Input interpretation
![fermium (chemical element)](../image_source/5d3895dbac4a897f0b968c201e3f259d.png)
fermium (chemical element)
Periodic table location
![Periodic table location](../image_source/850be0248d0ab9e570d8ca0f9b812319.png)
Periodic table location
Basic elemental properties
![atomic symbol | Fm atomic number | 100 short electronic configuration | [Rn]7s^25f^12 Aufbau diagram | 5f 7s block | f period | 7 atomic mass | 257 u (unified atomic mass units) (atomic mass number given for longest-lived known isotope) half-life | 100.5 days](../image_source/9d7c41e0b0ca3ec9bb63065dc7a977c3.png)
atomic symbol | Fm atomic number | 100 short electronic configuration | [Rn]7s^25f^12 Aufbau diagram | 5f 7s block | f period | 7 atomic mass | 257 u (unified atomic mass units) (atomic mass number given for longest-lived known isotope) half-life | 100.5 days
Thermodynamic properties
![melting point | 1527 °C (rank: 27th) (properties at standard conditions)](../image_source/56ed623a12a086a483d5fe74f32470f5.png)
melting point | 1527 °C (rank: 27th) (properties at standard conditions)
Reactivity
![valence | 3 electronegativity | 1.3 first ionization energy | 627 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) ionization energies | 627 kJ/mol](../image_source/2857b80894eb75ab24605bb520c7dabf.png)
valence | 3 electronegativity | 1.3 first ionization energy | 627 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) ionization energies | 627 kJ/mol
Atomic properties
![term symbol | ^3H_6 (electronic ground state properties)](../image_source/fb3e9577b9426806e851fe9070f68508.png)
term symbol | ^3H_6 (electronic ground state properties)
Abundances
![solar abundance | 0 mass% meteorite abundance | 0 mass% crust abundance | 0 mass% ocean abundance | 0 mass% human abundance | 0 mass% solar molar abundance | 0 mol% meteorite molar abundance | 0 mol% ocean molar abundance | 0 mol% crust molar abundance | 0 mol% human molar abundance | 0 mol%](../image_source/3e9482fe51533886ef16f629e5c86528.png)
solar abundance | 0 mass% meteorite abundance | 0 mass% crust abundance | 0 mass% ocean abundance | 0 mass% human abundance | 0 mass% solar molar abundance | 0 mol% meteorite molar abundance | 0 mol% ocean molar abundance | 0 mol% crust molar abundance | 0 mol% human molar abundance | 0 mol%
Nuclear properties
![half-life | 100.5 days lifetime | 145 days (rank: 1st) specific radioactivity | 187 TBq/g decay mode | alpha emission nuclear spin | Fm-242: 0^+ | Fm-243: 7/2^+ | Fm-244: 0^+ | Fm-245: 1/2^+ | Fm-246: 0^+ | Fm-247: 7/2^+ | Fm-248: 0^+ | Fm-249: 7/2^+ | Fm-250: 0^+ | Fm-251: 9/2^- | Fm-252: 0^+ | Fm-253: 1/2^+ | Fm-254: 0^+ | Fm-255: 7/2^+ | Fm-256: 0^+ | Fm-257: 9/2^+ | Fm-258: 0^+ | Fm-259: 3/2^+ | Fm-260: 0^+ unstable isotopes | Fm-257 (100.5 days) | Fm-253 (72 h) | Fm-252 (25.4 h) | Fm-255 (20.069 h) | Fm-251 (5.3 h) | Fm-254 (194.4 min) | Fm-256 (157.6 min) | Fm-250 (30 min) | Fm-249 (160 s) | Fm-248 (36 s) | Fm-247 (29 s) | Fm-245 (4.2 s) | Fm-259 (1.5 s) | Fm-246 (1.1 s) | Fm-243 (180 ms) | Fm-260 (4 ms) | Fm-244 (3.3 ms) | Fm-242 (800 µs) | Fm-258 (370 µs) neutron cross-section | 5800 b](../image_source/af4f3f4eeef25f74aacbf0a840ae7356.png)
half-life | 100.5 days lifetime | 145 days (rank: 1st) specific radioactivity | 187 TBq/g decay mode | alpha emission nuclear spin | Fm-242: 0^+ | Fm-243: 7/2^+ | Fm-244: 0^+ | Fm-245: 1/2^+ | Fm-246: 0^+ | Fm-247: 7/2^+ | Fm-248: 0^+ | Fm-249: 7/2^+ | Fm-250: 0^+ | Fm-251: 9/2^- | Fm-252: 0^+ | Fm-253: 1/2^+ | Fm-254: 0^+ | Fm-255: 7/2^+ | Fm-256: 0^+ | Fm-257: 9/2^+ | Fm-258: 0^+ | Fm-259: 3/2^+ | Fm-260: 0^+ unstable isotopes | Fm-257 (100.5 days) | Fm-253 (72 h) | Fm-252 (25.4 h) | Fm-255 (20.069 h) | Fm-251 (5.3 h) | Fm-254 (194.4 min) | Fm-256 (157.6 min) | Fm-250 (30 min) | Fm-249 (160 s) | Fm-248 (36 s) | Fm-247 (29 s) | Fm-245 (4.2 s) | Fm-259 (1.5 s) | Fm-246 (1.1 s) | Fm-243 (180 ms) | Fm-260 (4 ms) | Fm-244 (3.3 ms) | Fm-242 (800 µs) | Fm-258 (370 µs) neutron cross-section | 5800 b
Identifiers
![CAS number | 7440-72-4 PubChem CID number | 23998](../image_source/d2729d1c2fa8e28e561b024088f4e4d5.png)
CAS number | 7440-72-4 PubChem CID number | 23998