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Properties of substance:

francium

Group of substances:

inorganic

Empirical formula (Hill's system for organic substances):

Fr

Structural formula as text:

Fr

Molar/atomic mass: 223

Melting point (°C):

20

Boiling point (°C):

650

Numerical data:

Year of discovery: 1939

Density:

2.4 (20°C, g/cm3)

Half-life:

20287Fr = 0.34 s (α)
20387Fr = 0.7 s (α)
20487Fr = 2.1 s (α)
20587Fr = 3.7 s (α)
20687Fr = 16 s (α (85%), electron capture (15%))
20787Fr = 14.8 s (α (93%) electron capture (7%))
20887Fr = 59 s (α (74%), electron capture (26%))
20987Fr = 50 s (α (89%), electron capture (11%))
21087Fr = 3.18 min (α. electron capture)
21187Fr = 3.10 min (α. electron capture)
21287Fr = 20.0 min (α (44%), electron capture (56%))
21387Fr = 34.6 s (α (99.45%), electron capture (0.55%))
21487Fr = 0.005 s (α)
214m87Fr = 0.00335 s (α)
21587Fr = 90 ns (α)
21687Fr = 700 ns (α)
21787Fr = 22 μs (α)
21887Fr = 700 μs (α)
21987Fr = 0.021 s (α)
22087Fr = 27.4 s (α (99.65%), β (0.35%))
22187Fr = 4.9 min (α. heavy cluster emission 14C (0.000 000 000 44%))
22287Fr = 14.4 min (β (> 99%), α (0.01-0.1%))
22387Fr = 21.8 min (β (> 99%), α (about 0.005%))
22487Fr = 2..67 min (β)
22587Fr = 3.9 min (β)
22687Fr = 48 s (β)
22787Fr = 2.4 min (β)
22887Fr = 39 s (β)
22987Fr = 50 s (β)
23087Fr = 19.1 s (β- (100%))
23187Fr = 17.6 s (β- (100%))
23287Fr = 5 s (β- (100%))

Electrode potential:

Fr+ + e- → Fr, E = -2.9 V (water, 25°C)

Molar heat capacity at constant pressure Cp (298.15 K, J/(mol·K)):

31.6 (s)

ΔHsublimation (kJ/mol):

69.1

References:

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  3. Лаврухина А.К., Поздняков А.А. Аналитическая химия технеция, прометия, астатина и франция. - М.: Наука, 1966. - pp. 260-301 [Russian]
  4. Свойства элементов. - под общей редакцией Дрица М.Е. - М.: Металлургия, 1985. - pp. 60-61 [Russian]
  5. Физические величины. - Под ред. Григорьева И.С., Мейлихова Е.З. - М.: Энергоатомиздат, 1991. - pp. 1036-1037, 1090 [Russian]
  6. Химическая энциклопедия. - Т. 5. - М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1999. - pp. 187 [Russian]

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