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Elements / 117

117Ts[294]

Tennessine

Properties unknown · p-block · ring Q · spoke 17

Tennessine is element 117, a properties unknown. It sits on ring Q (period 7) on spoke 17, the halogens. 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 weight294 uThe heaviest of 118Terrain →
Crustal abundanceNot measuredTerrain →
Discovered2009Terrain →

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. Its target needed 22 milligrams of berkelium; Russian customs twice refused the shipment over missing or incomplete paperwork.
  2. Honors a US state that is home to Oak Ridge. Announced in Dubna in April 2010 by a Russian-American collaboration.

Checked against en.wikipedia.org.

Spoke 17: Halogens

Ring Q (period 7)

Play with Tennessine

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