Dubnium
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| Mass number | [268] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dubnium in the periodic table | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Atomic number (Z) | 105 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Group | group 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period | period 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | d-block | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electron configuration | [Rn] 5f14 6d3 7s2[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrons per shell | 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 11, 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Phase at STP | solid (predicted)[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Density (near r.t.) | 21.6 g/cm3 (predicted)[5][6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Oxidation states | common: (none) (+3), (+4), (+5)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Atomic radius | empirical: 139 pm (estimated)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Covalent radius | 149 pm (estimated)[7] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Natural occurrence | synthetic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Crystal structure | body-centered cubic (bcc) (predicted)[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CAS Number | 53850-35-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Naming | after Dubna, Moscow Oblast, Russia, site of Joint Institute for Nuclear Research | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discovery | independently by the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (1970) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dubnium is a synthetic chemical element; it has symbol Db and atomic number 105. It is highly radioactive: the most stable known isotope, dubnium-268, has a half-life of about 16 hours. This greatly limits extended research on the element.
Dubnium does not occur naturally on Earth and is produced artificially. The Soviet Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) claimed the first discovery of the element in 1968, followed by the American Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in 1970. Both teams proposed their names for the new element and used them without formal approval. The long-standing dispute was resolved in 1993 by an official investigation of the discovery claims by the Transfermium Working Group, formed by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, resulting in credit for the discovery being officially shared between both teams. The element was formally named dubnium in 1997 after the town of Dubna, the site of the JINR.
Theoretical research establishes dubnium as a member of group 5 in the 6d series of transition metals, placing it under vanadium, niobium, and tantalum. Dubnium should share most properties, such as its valence electron configuration and having a dominant +5 oxidation state, with the other group 5 elements, with a few anomalies due to relativistic effects. A limited investigation of dubnium chemistry has confirmed this.
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