The mineralogy of Oganesson
| General Properties | |
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| Symbol: | Og |
| Other names: | Also known as eka-radon using the Mendeleev nomenclature. |
| Atomic Number: | 118 |
| Standard atomic weight (Ar): | [294] |
| Electron configuration: | [Rn].5f14.6d10.7s2.7p6 |
| Atomic Properties | |
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| Atomic Radius: | 138 pm - predicted value |
| Physical Properties | |
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| Density: | g/cm3 |
| Metal/Non-Metal: | alkaline earth metal |
| Main isotopes of Oganesson | ||||
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| Isotope | % in Nature | Half Life | Decay type | Decay product |
| 294Og | synthetic | ~0.89ms | α | 290Lv |
| Spontaneous fission | ||||
| Other Information | |
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| Year Discovered: | 2002 |
| Discovered By: | Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| Named For: | After the Russian nuclear physicist Yuri Oganessian. |
| External Links: | WikipediaWebElementsLos Alamos National LaboratoryTheodore Gray's PeriodicTable.com |
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Constants and physical property data from:
Lide, David R. - Ed. (2005) CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics - A Ready-Reference Book of Chemical and Physical Data (85th ed.). CRC Press.
National Physical Laboratory (2005) Kaye and Laby Online (discontinued). https://web.archive.org/web/20190506031327/http://www.kayelaby.npl.co.uk/
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Greenwood, N.N.; Earnshaw, A. (1997) Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth–Heinemann.
Ahrens, Thomas J. - Ed. (1995) Global Earth Physics - A Handbook of Physical Constants - AGU Reference Shelf No. 1. American Geophysical Union.
Railsback, L. Bruce (2003) An earth scientist's periodic table of the elements and their ions. Geology, 31 (9) 737 doi:10.1130/g19542.1
Emsley, John (2001) Nature's Building Blocks - An A-Z Guide to the Elements. Oxford University Press, Oxford.