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Fermium

100 Fm

Fermium

Actinide period 7 f-block discovered: 1952

As a chemical element

Properties of the atom — they do not depend on what substance it is part of.

Atomic number
100
Atomic mass
257.09511 a.m.u.
Electron configuration
[Rn] 5f12 7s2
Electronegativity
1.3 on the Pauling scale
Ionization energy
6.50 eV
Oxidation states
+3

As a simple substance

Properties of the substance these atoms form under ordinary conditions.

State at 25 °C
Solid
Melting point
1800 K (1 526,85 °C)