INTRODUCTION
Nobelium is an artificially produced radioactive element, and one of the transuranium (elements that is after uranium on the periodic table) in the actinide series of the periodic table. It was named after the Swedish inventor and philanthropist Alfred Bernhard Nobel.
Nobelium chemical properties are unknown, but since it is an actinide, its properties should somewhat resemble those of the rare earth elements.
BASIC INFORMATIONS
- Atomic Number
- 102
- Atomic Mass
- 259
- Ionic radius
- N/A
- Ionization energy
- N/A
- Electronic config
- 2,8,18,32,32,8,2
- Principal Valency
- +2
- Density g/cm³
- N/A
- Melting point °C
- N/A
- Boiling point °C
- N/A
- Type of Element
- Metal
- Electronegativity
- N/A
- Element Category
- Actinide series
- Appearance
- N/A
- Block
- f-block
- Period
- 9
- Group
- 17
- No of Isotopes
- 16
- Occurrence
- Artificially Made
- Abundance in ppm
- Nil
- Year of Discovery
- 1958
EXTRACTION
It is obtain by electrolysis of its fused salts or reducing its halides with calcium
OXIDATION STATES
+2,+3
MAJOR SOURCE
It is produced artificially from curium.
HALF LIFE
3 seconds
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
* Little is known about the element, so therefore it does not have any industrial use, presently.