Talk:Francium

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Article changed over to Wikipedia:WikiProject Elements format by User:maveric149. Elementbox converted 10:05, 15 July 2005 by Femto (previous revision was that of 15:55, 10 July 2005).

Information Sources

Some of the text in this entry was rewritten from Los Alamos National Laboratory - Francium. Additional text was taken directly from the Elements database 20001107, and Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913). Other information was obtained from the sources listed on the main page but was reformatted and converted into SI units.

Talk

Something fishy with the isotope chart

There is a beta decay altering the mass number. Can someone knowledgable please correct? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.64.177.93 (talk • contribs) 09:04, 3 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Liquid near room temperature

In the Mercury article it is said that francium is a liquid. But here (in the francium article) it says it's a solid. Now, I know it's no big deal because nobody's ever gotten enough of it pure for the phase to make a difference, but it might look better if it were consistent, unless there is some reason otherwise.

Since mercury includes the qualifier "at or near room temperature", no problem here. Femto 11:39, 19 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I would think that if any sizeable amount of francium were in say a drop of liquid, it would almost certainly vaporize because of the heat given off by its intense radioactivity. Joeylawn 04:10, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It doesnt just vaporize, it explodes

In the Mercury talk page there's a discussion of why mercury is a liquid at room temperature; does anyone know why caesium and francium have such low melting points, and what that might suggest for the next element in the group, if it ever were produced in enough quantity for such a macroscopic property to come about? 208.23.142.201 18:23, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you will note the melting points of the Alkali Metals, you will see as the atomic number increases, the melting point drops. Just my 2 cents.

???

I am no expert in this subject, but maybe we could change the phrase "making it possibly the rarest elements in the crust, along with astatine." to "making it one of the rarest elements in the crust, next to astatine." See astatine talk page for more info.

Not entirely encyclopedic in style

"Francium has the lowest electronegativity of any element. This means it surrenders its electrons most readily. It is named after France, the country that surrenders most readily."

Har har. Hilarious, but doesn't this constitute a violation of the NPOV rule? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.251.240.113 (talk • contribs)

Removed. Femto 12:12, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]