Chemical element · Atomic number 112
Copernicium (Cn)
Transition metals · Period 7 · Unknown / not established
For superheavy elements, many atomic and bulk properties are predictions. Unknown physical states stay unknown; listed estimates are not evidence of bulk measurements.
Element identity
- Atomic number (Z)
- 112
- Symbol
- Cn
- Atomic weight / isotope mass number
- [285]
- Category
- Transition metals
- Physical state (reference)
- Unknown / not established
- Period
- 7
- Group (reference)
- 12
- Block
- d
Physical properties
- Appearance
- Not available
- Density
- 23.7 g·cm⁻³ (predicted; not a bulk measurement)
- Melting point
- Not available
- Boiling point
- 357 (+112−108) K / 84 (+112−108) °C / 183 (+202−194) °F (predicted; not a bulk measurement)
- Sublimation point
- Not available
Atomic and material properties
- Electron configuration
- [Rn] 5f¹⁴ 6d¹⁰ 7s²
- Electrons per shell
- K2 L8 M18 N32 O32 P18 Q2
- Oxidation states
- 4, 2, 1, 0
- Electronegativity (Pauling)
- Not available
- Atomic radius
- Not available
- Covalent radius
- 122 pm
- Molar ionization energies
- 1st: 1154.9 kJ·mol⁻¹ 2nd: 2170.0 kJ·mol⁻¹ 3rd: 3164.7 kJ·mol⁻¹ 4th: 4245.4 kJ·mol⁻¹ 5th: 5499.7 kJ·mol⁻¹
- Thermal conductivity
- Not available
- Molar heat capacity
- Not available
- Crystal structure
- Hexagonal close-packed
- CAS number
- 54084-26-3
Property source: Wikipedia — Copernicium, adapted from the Nuclides App snapshot. Quoted conditions and qualifiers are retained.
Sources and interpretation
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