FLEROVIUM
CARBON GROUP
| Atomic number: | 114 |
| Group numbers: | 14 |
| Period: | 7 |
| Electronic configuration: | [Rn] 5f14 6d10 7s2 7p2 |
| Formal oxidation number: | |
| Electronegativities: | - |
| Atomic radius / pm: | - |
| Relative atomic mass: | - |
Both Flerovium and Livermorium were detected in Russian labs over ten years ago (1998 and 2000), but the half-lives of the particles were so short that the scientists were unable to verify their discoveries. The discoveries were confirmed in 2004 through a collaborative effort scientists from the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna, Rusia, and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in Livermore, California, USA, led by Rusian physicist Yuri Tsolakovich Oganessian (1933-) and American chemist Kenton J. (Ken) Moody. The Dubna-Livermore collaboration be credited with the discovery of the new element with Z = 114. Temporarily known as ununquadium, flerovium was named in honor of the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions where superheavy elements are synthesised. The Soviet physicist Georgi Nikolaevich Flerov (1913-1990) was a pioneer in heavy-ion physics who founded the JINR in Dubna. It is a synthetic radioactive element that do not occour naturally in earth. Flerovium was produced by bombarding plutonium-242 with calcium-48.
| Density / g dm-3: | - | |
| Molar volume / cm3mol-1: | - | |
| Electrical resistivity / µΩcm: | - | (20 °C) |
| Thermal conductivity / W m-1K-1: | - |
| Melting point / °C: | - |
| Boiling point / °C: | - |
| Heat of fusion / kJ mol-1: | - |
| Heat of vaporization / kJ mol-1: | - |
| Heat of atomization / kJ mol-1: | - |
| First ionization energy / kJ mol-1: | - |
| Second ionization energy / kJ mol-1: | - |
| Third ionization energy / kJ mol-1: | - |
| in the atmosphere / ppm: | - |
| in the Earth's crust / ppm: | - |
| in the oceans / ppm: | - |
| Crystal structure: | unknown structure |
| Unit-cell dimensions / pm: | - |
| Space group: | - |
| Isotope | Relative atomic mass | Mass percent (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 287Fl | 287.187(4) | * |
| 288Fl | 288.188(6) | * |
| 289Fl | 289.190(4) | * |
| Balanced half-reaction | Eo / V | |
|---|---|---|
| 113 Nihonium | ← | 114 Flerovium | → | 115 Moscovium |
Citing this page:
Generalic, Eni. "Flerovium." EniG. Periodic Table of the Elements. KTF-Split, 18 Jan. 2024. Web. {Date of access}. <https://www.periodni.com/fl.html>.
