Bohrium

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Not to be confused with the chemical compound borium or
elements boron (B) or barium (Ba).

Bohrium,  Bh 107

Bohrium

Pronunciation /ˈbɔːriəm/ ( listen) (BOR-ee-əm)

Mass number [270] (unconfirmed: 278)

Bohrium in the periodic table

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dro
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n
Lit Be
hiu ryll
m iu
m
So Ma
diu gn
m esi
um
Po Cal Sca
tas ciu ndi
siu m um
m

Ru Str Ytt
bid ont riu
iu iu m
m m

Ca Ba La C PrasNe Pro Sa Eu Ga Te Dy Ho Er ThuYt Lut

esi riu nth eri eod od me ma rop dol rbi spr lmi bi liu ter eti
um m an u ymi ym thi riu iu ini umosi um u m bi um
um m um iu um m m um um m u
m m

FraRa Ac T Prot Ur Ne Pl A Cu Be Cal Ein Fe Me NoLa

nci diu tiniho acti ani ptu ut me riu rkeiforstei rmnde belwr
um m um ri niu um niu on rici m liu niu niu iu levi iu enc
u m m iu um m m m m um m iu
m m m
seaborgium ← 
Atomic number (Z) 107

Group group 7

Period period 7

Block   d-block

Electron configuration [Rn] 5f14 6d5 7s2[1][2]

Electrons per shell 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 13, 2

Physical properties

Phase at STP unknown phase (predicted)[3]

Density (near r.t.) 37.1 g/cm3 (predicted)[2][4]

Atomic properties

Oxidation states (+3), (+4), (+5), +7[2]

[4]
 (parenthesized: prediction)

 1st: 740 kJ/mol
Ionization energies
 2nd: 1690 kJ/mol

 3rd: 2570 kJ/mol

 (more) (all but first estimated)

[2]

Atomic radius empirical: 128 pm (predicted)[2]

Covalent radius 141 pm (estimated)[5]

Other properties

Natural occurrence synthetic

Crystal structure hexagonal close-packed (hcp)

 (predicted)[3]

CAS Number 54037-14-8

History

Naming after Niels Bohr

Discovery Gesellschaft für

Schwerionenforschung (1981)

Main isotopes of bohrium

Iso- Abun- Half-life  Decay Pro-

tope dance (t1/2) mode duct
267
Bh syn 17 s α 263
Db
270
Bh syn 1 min α 266
Db
271
Bh syn 1.5 s
[6]
α 267
Db
272
Bh syn 11 s α 268
Db
274
Bh syn 44 s[7]
α 270
Db

278
Bh[8] syn 11.5 min? SF

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Bohrium is a synthetic chemical element with the symbol Bh and atomic number 107. It

is named after Danish physicist Niels Bohr. As a synthetic element, it can be created in
a laboratory but is not found in nature. All known isotopes of bohrium are
extremely radioactive; the most stable known isotope is 270Bh with a half-life of
approximately 61 seconds, though the unconfirmed 278Bh may have a longer half-life of
about 690 seconds.
In the periodic table, it is a d-block transactinide element. It is a member of the 7th
period and belongs to the group 7 elements as the fifth member of the 6d series
of transition metals. Chemistry experiments have confirmed that bohrium behaves as
the heavier homologue to rhenium in group 7. The chemical properties of bohrium are
characterized only partly, but they compare well with the chemistry of the other group 7
elements.