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Polonium (Atomic Number 84)
Category: post-transition | Period 6, Group 16 | Block: p
Intensely radioactive, volatile post-transition metal emitting alpha particles.
Atomic & Physical Constants
- Standard Atomic Weight:
- 209 u
- Standard State Phase:
- Solid
- Electron Configuration:
- 2, 8, 18, 32, 18, 6
- Electronegativity (Pauling):
- 2
- Melting Point:
- 527 K
- Boiling Point:
- 1235 K
Historical Discovery & Real-World Applications
Industrial & Scientific Uses
Antistatic brushes, thermoelectric heat source in space probes
Discovery History
Discovered by Pierre Curie (1898).
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