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Bohrium

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Notes

Symbol

Bh

Atomic Number

107

Oxidation States

7

predicted

6

predicted

5

predicted

4

predicted

3

predicted

Electron Configuration

Orbital Occupancy

[Rn] 5f14 6d5 7s2

[Rn] represents the closed-shell electron configuration of radon

Orbital Filling Order

[Rn] 7s2 5f14 6d5

[Rn] represents the closed-shell electron configuration of radon

Term Symbol

6S5/2

see expanded configuration ...

Ionization Energies

I (1)

6.9 eV

Pyykkö Covalent Radius

single bond

141 pm

double bond

128 pm

triple bond

119 pm

Quantity

Bohrium Atomic Structure

Notes

Ionization Energies

I (1)

6.9 eV

Electron Configuration

Orbital Occupancy

[Rn] 5f14 6d5 7s2

[Rn] represents the closed-shell electron configuration of radon

Orbital Filling Order

[Rn] 7s2 5f14 6d5

[Rn] represents the closed-shell electron configuration of radon

Term Symbol

6S5/2

see expanded configuration ...

Fluorescence Yields

ωK

0.973

ωL1

0.320

ωL2

0.573

ωL3

0.630

Coster-Kronig Yields

F13

0.50 

F23

0.171

Quantity

Bohrium Atomic Interaction

Notes

Oxidation States

7

predicted

6

predicted

5

predicted

4

predicted

3

predicted

Quantity

Bohrium Identification

Notes

CAS Number

54037-14-8

Quantity

Bohrium Atomic Size

Notes

Pyykkö Covalent Radius

single bond

141 pm

double bond

128 pm

triple bond

119 pm

Quantity

Bohrium History

Notes

Discovery

date of discovery

1981

discoverer

G. Münzenberg

discoverer

S. Hofmann

discoverer

F. P. Heßberger

discoverer

W. Reisdorf

discoverer

K.-H. Schmidt

discoverer

J. H. R. Schneider

discoverer

P. Armbruster

discoverer

C.-C. Sahm

discoverer

B. Thuma

location of discovery

Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung mbH (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany

Origin of Element Name

origin

Niels Bohr

origin description

person—Danish physicist who won the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics

Origin of Element Symbol

symbol: Bh

origin

bohrium

origin description

element name

Formerly Used or Proposed Element Names and Symbols

name

nielsbohrium

matching symbol

Ns

name

unnilseptium

matching symbol

Uns

name

eka-rhenium

no matching symbol specified

Quantity

Bohrium Nomenclature

Notes

Element Names in Other Languages

French

bohrium

German

Bohrium

Italian

bohrio

Spanish

bohrio

Portuguese

bóhrio

Anions or Anionic Substituent Groups

bohride

Cations or Cationic Substituent Groups

bohrium

Ligands

bohrido

Heteroatomic Anion

bohrate

'a' Term—Substitutive Nomenclature

bohra

'y' Term—Chains and Rings Nomenclature

bohry

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