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

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

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

Technetium Overview

Chemical Symbol

Tc (Technetium)

Uses

Added to iron in quantities as low as 55 part-per-million transforms the iron into a corrosion-resistant alloy.

State at 20 °C

Solid

Description

Silvery-gray metal. First synthetically produced element.

Name Origin

Greek: technêtos (artificial).

Sources

Made first by bombarding molybdenum with deuterons (heavy hydrogen) in a cyclotron.

Atomic Number

43

Learn more about the atomic number.

Atomic Mass

97,9072

Discovery

Discovered By: Carlo Perrier, Émillo Segrè

Year: 1937

Location: Italy

Learn more about the atomic mass.

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