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{{Element | name=Actinium | symbol=Ac | anumber=89 | amass=227.0 amu | noe=89 | class=Transition Metal | cstructure=Cubic | color=Silver | date=1899 | discname=André-Louis Debierne | origname=From the Greek ''aktinos''. | uses=Unknown | obtained=Unknown, as it is extremely rare. }}
 
{{Element | name=Actinium | symbol=Ac | anumber=89 | amass=227.0 amu | noe=89 | class=Transition Metal | cstructure=Cubic | color=Silver | date=1899 | discname=André-Louis Debierne | origname=From the Greek ''aktinos''. | uses=Unknown | obtained=Unknown, as it is extremely rare. }}
'''Actinium''' is a very rare [[radioactive]] chemical [[element]]. It is silvery-white and glows blue in the dark.<ref>[[Encylopaedia Britannica]] online, [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9003601/actinium ''Actinium'']</ref>
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'''Actinium''' is a very rare [[radioactive]] chemical [[element]]. It is silvery-white and glows blue in the dark.<ref>[[Encylopaedia Britannica]] online, [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9003601/actinium ''Actinium'']</ref> This is the largest element know to naturally exist.  As far as modern science knows, all larger elements must be created synthetically.
  
 
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Revision as of 21:39, September 15, 2016

Actinium
Properties
Atomic symbol Ac
Atomic number 89
Classification Transition Metal
Atomic mass 227.0 amu
Other Information
Date of discovery 1899
Name of discoverer André-Louis Debierne
Name origin From the Greek aktinos.
Uses Unknown
Obtained from Unknown, as it is extremely rare.

Actinium is a very rare radioactive chemical element. It is silvery-white and glows blue in the dark.[1] This is the largest element know to naturally exist. As far as modern science knows, all larger elements must be created synthetically.

References

  1. Encylopaedia Britannica online, Actinium