{"id":2632,"date":"2025-06-27T16:35:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T11:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/?p=2632"},"modified":"2025-06-29T16:44:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T11:14:50","slug":"tennessine-ts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/2025\/06\/27\/tennessine-ts\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessine (Ts)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udd39 Basic Information<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Element Name<\/strong>: Tennessine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Discovered By<\/strong>: Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Russia), Oak Ridge National Laboratory &amp; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (USA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Year of Discovery<\/strong>: 2010 (officially named in 2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Category<\/strong>: Halogen (theoretical)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Group<\/strong>: 17 (Halogens)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>State at Room Temperature<\/strong>: Unknown (likely solid or semi-metallic) \u2753<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Tennessine is a <strong>synthetic element<\/strong>, meaning it is <strong>man-made<\/strong> in a lab and does <strong>not occur naturally<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udd38 Chemical Properties<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Chemical Symbol<\/strong>: Ts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Atomic Number<\/strong>: 117<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Atomic Mass<\/strong>: ~294 u (most stable isotope)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Valency<\/strong>: Predicted: -1, +1, +3, +5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Electronic Configuration<\/strong>: [Rn] 5f\u00b9\u2074 6d\u00b9\u2070 7s\u00b2 7p\u2075 (predicted)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Tennessine belongs to the <strong>halogen group<\/strong> (like fluorine and chlorine), but it may <strong>not behave like typical halogens<\/strong> due to its heavy, unstable nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udcd8 Basic Things to Know<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tennessine was named to honor the state of <strong>Tennessee (USA)<\/strong>, where important research was done to help discover the element. It is one of the <strong>newest and heaviest elements<\/strong> on the periodic table!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83e\udd14 Interesting Facts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Only <strong>a few atoms<\/strong> of tennessine have ever been created \u2013 it disappears in <strong>fractions of a second<\/strong> \u23f1\ufe0f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It\u2019s named after <strong>Tennessee<\/strong>, home to Oak Ridge National Laboratory \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Might act <strong>less like a halogen<\/strong> and more like a <strong>metal<\/strong> due to relativistic effects \u269b\ufe0f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Helps scientists learn about <strong>nuclear stability and element formation<\/strong> \ud83d\udd2c<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Its discovery was part of a major international collaboration \ud83c\udf0d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udd27 Common Uses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u26a0\ufe0f Tennessine has <strong>no practical uses<\/strong> because of how unstable and rare it is.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Scientific Research Only<\/strong>: Used in studies of <strong>superheavy elements<\/strong> and nuclear chemistry \ud83e\uddea<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Theoretical Chemistry<\/strong>: Helps in understanding how the periodic table extends beyond known elements \ud83e\udde0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Testing Physics Models<\/strong>: Valuable for studying atomic behavior under extreme conditions \ud83d\udd0d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udcda Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tennessine is a <strong>superheavy, man-made element<\/strong> that offers a window into the outer limits of chemistry. For students, it&#8217;s proof that <strong>the periodic table is still growing<\/strong>, and there are still <strong>scientific frontiers<\/strong> to explore! \ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\udf0c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udd39 Basic Information Tennessine is a synthetic element, meaning it is man-made in a lab and &hellip; <a title=\"Tennessine (Ts)\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/2025\/06\/27\/tennessine-ts\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tennessine (Ts)<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[672],"tags":[656,652,653,661,647,643,648,670,666,664,662,650,651,645,660,663,655,646,657,659,658,665,642,644,668,669,667,649,671,654],"class_list":["post-2632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-periodic-table-for-students","tag-actinides","tag-alkali-metals","tag-alkaline-earth-metals","tag-atomic-mass","tag-atomic-number","tag-chemical-elements","tag-chemical-symbols","tag-chemistry-basics","tag-chemistry-study-guide","tag-electron-configuration","tag-electronegativity","tag-element-groups","tag-element-periods","tag-element-properties","tag-halogens","tag-ionization-energy","tag-lanthanides","tag-mendeleev-periodic-table","tag-metalloids","tag-noble-gases","tag-nonmetals","tag-oxidation-states","tag-periodic-table","tag-periodic-table-elements","tag-periodic-table-explained","tag-periodic-table-facts","tag-periodic-table-for-students","tag-periodic-trends","tag-science-education","tag-transition-metals"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/67.png?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2642,"href":"https:\/\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2632\/revisions\/2642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}