Seaborgium
Half-life of 0.9 +/- 0.2 s. Discovered by the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research at Dubna (U.S.S.R.) in June of 1974. Its existence was confirmed by the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Livermore National Laboratory in September of 1974.
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Physical Propertiesmass · density · phase · crystal
Atomic Mass
271Da
Density
35g/cm³
Phase (STP)
Solid
Melting Point
—
Boiling Point
—
Molar Heat
—
Crystal Structure
—
Atomic Radiiatomic · covalent · van der Waals
Atomic (Empirical)
—
Covalent
143.00pm
Van der Waals
—
Electronic Propertieselectronegativity · ionization · affinity
Electron Configuration
[Rn] 5f14 6d4 7s2
Electron Shells
2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 12, 2
Electronegativity
—
Electron Affinity
—
1st Ionization Energy
7.8kJ/mol
Oxidation States
+6
Orbital DiagramAufbau · Hund's rule · Pauli exclusion
Full: 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10 4s2 4p6 4d10 4f14 5s2 5p6 5d10 6s2 6p6 5f14 6d4 7s2Short: [Rn] 5f14 6d4 7s2
Ionization Energies (71 known)
Abundanceby mass
Biological Role
Synthetic, radioactive element. No biological role.
Discovery
Discovered By
Soviet Nuclear Research/ U. of Cal at Berkeley
Named By
—
Year
1974
Nuclear Data
Known Isotopes
16
Stable Isotopes
0
Stable Mass Numbers
None
Isotopes of Sg16 known
| Nuclide | Z | N | Mass (AMU) | Half-life | Decay | Jπ | Abundance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 258Sg | 106 | 152 | 258.113040 | 2.70 ms | SF (1%), α | 0+ | — |
| 259Sg | 106 | 153 | 259.114353 | 402 ms | α (1%), SF, β⁺ | 11/2- | — |
| 260Sg | 106 | 154 | 260.114383 | 4.95 ms | SF (0.71%), α (0.29%) | 0+ | — |
| 271Sg | 106 | 165 | 271.133782 | 2.20 min | α (0.42%), SF (0.58%) | — | — |
| 272Sg | 106 | 166 | 272.135825 | Unknown | α, SF | 0+ | — |
| 273Sg | 106 | 167 | 273.139475 | Unknown | SF | — | — |