Einsteinium

Radioactive element
Latin nameEinsteinium
English nameEinsteinium
chemical symbolEs
atomic number99
relative atomic mass(251,0796)
period7
groupIII.B
classificationactinides
discovery year1952
discovererGhiorso
melting point [°C]860
boiling point [°C]N/A
density [g cm-3]15,37
electronegativity [Pauling]1,3
oxidation statesIII, IV
electron configuration[Rn]5f11 7s2
1. ionizing potential [eV]6,42
state at normal conditionssolid

Einsteinium is an artificial radioactive metallic element. Practical use is only for scientific research. In nature not occur.