Astatine, 00At
Astatine
Pronunciation/ˈæstətn, -tɪn/ (ASS-tə-teen, -⁠tin)
Appearanceunknown, probably metallic
Mass number[210]
Astatine in the periodic table
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Groupgroup 17 (halogens)
Periodperiod 6
Block  p-block
Electron configuration[Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2 6p5
Electrons per shell2, 8, 18, 32, 18, 7
Physical properties
Phase at STPsolid
Melting point575 K ​(302 °C, ​576 °F)
Boiling point610 K ​(337 °C, ​639 °F)
Density (near r.t.)(At2) 6.2–6.5 g/cm3 (predicted)[1]
Heat of fusionca. 6 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization(At2) 54.39 kJ/mol
Vapor pressure
P (Pa) 1 10 100 1 k 10 k 100 k
at T (K) 361 392 429 475 531 607
Atomic properties
Oxidation statescommon: −1, +1
+3,[2] +5,[2] +7[2]
ElectronegativityPauling scale: 2.2
Ionization energies
  • 1st: 899.003 kJ/mol[3]
Covalent radius150 pm
Van der Waals radius202 pm
Other properties
Natural occurrencefrom decay
Crystal structureface-centered cubic (fcc)
Face-centered cubic crystal structure for astatine

(predicted)[4]
Thermal conductivity1.7 W/(m⋅K)
CAS Number7440-68-8
History
Namingafter Greek: αστατος (astatos), meaning "unstable"
DiscoveryDale R. Corson, Kenneth Ross MacKenzie, Emilio Segrè (1940)
Isotopes of astatine
Main isotopes[5] Decay
abun­dance half-life (t1/2) mode pro­duct
209At synth 5.41 h β+ 209Po
α 205Bi
210At synth 8.1 h β+ 210Po
α 206Bi
211At synth 7.21 h ε 211Po
α 207Bi
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References

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  4. ^ a b Hermann, A.; Hoffmann, R.; Ashcroft, N. W. (2013). "Condensed Astatine: Monatomic and Metallic". Physical Review Letters. 111 (11): 116404-1–116404-5. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.116404.
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