Atomic number 113
Nihonium
Post-transition metal
Quick facts
- Atomic mass
- 286.00
- Group
- 13
- Period
- 7
- State (STP)
- unknown
- Electronegativity
- —
- Common ox. states
- +1, +3, +5
Properties
Electron configuration
[Rn] 5f¹⁴ 6d¹⁰ 7s² 7p¹
- Ionization energy
- —
- Electron affinity
- —
- Melting point
- —
- Boiling point
- —
How it bonds· family overview
Nihonium (Nh) is a synthetic super-heavy p-block element. Group trends predict post-transition-metal behavior (a small set of low oxidation states, soft metallic character), but only a handful of atoms have ever existed.