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Seaborgium

Seaborgium information, including Technical Data, Safety Data and its high purity properties, research, applications and other useful facts are discussed below. Scientific facts such as the atomic structure, ionization energy, abundance on Earth, conductivity and thermal properties are included.

Seaborgium's is appearance is unknown but it is thought to be silvery, white or metallic gray. Little is known about the element and it has no known uses. Seaborgium is a synthetic element and therefore is not naturally found in the environment.

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Seaborgium Bohr ModelSeaborgium is a is a D-Block, Group 6, Period 7 element. The number of electrons in each of Seaborgiums shells is 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 12, 2 and its electronic configuration is [Rn] 7s2 5f14 6d4. In its elemental form Seaborgium's CAS number 54038-81-2.

Seaborgium was first created in 1974 at the Lawrence-Berkeley Laboratory and the discovery was later confirmed in 1993 at the same institution.  


 

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Abundance. The following table shows the abundance of Seaborgium and each of its naturally occurring isotopes on Earth along with the atomic mass for each isotope.

Isotope Atomic Mass % Abundance on Earth
Sg-258 258.1132 -
Sg-259 259.1147 -
Sg-260 260.1144 -
Sg-261 261.1162 -
Sg-262 262.1164 -
Sg-263 263.11822 (13) -
Sg-264 264.1189 -
Sg-265 265.1211 -
Sg-266 266.1219 -

The following table shows the abundance of Seaborgium present in the human body and in the universe scaled to parts per billion (ppb) by weight and by atom:

  Typical Human Body Universe
by Weight - -
by Atom - -


Ionization Energy. The ionization energy for Seaborgium (the least required energy to release a single electron from the atom in it's ground state in the gas phase) is stated in the following table:
1st Ionization Energy kJ mol-1
2nd Ionization Energy kJ mol-1


Conductivity. No data.

Thermal Properties. The melting point and boiling point for Seaborgium are stated below. The following chart sets forth the heat of fusion, heat of vaporization and heat of atomization.
Heat of Fusion No data
Heat of Vaporization No data
Heat of Atomization No data


Recent Research & Development for Seaborgium
  • Chemical characterization of element 112. Eichler R, Aksenov NV, Belozerov AV, Bozhikov GA, Chepigin VI, Dmitriev SN, Dressler R, Gäggeler HW, Gorshkov VA, Haenssler F, Itkis MG, Laube A, Lebedev VY, Malyshev ON, Oganessian YTs, Petrushkin OV, Piguet D, Rasmussen P, Shishkin SV, Shutov AV, Svirikhin AI, Tereshatov EE, Vostokin GK, Wegrzecki M, Yeremin AV. Nature. 2007 May 3;447(7140):72-5.PMID: 17476264 [PubMed]

  • Pseudospectral approach to relativistic molecular theory. Nakajima T, Hirao K. J Chem Phys. 2004 Aug 22;121(8):3438-45.PMID: 15303907 [PubMed]

  • First Measurement of a Thermochemical Property of a Seaborgium Compound. Türler A, Brüchle W, Dressler R, Eichler B, Eichler R, Gäggeler HW, Gärtner M, Glatz JP, Gregorich KE, Hübener S, Jost DT, Lebedev VY, Pershina VG, Schädel M, Taut S, Timokhin SN, Trautmann N, Vahle A, Yakushev AB. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 1999 Aug;38(15):2212-2213.PMID: 10425485 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

  • Seaborgium: Name Not Yet Approved by ACS. Secrist JA 3rd. Science. 1994 Jul 15;265(5170):303. No abstract available. PMID: 17838026 [PubMed]

    Research updated 8/8/2011

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    Formula Atomic Number Molecular Weight Electronegativity (Pauling) Density Melting Point Boiling Point Vanderwaals radius Ionic radius Energy of first ionization
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