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Iridium-Anti Iridium
Iridium was named the Latin word for iris, iridis (rainbow)

Iridium (Ir) Properties

AIridium (AIr) Properties  1/

Nuclear (77 protons/electrons)
  • Atomic Number: 77
  • Atomic Mass: 192.217
  • Atomic Energy: 0.287 Ergs
  • Group: 9; Period: 6
  • Family: Transition Metals
  • Bonding Radius: 1.27 Angstroms
  • Atomic Radius: 1.87 Angstroms
  • Atomic Volume: 8.54 cm3mol-1
  • 35 Isotopes: 165Ir to 199Ir
  • Stable Isotopes: 191Ir, 193Ir
Nuclear (77 Aprotonss/positrons)
  • Atomic Number: 77
  • Atomic Mass: 192.217
  • Atomic Energy: 0.287 Ergs
  • Group: 9; Period: 6
  • Family: Transition Metals
  • Bonding Radius: 1.27 Angstroms
  • Atomic Radius: 1.87 Angstroms
  • Atomic Volume: 8.54 cm3mol-1
  • 35 AIsotopes: 165AIr to 199AIr
  • Stable AIsotopes: 191AIr, 193AIr
Physical 
  • Heavy brittle white metal
  • Density: 22.4 g cm-3
  • Melting Point: 2,410 oC  
  • Boiling Point: 4,527 oC  
  • Specific Heat: 0.13 J g-1 K-1
  • Heat of Vaporization: 604 kJ mol-1
  • Heat of Fusion: 26.1 kJ mol-1
  • Electrical Conductivity: 0.197 106 cm-1 Ohm-1
  • Thermal Conductivity: 1.47  W cm-1 K-1
Physical 
  • Heavy brittle white metal
  • Density: 22.4 g/cm-3
  • Melting Point: 2,410 oC  
  • Boiling Point: 4,527 oC  
  • Specific Heat: 0.13 J g-1 K-1
  • Heat of Vaporization: 604 kJ mol-1
  • Heat of Fusion: 26.1 kJ mol-1
  • Electrical Conductivity: 0.197 106 cm-1 Ohm-1
  • Thermal Conductivity: 1.47  W cm-1 K-1
Chemical 
  • Valance Number: +3,+4
  • Electron Configuration: 2,8,18,32,15,2
  • Electronegativity: 2.2
  • 1st Ionization Potential: 9.1 Volts
  • 2nd Ionization Potential: ? Volts
  • 3rd Ionization Potential: ? Volts
Chemical
  • Valance Number: -3,-4
  • Positron Configuration: 2,8,18,32,15,2
  • Positronpositivity: 2.2
  • 1st Ionization Potential: 9.1 Volts
  • 2nd Ionization Potential: ? Volts
  • 3rd Ionization Potential:  Volts

Identified by S. Tenant, A. F. Fourcory, 
L. N. Vauquelin, and H. V. Collet-Descoltils
England and France in 1804

Identified by Norm Hansen in 2001

1/ Superscript A before the element/symbol indicates the element is antimatter.
191AIr is an AntiIridium element with an atomic mass of 191.
See Rosetta Stone for Matter & Antimatter Definitions


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