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Np, 93
neptunium (English)
neptunium, m. (French)
Neptunium, n. (German)
neptunij (Russian)
neptunium (Swedish)


Symbol, numberNp, 93 (metal)
Weight237.0482
In NatureOnly synthetically prepared.
Discovered1940, by Edwin M. McMillan och Philip Abelson (USA)
Density  [kg/m3]20250 [293 K] (solid)   
Molar volume11.71 cm3
Melting Temperature913 K   (640 °C)   Enthalpy: 336.6 kJ/mol
Boiling Temperature4175 K   (3902 °C)   Enthalpy: 9.46 kJ/mol
Electrical resistance122E-8 [293 K] Wm
ThermalConductivity: 6.3 [300 K] W/Km     Expansion: 2.75E-6 /K
Ionisation [kJ/mol]
  M-->  M+--> M2+--> M3+--> M4+--> M5+--> M6+--> M7+--> M8+--> M9+-->M10+
Thermodynamics
State Df Df CpH 298.15-H°0
[kJ/mol] [J/Kmol] [kJ/mol]
Isotopes
Mass In nature Half-life Spin m/mN NMM Decay
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