Elements / 62
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Samarium
Lanthanide · f-block · ring P
Samarium is element 62, a lanthanide. It is one of the lanthanides, which the spiral keeps in line on ring P instead of exiling them to a strip below the table.
Properties
| Density | 7.52 g/cm³ | Terrain → |
|---|---|---|
| Melting point | 1,345 K · 1,072 °C | Terrain → |
| Boiling point | 2,173 K · 1,900 °C | Terrain → |
| Electronegativity | 1.17 | Terrain → |
| First ionization energy | 545 kJ/mol | Terrain → |
| Atomic weight | 150.362 u | Terrain → |
| Crustal abundance | 7.05 ppm | Terrain → |
| Discovered | 1879 | Terrain → |
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
- Through a mineral, a Russian mine official became the first person to have an element named after him.
- Alloyed with cobalt, it makes magnets that keep their magnetism at temperatures above 700 degrees C.
Checked against edu.rsc.org.
Lanthanides
- La Lanthanum
- Ce Cerium
- Pr Praseodymium
- Nd Neodymium
- Pm Promethium
- Sm Samarium
- Eu Europium
- Gd Gadolinium
- Tb Terbium
- Dy Dysprosium
- Ho Holmium
- Er Erbium
- Tm Thulium
- Yb Ytterbium
Ring P (period 6)
Play with Samarium
Watch it fly into its seat, or raise the whole spiral into a landscape and see where it peaks.