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Technetium

43 Tc

Technetium

Transition metal period 5 group 7 d-block discovered: 1937

As a chemical element

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

Atomic number
43
Atomic mass
96.90636 a.m.u.
Electron configuration
[Kr]5s2 4d5
Electronegativity
1.9 on the Pauling scale
Atomic radius
209 pm
Ionization energy
7.28 eV
Electron affinity
0.55 eV
Oxidation states
+7, +6, +4

As a simple substance

Properties of the substance these atoms form under ordinary conditions.

State at 25 °C
Solid
Melting point
2430 K (2 156,85 °C)
Boiling point
4538 K (4 264,85 °C)
Density
11 g/cm³