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Hafnium-Anti Hafnium
Hafnium was named for Hafnia Latin name of Copenhagen

Hafnium (Hf) Properties

AHafnium (AHf) Properties 1/

Nuclear (72 protons/electrons)
  • Atomic Number: 72
  • Atomic Mass: 178.49
  • Atomic Energy: 0.266 Ergs
  • Group: 4; Period: 6
  • Family: Transition Metals
  • Bonding Radius: 1.44 Angstroms
  • Atomic Radius: 2.16 Angstroms
  • Atomic Volume: 13.6 cm3mol-1
  • 33 Isotopes: 154Hf to 186Hf
  • Stable Isotopes: 174Hf, 176Hf, 177Hf, 178Hf, 179Hf, 180Hf
Nuclear (72 Aprotons/positrons)
  • Atomic Number: 72
  • Atomic Mass: 178.49
  • Atomic Energy: 0.266 Ergs
  • Group: 4; Period: 6
  • Family: Transition Metals
  • Bonding Radius: 1.44 Angstroms
  • Atomic Radius: 2.16 Angstroms
  • Atomic Volume: 13.6 cm3mol-1
  • 32 AIsotopes: 154AHf to 186AHf
  • Stable AIsotopes: 174AHf, 176AHf, 177AHf, 178AHf, 179AHf, 180AHf
Physical 
  • Silver colored metal
  • Density: 13.3 g cm-3
  • Melting Point: 2,150 oC  
  • Boiling Point: 5,400 oC  
  • Specific Heat: 0.14 J g-1 K-1
  • Heat of Vaporization: 575 kJ mol-1
  • Heat of Fusion: 24 kJ mol-1
  • Electrical Conductivity: 0.0312 106 cm-1 Ohm-1
  • Thermal Conductivity: 0.230 W cm-1 K-1
Physical 
  • Silver colored metal
  • Density: 13.3 g/cm-3
  • Melting Point: 2,150 oC  
  • Boiling Point: 5,400 oC  
  • Specific Heat: 0.14 J g-1 K-1
  • Heat of Vaporization: 575 kJ mol-1
  • Heat of Fusion: 24 kJ mol-1
  • Electrical Conductivity: 0.0312 106 cm-1 Ohm-1
  • Thermal Conductivity: 0.230 W cm-1 K-1
Chemical 
  • Valance Number: +4
  • Electron Configuration: 2,8,18,32,10,2
  • Electronegativity: 1.3
  • 1st Ionization Potential: 6.7 Volts
  • 2nd Ionization Potential: 14.9 Volts
  • 3rd Ionization Potential: 23.3 Volts
Chemical
  • Valance Number: -4
  • Positron Configuration: 2,8,18,32,10,2
  • Positronpositivity: 1.3
  • 1st Ionization Potential: 6.7 Volts
  • 2nd Ionization Potential: 14.9 Volts
  • 3rd Ionization Potential: 23.3 Volts

Identified by Dirk Coster and Georg von Hevesy
Denmark in 1923

Identified by Norm Hansen in 2001

1/ Superscript A before the element/symbol indicates the element is antimatter.
178AHf is an AntiHafnium element with an atomic mass of 178.
See Rosetta Stone for Matter & Antimatter Definitions


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