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Properties of substance:

actinium

Group of substances:

inorganic

Physical appearance:

cubic metal

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

Ac

Structural formula as text:

Ac

Molar/atomic mass: 227

Melting point (°C):

1050

Boiling point (°C):

3590

Solubility (g/100 g of solvent):

water: reaction [Ref.]

Numerical data:

Year of discovery: 1899

Density:

10.07 (20°C, g/cm3)

Half-life:

20589Ac = 80 ms (α (about 100%))
20689Ac = 25 ms (α (about 100%))
206m89Ac = 41 ms (α (about 100%))
20789Ac = 31 ms (α (about 100%))
20889Ac = 97 ms ()
208m89Ac = 28 ms ()
20989Ac = 94 ms ()
21089Ac = 350 ms ()
21189Ac = 213 ms (α (about 100%))
21289Ac = 895 ms ()
21389Ac = 738 ms ()
21489Ac = 8.2 s (α (> 89%), β+ (< 11%))
21589Ac = 170 ms (α (about 100%), β+ (0.09%))
21689Ac = 440 μs (α (100%), β+)
21789Ac = 69 ns (α (100%), β+ (0.000 000 006 9%))
21889Ac = 1.00 μs (α (100%))
21989Ac = 11.8 μs (α (100%))
22089Ac = 26.36 ms (α (100%))
22189Ac = 52 ms (α (100%))
22289Ac = 5.0 s (α (99%), β+ (1%))
22389Ac = 2.10 min (α (99%), electron capture (1%))
22489Ac = 2.78 h (β+ (90.6%), α (9.4%))
22589Ac = 9.920 d (α (100%), heavy cluster emission 14C (4.5·10-12%))
22689Ac = 29.37 h (β- (83%), electron capture (17%), α (0.006%))
22789Ac = 21.772 y (β- (98.62%), α (1.38%))
22889Ac = 6.15 h (β- (100%))
22989Ac = 62.7 min (β- (100%))
23089Ac = 122 s (β- (100%))
23189Ac = 7.5 min (β- (100%))
23289Ac = 1.98 min (β- (100%))
23389Ac = 145 s (β- (100%))
23489Ac = 45 s (β- (100%))
23589Ac = 62 s ()
23689Ac = 4.5 min ()

Electrode potential:

Ac3+ + 3e- → Ac, E = -2.6 V (water, 25°C)

Standard molar enthalpy (heat) of formation ΔfH0 (298.15 K, kJ/mol):

0 (s)

Standard molar Gibbs energy of formation ΔfG0 (298.15 K, kJ/mol):

0 (s)

Standard molar entropy S0 (298.15 K, J/(mol·K)):

56 (s)

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

27 (s)

Molar enthalpy (heat) of fusion ΔfusH (kJ/mol):

12

Enthalpy (heat) of vaporization ΔvapH (kJ/mol):

378

References:

  1. Patnaik P. Handbook of inorganic chemicals. - McGraw-Hill, 2003. - pp. 1
  2. Гурвич Я.А. Справочник молодого аппаратчика-химика. - М.: Химия, 1991. - pp. 50 [Russian]
  3. Каралова З.К., Мясоедов Б.Ф. Актиний. - М.: Наука, 1982 [Russian]
  4. Рабинович В.А., Хавин З.Я. Краткий химический справочник. - Л.: Химия, 1977. - pp. 52 [Russian]
  5. Химический энциклопедический словарь. - Под ред. Кнунянц И.Л. - М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1983. - pp. 20 [Russian]

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