Darmstadtium – Periodic Table (Element Information & More)

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Darmstadtium Element (Ds) Information

State (at STP)	Solid (predicted)
Position in Periodic table	Group: 10, Period: 7, Block: d
Category	Synthetic element
Atomic number or  Protons	110
Neutrons	151
Electrons	110
Symbol	Ds
Atomic mass of Darmstadtium (most stable isotope)	281 u
Electrons arrangement or  Bohr model	2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 16, 2
Electronic configuration	[Rn] 5f14 6d8 7s2
Crystal structure (predicted)	BCC (body centered cubic)
Density	26-27 g/cm3
Main isotope	281Ds
CAS number	54083-77-1

Darmstadtium in Periodic table

Darmstadtium element is in group 10 and in period 7 of the Periodic table. Darmstadtium is the d-block element and it is a radioactive synthetic element.

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Why is Darmstadtium in Period 7?

Let me ask you a question.

How many shells does a darmstadtium atom have?

It’s 7. Right? 

You have already seen the bohr model of darmstadtium atom in the above table.

From the Bohr model, it can be found that the number of orbits or shells in darmstadtium is 7. Hence, as darmstadtium has 7 orbits, it lies in period 7 of the Periodic table.

Why is Darmstadtium in d-block?

Before knowing this reason, first of all I want to ask you a simple question.

How can you determine the blocks-wise position of elements?

The simple answer: The elements will lie in the s, p, d or f block will completely depend upon the subshell in which the last electron will enter.

For example; the electron configuration of darmstadtium is [Rn] 5f¹⁴ 6d⁸ 7s². 

So the last electron of darmstadtium enters the d-subshell or d-orbital. 

Hence, darmstadtium is the d-block element.

5 facts about Darmstadtium

Interesting facts about darmstadtium element are mentioned below.

1. The name of element “Darmstadtium” came from “Darmstadt”, which is a city in Germany, where this element was discovered.
2. Darmstadtium is not found naturally, but it is prepared artificially in a laboratory.
3. Darmstadtium was discovered by Peter Armbruster and Gottfried Münzenberg under the guidance of Sigurd Hofmann, in Germany.
4. There are 9 known isotopes of darmstadtium, and all these isotopes are extremely radioactive.
5. Out of all the known isotopes of darmstadtium, the isotope ²⁸¹Ds is most stable and has a half life of only 12.5 seconds.

Properties of Darmstadtium

The physical and chemical properties of darmstadtium element are mentioned below.

• The darmstadtium element is a radioactive synthetic element and it has a very short half-life (of few seconds).
• The predicted phase of darmstadtium is solid at room temperature.
• The calculated atomic mass of the most stable isotope of darmstadtium is 281 u and its density is 26-27 g/cm³.
• The  predicted crystal structure of Darmstadtium element is BCC (body centered cubic).
• The most stable oxidation states of darmstadtium are predicted to be +6, +4 and +2.

Uses of Darmstadtium

Darmstadtium is generally used for scientific research work in chemistry. There is no commercial use of Darmstadtium due to its radioactive nature and very little half-life.

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External resources:

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