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Promethium
Electron Configuration 2,8,18,23,8,2
Electron Configuration [Xe] 4f5 6s2
Ground state 65/2
Atomic Volume 22.39 g/cm3
Electronegativity 1.13
Magnetic ordering No data
Thermal Properties
Enthalpy of Atomization 310 kJ mol-1 @25°C
Enthalpy of Fusion 12.6 kJ mol-1
Enthalpy of Vaporisation No data.
Heat Capacity No data.
Thermal Conductivity 17.9 W m-1 K-1
Thermal Expansion est. 11 μm m-1 K-1
Elastic Properties
Bulk modulus est. 33 GPa
Poisson ratio est. 0.28
Shear modulus est. 18 GPa
Young's modulus est. 46 GPa
Electrical Properties
Electrical resistivity 7.5 x 10-7 Ω m
Electrical conductivity No data.
Chemical Properties
Electrochemical Equivalent 1.8022 g Ah-1
Valence Electron Potential (-eV) 44.1
Ionization Potential  
First 5.554
Second 10.903
Third 22.283
Energy Levels
Kα1 (intensity 100) 38.7247 KeV
Kα2 (intensity 50) 38.1712 KeV
Kβ1 (intensity 22.1) 43.826 KeV
Kβ2 (intensity 7.5) 44.9165 KeV
Kβ3 (intensity 9.2) 43.7033 KeV
Lα1 (intensity 100) 5.4325 KeV
Lα2 (intensity 10) 5.4078 KeV
Lβ1 (intensity 48) 5.961 KeV
Lβ2 (intensity 18) 6.339 KeV
Lβ3 (intensity 10) 6.0695 KeV
Lβ4 (intensity 4) 5.9555 KeV
Lγ1 (intensity 5.5) 6.892 KeV
Lγ2 (intensity 2) 7.1678 KeV
Lγ3 (intensity 2) 5.363 KeV
Ll (intensity 4) 4.8126 KeV
Atomic Radii
Empirical 185 pm
Bohr Radius 205 pm
Covalent Radius No data.
Van der Waals No data.
Triple covalent No data.
Metallic 183.4 pm
Ionic Radii (Å)
Charge Coordination Crystal Ionic Key
VI 1.11 0.97 R
VIII 1.233 1.093 R
IX 1.284 1.144 R
R, From r3 vs V plots.
C, Calculated from bond length - bond strength equations.
E, Estimated.
*, Most Reliable.
M, From Metallic Oxides.
A, Ahrens (1952) Ionic radius.
P, Pauling's (1960) Crystal Radius.
Oxidation States
Main Pm+3
Other
Ionisation Energies (kJ mol-1) show graph
M - M+ 535.9
M+ - M2+ 1052
M2+ - M3+ 2150
M3+ - M4+ 3970