Nihonium
| Atomic Number: | 113 | Atomic Radius: | empirical: 170 pm (predicted)[1] |
| Atomic Symbol: | Nh | Melting Point: | 700 K (430 °C, 810 °F) (predicted)[1] |
| Atomic Weight: | 286 | Boiling Point: | 1430 K (1130 °C, 2070 °F) (predicted)[1][4] |
| Electron Configuration: | [Rn] 5f14 6d10 7s2 7p1 (predicted)[1] | Oxidtion States | −1, 1, 3, 5 (predicted)[1][4][5] |
History
On November 28th, 2016 element 113 was named “nihonium” with the symbol Nh. The name was proposed by the discoverers at RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science in Japan. The name means mean “the Land of Rising Sun” and comes from the word “Nihon,” which means “Japan” in Japanese.
IUPAC announcement.