Meitnerium

Atomic number

109

Atomic mass (u)

277.154

Category

Transition metal

Standard state

Solid

Melting point

Not reported

Boiling point

Not reported

Density (g/cm³)

Not reported in this source

Electronegativity (Pauling)

Not reported in this source

Electron configuration

[Rn]7s2 5f14 6d7 (calculated)

Oxidation states

9, 8, 6, 4, 3, 1

Atomic radius (pm)

Not reported in this source

First ionization energy (eV)

Not reported in this source

Discovery & recognition

Discovery year / period (PubChem)

1982

Discovery credited to (RSC)

Peter Armbruster, Gottfried Münzenberg and colleagues

Date or period recorded by RSC

1982

Discovery place

GSI, Germany

An ancient date does not identify a first human discovery. Different references may date observation, isolation and formal recognition differently.

Natural occurrence & production

This transuranium element is primarily produced through nuclear reactions in reactors or particle accelerators. Some transuranium elements also occur naturally in extremely small traces; that is different from a mineable deposit.

“Fewer than 10 atoms of meitnerium have ever been made, and it will probably never be isolated in observable quantities.”

Royal Society of Chemistry · occurrence excerpt ↗

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Reference values are not product specifications. Blank values have not been estimated. For superheavy elements, some properties and family assignments are theoretical or incompletely measured.