Element 63 · Solid at room temperature
Europium
Europium is atom number 63 — every Europium atom has exactly 63 protons in its center, and that number is what makes it Europium and nothing else. Its symbol is Eu. At room temperature it is a solid.
Europium is a chemical element with symbol Eu and atomic number 63. It was isolated in 1901 and is named after the continent of Europe. It is a moderately hard, silvery metal which readily oxidizes in air and water.
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Europium sits in period 6, group 3 of the f-block. Its 63 electrons fill shells of 2, 8, 18, 25, 8, 2 — written as [Xe] 4f7 6s2. Its electronegativity is 1.2 on the Pauling scale, and pulling the first electron off takes 547.1 kJ/mol. The outermost shell holds 2 electrons — the ones that do all the chemistry.
Full configuration: 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d10 4p6 5s2 4d10 5p6 6s2 4f7
Ionization energies (kJ/mol): 547.1, 1085, 2404, 4120
Electron affinity: 11.2 kJ/mol · Electronegativity (Pauling):
1.2
Density: 5.264
g/cm³ · melts 1099 K · boils 1802 K
Values exactly as published — see where the data comes from.
Atomic mass
151.9641u
Density
5.264g/cm³
Melts
1099 K
Boils
1802 K
The units on this page — explained by Unitii
Europium's family
Elements in the same series — near-identical chemistry, which is why they share a row.
Source
Discovered by Eugène-Anatole Demarçay.
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