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Element 100 - Fermium (Fm)

After Enrico Fermi; discovered 1953. Fermium, like einsteinium, was first isolated from the debris of the 1952 H-bomb test, having been produced from the fission of uranium. Because of its short life-span, scientists doubt that enough fermium will ever be obtained to be weighed.

Properties
Atomic Number:	100
Atomic Weight:	(257)
Electron Configuration (at ground state):	1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶3d¹⁰4s²4p⁶4d¹⁰5s²5p⁶4f¹⁴5d¹⁰5f¹²6s²6p⁶7s²
Oxidation States (Bold most stable):	+3
Melting Point (K):	1800
Mass Number (Bold naturally occurring) -- Half-Life -- Disintigration Type:	255 -- 20.1 hours -- alpha particle emission 257 -- 100.5 days -- alpha particle emission
First Ionization Potential (V):	6.50
Electronegativity (Pauling's):	1.3
Thermal Conductivity (at 300K -- W m^-1 K^-1):	10

Element 100 - Fermium (Fm)

Properties