Tennessine

Atomic number

117

Atomic mass (u)

294.211

Category

Halogen

Standard state

Expected to be a 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 7p5 5f14 6d10 (predicted)

Oxidation states

+5, +3, +1, -1

Atomic radius (pm)

Not reported in this source

First ionization energy (eV)

Not reported in this source

Discovery & recognition

Discovery year / period (PubChem)

2010

Discovery credited to (RSC)

Scientists from the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, USA, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, USA

Date or period recorded by RSC

2010

Discovery place

Not supplied in the structured record; see the RSC history source.

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.

“Unknown”

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.