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Technetium is a lightest radioactive element within all chemical elements. The basic atomic overview of technetium is,
Atomic Symbol: Tc
Atomic Number: 43
Atomic Weight: 98
Electron Configuration: 1s2 2s2p6 3s2p6d10 4s2p6d5 5s2
Classification: Metal
Room Temperature Phase: Solid
Atomic Structure Image:
Atomic Radius: 1.95Å
Atomic Volume: 8.5cm3/mol
Covalent Radius: 1.27Å
Cross Section (Thermal Neutron Capture)  a/barns: 20
Crystal Structure: Hexagonal
Shell Image:
Number of Electrons: 43
Number of Neutron: 55 (most common number of nuclide in atom)
Number of Protons: 43
Oxidation States: 7
Valence Electrons: 4d6 5s1
Isotopes
Total Isotopes: 55
Radioactive Isotopes: 34
Isomers: 21
Stable Isotope: 0
Description: Technetium is a silvery grey metal, artificially created. It obtains generally in gray colored powder. It contain paramagnetic property like magnetic dipoles has magnetic fields. A single technetium crystal can become a super conductor at low temperature. |
Structure