CHEMystery: The Periodic Table of the Elements

<BODY BGCOLOR=#000000 TEXT=#FFFFFF LINK=#FF7F00 VLINK=#00CFCF ALINK=#FFFF00> <B><SMALL> <A HREF=".." TARGET="_parent">Return</A> to the Main CHEMystery Page.<BR> <A HREF="../pertable" TARGET="_parent">Return</A> to the Periodic Table of the Elements<BR> </SMALL></B> <H1><FONT FACE="Arial"><I>Element 102 - Nobelium (No) <A HREF="102.wav"><IMG SRC="sound.gif" ALT="sound" BORDER=0 ALIGN=top></A></I></FONT></H1> After Alfred Nobel. A 1957 claim of discovery is disputed, but nobelium was positively identified in 1958 by a team of University of California scientists. Observations were not made on nobelium itself but on atoms of fermium 250--"daughter atoms" produced by nobelium's decay. <HR> <CENTER><TABLE BORDER=1 CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=2> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER><H3><FONT FACE="Arial">Properties</FONT></H3></CENTER></TD></TR> <TR> <TD><A HREF="../reference/glossary.html#atomicnumber" TARGET="_parent">Atomic Number</A>:</TD> <TD>102<BR></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><A HREF="../reference/glossary.html#atomicweight" TARGET="_parent">Atomic Weight</A>:</TD> <TD>(259)<BR></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><A HREF="../reference/glossary.html#electronconfiguration" TARGET="_parent">Electron Configuration</A> (at ground state):</TD> <TD>1s<SUP>2</SUP>2s<SUP>2</SUP>2p<SUP>6</SUP>3s<SUP>2</SUP>3p<SUP>6</SUP>3d<SUP>10</SUP>4s<SUP>2</SUP>4p<SUP>6</SUP>4d<SUP>10</SUP>5s<SUP>2</SUP>5p<SUP>6</SUP>4f<SUP>14</SUP>5d<SUP>10</SUP>5f<SUP>14</SUP>6s<SUP>2</SUP>6p<SUP>6</SUP>7s<SUP>2</SUP><BR></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><A HREF="../reference/glossary.html#oxidationstate" TARGET="_parent">Oxidation States</A> (Bold most stable):</TD> <TD>+2, <B>+3</B><BR></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Melting Point (K):</TD> <TD>1100<BR></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> <A HREF="../reference/glossary.html#massnumber" TARGET="_parent">Mass Number</A> (Bold naturally occurring) -- <A HREF="../reference/glossary.html#halflife" TARGET="_parent">Half-Life</A> -- <A HREF="../reference/glossary.html#radioactivedisintegrationseries" TARGET="_parent">Disintigration Type</A>: </TD> <TD> 259 -- 58 minutes -- <A HREF="../reference/glossary.html#alphaparticle" TARGET="_parent">alpha particle</A> emission<BR> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>First <A HREF="../reference/glossary.html#ionizationenergy" TARGET="_parent">Ionization Potential</A> (V):</TD> <TD>6.65<BR></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><A HREF="../reference/glossary.html#electronegativity" TARGET="_parent">Electronegativity</A> (Pauling's):</TD> <TD>1.3<BR></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Thermal Conductivity (at 300K -- W m<SUP>-1</SUP> K<SUP>-1</SUP>):</TD> <TD>10<BR></TD> </TR> </TABLE></CENTER> <HR> <CENTER> <A HREF="ptbl_bar.map"><IMG SRC="ptbl_bar.gif" ALT="The Periodic Table of the Elements" BORDER=0 WIDTH=579 HEIGHT=49 ISMAP></A> </CENTER> </BODY>