Einsteinium
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Einsteinium
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CAS No:
7429-92-7
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Formula:
Es
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Chemical Name:
Einsteinium
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Synonyms:
Einsteinium
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Description
man-made radioisotope; identified by Ghiorso and colleagues at Berkeley in December 1952, as part of debris from first large thermonuclear explosion; chemical properties similar to those of holmium; ionic radius of Es+++ is 0.0925 nm; has lowest enthalpy of vaporization of any of the divalent elements; cub, a=0.575 nm; discovered in 1952; t1/2 of 253Es is 20.5 days, t1/2 of 254Es is 276 days, t1/2 of 255Es is 40 days [HAW93] [KIR78]
Einsteinium atom is an actinoid atom and a f-block element atom.|A man-made radioactive actinide with atomic symbol Es, and atomic number 99. Its known isotopes range in mass number from 240-258. Its valence can be +2 or +3. Einsteinium was originally discovered in the debris from a thermonuclear explosion in 1952.