Actinium
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Symbol | Ac |
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Atomic number | 89 |
Electron configuration | [Rn] 6d17s2 |
Element category | Actinide, sometimes considered a transition metal |
Electrons per shell | 2, 8, 18, 32, 18, 9, 2 |
Did you know | Actinium was discovered in 1899 by André-Louis Debierne, a French chemist. |
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ID | 961530 |
About Actinium
Actinium is a chemical element with the symbol Ac and atomic number 89. It was first isolated by French chemist André-Louis Debierne in 1899. Friedrich Oskar Giesel later independently isolated it in 1902 and, unaware that it was already known, gave it the name emanium.