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Elements / 114

114Fl[289]

Flerovium

Properties unknown · p-block · ring Q · spoke 14

Flerovium is element 114, a properties unknown. It sits on ring Q (period 7) on spoke 14, the carbon group. Follow that spoke toward the center and out again to find its chemical relatives.

HHeLiBeBCNOFNeNaMgAlSiPSClArKCaScTiVCrMnFeCoNiCuZnGaGeAsSeBrKrRbSrYZrNbMoTcRuRhPdAgCdInSnSbTeIXeCsBaLaCePrNdPmSmEuGdTbDyHoErTmYbLuHfTaWReOsIrPtAuHgTlPbBiPoAtRnFrRaAcThPaUNpPuAmCmBkCfEsFmMdNoLrRfDbSgBhHsMtDsRgCnNhFlMcLvTsOg119120

Properties

DensityNot measuredTerrain →
Melting pointNot measuredTerrain →
Boiling pointNot measuredTerrain →
ElectronegativityNot measuredTerrain →
First ionization energyNot measuredTerrain →
Atomic weight289 u4th heaviest of 118Terrain →
Crustal abundanceNot measuredTerrain →
Discovered1999Terrain →

Values from open reference data; see sources. "Terrain" opens that property as a 3D landscape across the whole spiral.

Two things you might not know

  1. Unexpectedly volatile in 2007-2008 tests; it has been suggested it may be a gaseous metal. Predicted near the island of stability.
  2. Named after a Dubna lab that honors a Russian physicist. First sign of it seen there in December 1998; name adopted 30 May 2012.

Checked against en.wikipedia.org.

Spoke 14: Carbon group

Ring Q (period 7)

Play with Flerovium

Watch it fly into its seat, or raise the whole spiral into a landscape and see where it peaks.