobox element/standard atomic weight |
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Mass number | Template:Infobox element/symbol-to-most-stable-isotope (most stable isotope) |
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Thorium in the periodic table |
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Atomic number (Z) | 90 |
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Group | Template:Infobox element/group |
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Period | period 7 |
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Block | f-block |
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Element category | Template:Infobox element/category format |
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Electron configuration | [Rn] 6d2 7s2 |
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Electrons per shell | 2, 8, 18, 32, 18, 10, 2 |
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Physical properties |
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Phase at STP | solid |
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Melting point | 2023 K (1750 °C, 3182 °F) |
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Boiling point | 5061 K (4788 °C, 8650 °F) |
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Density (near r.t.) | 11.7 g/cm3 |
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Heat of fusion | 13.81 kJ/mol |
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[[Enthalpy of vaporization|Heat of Template:Engvar]] | 514 kJ/mol |
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Molar heat capacity | 26.230 J/(mol·K) |
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Atomic properties |
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Oxidation states | Template:Infobox element/symbol-to-oxidation-state |
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Electronegativity | Pauling scale: 1.3 |
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[[Ionization energy|Template:Engvar energies]] | - 1st: 587 kJ/mol
- 2nd: 1110 kJ/mol
- 3rd: 1930 kJ/mol
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Atomic radius | empirical: 179.8 pm |
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Covalent radius | 206±6 pm |
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Other properties |
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Crystal structure | Template:Infobox element/crystal structure |
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Speed of sound thin rod | 2490 m/s (at 20 °C) |
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Thermal expansion | 11.0 µm/(m·K) (at 25 °C) |
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Thermal conductivity | 54.0 W/(m·K) |
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Electrical resistivity | 157 nΩ·m (at 0 °C) |
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Magnetic ordering | paramagnetic[1] |
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Magnetic susceptibility | 132.0·10−6 cm3/mol (293 K)[2] |
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Young's modulus | 79 GPa |
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Shear modulus | 31 GPa |
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Bulk modulus | 54 GPa |
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Poisson ratio | 0.27 |
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Mohs hardness | 3.0 |
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Vickers hardness | 295–685 MPa |
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Brinell hardness | 390–1500 MPa |
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CAS Number | 7440-29-1 |
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History |
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Naming | after Thor, the Norse god of thunder |
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Discovery | Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1829) |
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Main isotopes of thorium |
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