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Notes

Symbol

Mt

Atomic Number

109

Oxidation States

6

predicted

5

predicted

4

predicted

3

predicted

2

predicted

1

predicted

Electron Configuration

Orbital Occupancy

[Rn] 5f14 6d7 7s2

[Rn] represents the closed-shell electron configuration of radon

Orbital Filling Order

[Rn] 7s2 5f14 6d7

[Rn] represents the closed-shell electron configuration of radon

Term Symbol

4F9/2

see expanded configuration ...

Ionization Energies

I (1)

8.7 eV

Pyykkö Covalent Radius

single bond

129 pm

double bond

125 pm

triple bond

113 pm

Quantity

Meitnerium Atomic Structure

Notes

Ionization Energies

I (1)

8.7 eV

Electron Configuration

Orbital Occupancy

[Rn] 5f14 6d7 7s2

[Rn] represents the closed-shell electron configuration of radon

Orbital Filling Order

[Rn] 7s2 5f14 6d7

[Rn] represents the closed-shell electron configuration of radon

Term Symbol

4F9/2

see expanded configuration ...

Fluorescence Yields

ωK

0.973

ωL1

0.343

ωL2

0.590

ωL3

0.640

Coster-Kronig Yields

F13

0.49 

F23

0.163

Quantity

Meitnerium Atomic Interaction

Notes

Oxidation States

6

predicted

5

predicted

4

predicted

3

predicted

2

predicted

1

predicted

Quantity

Meitnerium Identification

Notes

CAS Number

54038-01-6

Quantity

Meitnerium Atomic Size

Notes

Pyykkö Covalent Radius

single bond

129 pm

double bond

125 pm

triple bond

113 pm

Quantity

Meitnerium History

Notes

Discovery

date of discovery

1982

discoverer

G. Münzenberg

discoverer

P. Armbruster

discoverer

F. P. Heßberger

discoverer

S. Hofmann

discoverer

K. Poppensieker

discoverer

W. Reisdorf

discoverer

J. H. R. Schneider

discoverer

W. F. W. Schneider

discoverer

K.-H. Schmidt

discoverer

C.-C. Sahm

discoverer

D. Vermeulen

location of discovery

Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung mbH (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany

Origin of Element Name

origin

Lise Meitner

origin description

person—Austrian-born Swedish physicist who was first to suggest that radioactive atoms could undergo nuclear fission

Origin of Element Symbol

symbol: Mt

origin

meitnerium

origin description

element name

Formerly Used or Proposed Element Names and Symbols

name

unnilennium

matching symbol

Une

name

eka-iridium

no matching symbol specified

Quantity

Meitnerium Nomenclature

Notes

Element Names in Other Languages

French

meitnerium

German

Meitnerium

Italian

meitnerio

Spanish

meitnerio

Portuguese

meitnério

Anions or Anionic Substituent Groups

meitneride

Cations or Cationic Substituent Groups

meitnerium

Ligands

meitnerido

Heteroatomic Anion

meitnerate

'a' Term—Substitutive Nomenclature

meitnera

'y' Term—Chains and Rings Nomenclature

meitnery

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