Praseodymium was discovered by Carl F. Auer von Welsbach, a German chemist, in 1885.
Name: Praseodymium
Symbol: Pr
Atomic number: 59
Atomic weight: 140.91
State: solid
Group, period, block: n/a, 6, f
Color: grayish white
Classification: lanthanide
Electron configuration: 4r3 6s2
2,8,18,21,8,2
Physical properties
Density: 6.77 g/cm-3
Melting point: 1208 K,935 °C,1715 °F
Boiling point: 3793 K,3520 °C,6368 °F
Atomic properties
Oxidation states: 4, 3, 2
Electronegativity: 1.13 (Pauling scale)
Ionization energies: 1st: 527 kJ·mol-1
Covalent radius: 203±7 pm
Van der Waals radius: no data
- Pr
Electron Configuration
Isotopes
There is one naturally occurring stable isotope of praseodymium exists, 141Pr.