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Oganesson
Oganesson is a synthetic, highly radioactive element. Only a few atoms have been made, by fusing calcium and californium nuclei in a particle accelerator, and they decay in less than a millisecond. This leaves too little time to study its chemistry directly. Although it is placed with the noble gases, calculations suggest that oganesson could behave quite differently: it may be a solid at room temperature and more chemically reactive than the lighter noble gases. These are predictions, not measured properties. Oganesson has no practical applications; scientists produce it only for research.
Atomic number
118
Group
VIIIA
Period
7
Mass
294
Latin name
Ununoctium
Electron configuration
[] 7s² 7p⁶ 5f¹⁴ 6d¹⁰
Oxidation state
-1, 0, 1, 2, 4, 6
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