Periodic table

Fermium (Fm)

Fermium is the chemical element with atomic number 100 and symbol Fm. It is a actinoid in period 7, with a standard atomic weight of 257 u.

Key facts

Z
100
Atomic weight
257 u no stable isotope
Category
actinoid
State at 298 K
Unknown
Occurrence
synthetic, radioactive
Discovered
1952
CAS
7440-72-4

Measured properties

PropertyValueSource
Electronegativity 1.3 National Center for Biotechnology Information (NIH)
Melting point 1,800 K National Center for Biotechnology Information (NIH)
Ionization energy 1st 627.2 kJ/mol National Center for Biotechnology Information (NIH)

Electron configuration

2 8 18 32 30 8 2 Fm
Noble gas notation
[Rn] 5f¹² 7s²
Full notation
1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁶ 3d¹⁰ 4s² 4p⁶ 4d¹⁰ 4f¹⁴ 5s² 5p⁶ 5d¹⁰ 5f¹² 6s² 6p⁶ 7s²
Electrons per shell
2, 8, 18, 32, 30, 8, 2

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