Chemical Symbol Ac (+ Cool facts: Color, Uses and more...) 2022

Every chemical element has its own symbol to represent them. But what is the Ac element?

The answer is Actinium, whose symbol is Ac, and there's a lot of cool facts about it that most people don't know. Let me walk you through...

Actinium Overview

Chemical Symbol

Ac (Actinium)

Uses

It has no significant commercial applications.

State at 20 °C

solid

Description

Heavy, silvery-white, very radioactive metal

Name Origin

Greek: akis, aktinos (ray).

Sources

Extremely rare, found in all uranium ores. Usually obtained by treating radium with neutrons in a reactor.

Atomic Number

89

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Atomic Mass

227,0278

Discovery

Discovered By: André Debierne

Year: 1899

Location: France

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