Ra - Radium

Radium metal was isolated by the Curies and Andre Debierne in 1898 in Paris.

Atomic number - 88 Density g/mL 5
Atomic weight u 226 .0254 Melting point K 973
Bonding radius A - Boiling point K 1809
Atomic radius A - Heat of vaporization kJ/mol -
Ionization Potential V 5 .279 Heat of fusion kJ/mol -
Electronegativity - 0 .9 Specific heat J/gK -
The oxide is a strong base.
Crystal are body centered cubic.

Electron config. : [Rn] 7s2

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H He
Li Be B C N O F Ne
Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe
Cs Ba La* Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
Fr Ra Ac** Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt 110 111 112 113
Lanthanides* Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
Actinides ** Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr

Isotopes of Ra: Click mass number for decay process, product for element page.
204
45 msec
a,7.650 MeV
Rn-200
204.00644
205
0.22 sec
a/EC,7.510
Rn-201/Fr-205
205.00619
206
0.24 sec
a,7.416 MeV
Rn-202
206.00378
207
1.3 sec
a/EC,7.270
Rn-203/Fr-207
207.00375
207a
55 msec
EC,6.870 MeV
Fr-207
207.00418
208
1.3 sec
a/EC,7.273
Rn-204/Fr-208
208.00177
209
4.6 sec
a/EC,7.150
Rn-205/Fr-209
209.00194
210
3.7 sec
a/EC,7.157
Rn-206/Fr-210
210.00045
211
13 sec
a/EC,7.046
Rn-207/Fr-211
211.00089
212
13.0 sec
a/EC,7.032
Rn-208/Fr-212
211.99978
213
2.74 min
a/EC,6.859
Rn-209/Fr-213
213.00034
213a
2.1 msec
a,8.629 MeV
Rn-209
213.00224
214
2.46 sec
a/EC,7.273
Rn-210/Fr-214
214.00009
215
1.59 msec
a,8.864 MeV
Rn-211
215.00270
216
182 nsec
a/EC,9.308
Rn-212/Fr-216
216.00351
217
1.7 usec
a,9.161 MeV
Rn-213
217.00630
218
25.6 usec
a,8.546 MeV
Rn-214
218.00712
219
10 msec
a,8.130 MeV
Rn-215
219.01006
220
18 msec
a,7.595 MeV
Rn-216
220.01101
221
28 sec
a,6.886 MeV
Rn-217
221.01390
222
38.0 sec
a,6.681 MeV
Rn-218
222.01536
223
11.435 da
a,5.979 MeV
Rn-219
223.01849
224
3.66 da
a,5.789 MeV
Rn-220
224.02020
225
14.9 da
B-,1.866 MeV
Ac-225
225.02360
226
1600 yr
a,4.871 MeV
Rn-222
226.02540
227
42.2 min
B-,1.325 MeV
Ac-227
227.02916
228
5.75 yr
B-,4.300 MeV
Ac-228
228.03106
229
4.0 min
B-,1.760 MeV
Ac-229
229.03481
230
93 min
B-,2.560 MeV
Ac-230
230.03708
231
103 sec
B-,7.175 MeV
Ac-231
231.04139
232
250 sec
B-,6.370 MeV
Ac-232
232.04411
233
30 sec
B-,7.100 MeV
Ac-233
233.0
234
30 sec
B-,6.420 MeV
Ac-234
234.05152
MASS abund.
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Updated by clh on 2/6/98. This is not a publication of Phoenix College.