Element 62 · Solid at room temperature
Samarium
Looks like: silvery white.
Samarium is atom number 62 — every Samarium atom has exactly 62 protons in its center, and that number is what makes it Samarium and nothing else. Its symbol is Sm. At room temperature it is a solid.
Samarium is a chemical element with symbol Sm and atomic number 62. It is a moderately hard silvery metal that readily oxidizes in air. Being a typical member of the lanthanide series, samarium usually assumes the oxidation state +3.
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Samarium sits in period 6, group 3 of the f-block. Its 62 electrons fill shells of 2, 8, 18, 24, 8, 2 — written as [Xe] 4f6 6s2. Its electronegativity is 1.17 on the Pauling scale, and pulling the first electron off takes 544.5 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 4f6
Ionization energies (kJ/mol): 544.5, 1070, 2260, 3990
Electron affinity: 15.63 kJ/mol · Electronegativity (Pauling):
1.17
Density: 7.52
g/cm³ · melts 1345 K · boils 2173 K
Values exactly as published — see where the data comes from.
Atomic mass
150.362u
Density
7.52g/cm³
Melts
1345 K
Boils
2173 K
The units on this page — explained by Unitii
Samarium's family
Elements in the same series — near-identical chemistry, which is why they share a row.
Source
Discovered by Lecoq de Boisbaudran.
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