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Alkali Metals Francium. Origin: Francium gets its name from France. Number of electrons: 87 Number of protons: 87 This element was discovered by Marguerite Perey in 1939 in nature. This element has no uses because it has a very short life and it’s found uranium minerals.
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Alkali Metals Francium • Origin: Francium gets its name from France. • Number of electrons: 87 • Number of protons: 87 • This element was discovered by Marguerite Perey in 1939 in nature. • This element has no uses because it has a very short life and it’s found uranium minerals. Brennan Bedford 5-1
Alkali Metals Francium • This is a picture of a mineral that contains uranium and thorium that produce francium in small quantities from radioactive decay chains. Brennan Bedford 5-1
Alkali Metals Francium This picture shows uranium ore which holds 100,000 elements of francium. Brennan Bedford 5-1
Fun Facts About Francium • There is less than only 30 grams of francium in the entire Earth’s crust. • Properties are very similar to those of cesium. • Most reactive alkali metal in group one. • Has a half-life of 22 minutes • Very radioactive metal. • Within 22 minutes it quickly decays into other elements. • Longest-lived isotope. Brennan Bedford 5-1
Alkali Metals They all have a single electron in the outer shell, very reactive, softness, color of silver, shininess, low density;Classification: metalic. Brennan Bedford 5-1
Resources Gray, Theodor. 2005. Ebay. 6 May 2014. www.periodictable.com Brennan Bedford 5-1
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