Nihonium (Nh)
Nihonium is named after Japan (Nihon in Japanese). It was the first element discovered in an Asian country.
Properties of Nihonium
- Atomic number
- 113
- Category
- Post-Transition Metal
- Atomic mass
- 286 u
- Electron configuration
- [Rn] 5f¹⁴ 6d¹⁰ 7s² 7p¹
- Melting point
- 700 K (426.85 °C)
- Boiling point
- 1400 K (1126.85 °C)
- Density
- 16 g/cm³
- Appearance
- Unknown, presumably metallic
- Discovered by
- Kosuke Morita (2003)
Facts about Nihonium
- Nihonium means "Japan" — it's named "Nihon" in Japanese!
- Nihonium was the first element ever discovered in Asia!
- Nihonium atoms exist for only about 20 seconds!
- Japanese scientists spent over nine years trying to create nihonium!