{"id":2660,"date":"2025-06-27T16:51:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T11:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/?p=2660"},"modified":"2025-06-29T16:44:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T11:14:50","slug":"fermium-fm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/2025\/06\/27\/fermium-fm\/","title":{"rendered":"Fermium (Fm)"},"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>: Fermium<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Discovered By<\/strong>: Albert Ghiorso and team<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Year of Discovery<\/strong>: 1952<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Category<\/strong>: Actinide Series \/ Radioactive Metal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Group<\/strong>: Actinides (no formal group number)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>State at Room Temperature<\/strong>: Solid \ud83e\uddca<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Fermium is a <strong>man-made, highly radioactive metal<\/strong> created in nuclear explosions and particle accelerators. It does not occur naturally.<\/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>: Fm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Atomic Number<\/strong>: 100<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Atomic Mass<\/strong>: ~257 u<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Valency<\/strong>: Usually +3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Electronic Configuration<\/strong>: [Rn] 5f\u00b9\u00b2 7s\u00b2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Fermium behaves like other actinides, typically forming Fm\u00b3\u207a ions in compounds.<\/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>Named after the famous physicist <strong>Enrico Fermi<\/strong>, who contributed greatly to nuclear physics, Fermium was first discovered in the debris of the <strong>first hydrogen bomb test<\/strong>.<\/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>One of the <strong>heaviest actinides<\/strong> known<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Very <strong>rare and radioactive<\/strong> \u2014 only tiny amounts have been made<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Has <strong>no practical uses outside scientific research<\/strong> due to its instability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Helps scientists learn about the <strong>properties of superheavy elements<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Has multiple isotopes, all radioactive, with short half-lives<\/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 Fermium is used <strong>only in scientific research<\/strong> because of its radioactivity and scarcity.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2714\ufe0f <strong>Research<\/strong>:<br>Studying Fermium helps scientists understand <strong>nuclear reactions and heavy element chemistry<\/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\udcda Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Fermium is a <strong>rare, radioactive element<\/strong> named after a nuclear physics pioneer. Though not used commercially, it\u2019s important for <strong>scientific research<\/strong> and helps us explore the boundaries of chemistry and physics. For students, Fermium shows how nuclear science leads to discovering new elements in extreme conditions! \ud83c\udf1f\ud83d\udd2c<\/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 Fermium is a man-made, highly radioactive metal created in nuclear explosions and particle &hellip; <a title=\"Fermium (Fm)\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/2025\/06\/27\/fermium-fm\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fermium (Fm)<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2769,"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-2660","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\/10-1.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\/2660","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=2660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2670,"href":"https:\/\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2660\/revisions\/2670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}