Why Big Fr and Hungry F

Why Francium is the biggest element with the lowest IE and EN?

Francium is the biggest element because it has the most shells it has the maximum and  because it is so reactive it has a low IE and low EN. It also has fever valence electrons. It has a low ionization energy because it is easy for the atom to lose an electron, and it has a low Electronegativity that means it is hard for it to gain an electron. It has fewest protons ,so its holds electrons the weakiest. has electrons further out.

Why Helium is the smallest element with the highest IE?

 first period and first row has one shell. Helium has plus 2 that pulls electrons closer in.
Helium is the smallest element with the highest IE because it is located at the top right corner of the periodic table and it is the first noble gas. As we all now Noble gases don't have an EN but they do have an IE.

Why Noble Gases don't have EN values?

 Noble gases have a full shell , they don't try to react to gain an electron.

Why Fluorine has the highest EN?

Of the elements that are non noble gases it is the smallest and  the best at attracting electrons and it is one less than the Nobel gas configuration.

Nickel is Elemnet #28

My Name:                                                                        

 Hi i am the element Nickel my atomic number is # 28.

 Here are other ways to say my name.

Nikkel  in Dutch
Nickel in English,Swedish,German,and French
Niquel in Spanish and Portuguese

Description: Nickel is a silvery white metal that takes on a high polish.

 My Nucleus:

 I have 28 protons and about 2 neutrons in my most common   isotope. My natural occuring isotopes and their abudance in nature are :

 58 Ni         89%
 60 Ni           0%
 61 Ni          6%
62 Ni          17%
64 Ni           9%

My average atomic mass is around 58.7

My Electrons:

I have 4 shells. When there is a neutral atom, i only have 28 electrons.             

My Atom:

    { 1 picometer = 1 pm = 10^-12 m }

       Å =One ten-billionth of a meter

    My atomic radius is 149pm or 1.62Å.

My Properties:

I am a silvery white metal that is malleable. I resist corrosion but am able to dissolve in acids. I am  unaffected by alkalis. My melting point is 1453°C.

My Home ( Body,Planet,Universe)

 ppb (parts per billion; 1 billion = 10⁹)

Universe - 60000 ppb in weight

Earths Crust-90000 ppb in weight

Humans- .01 grams

My Compounds:

These are four examples of compunds:

Nickel difluoride: NiF₂

   Nickel diodide: NiI₂ 

Nickel Oxide: NiO

Nickel sulphide: Nis

    

  

My Story:

I  was discovered by Baron Axel Frederik Cronstedt in 1751. .  He expected to extract copper from a minneral called niccolite but got nothing at all instead he got a white metal that he called nickel after the mineral from which it was extracted.

My jobs:

Nickel  used for the manufacture of coins, magnets and common household utensils.

Tubing is usually made of a copper-nickel alloy and is extensively used in making desalination plants for converting sea water into fresh water. Also nickel steel is used for armour plate and burglar-proof vaults. Nickel can  also sometimes be used to provide a protective coating for other metals.

Bet you didnt know!

When i first picked to research about the element Nickel, the first thing that popped into my head was the coin. So i did a little research and in the United States, the term "nickel" or "nick" was  first used forv the copper-nickel Indian cent coin which was  introduced in 1859. Later, the name was used for  the three-cent coin introduced in 1865, and the following year the five-cent shield nickel used the name which has remained ever since. Coins of pure nickel were first used in  Switzerland in 1881.

If you would like to learn more please click onto the link to learn more about the element Nickel.

My Reference: heres a link to http://www.webelements.com/

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I love learning and exploring and i am happy to be able to share my discoveries with you all. I love Science and i will break it down and make it more easy to understand because we are all in the same boat;  learning and discovering together. So i hope you will join me in this wonderful path toward  better understanding.

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