Periodic Table:

Element 58 - Cerium / Cerium

(Latin / English)

Mass Number

Atomic Mass

% Abundance

Nuclear Spin

136

135.9071

0.19

0

138

137.9060

0.25

0

139 *

138.9066

0

3/2+

140

139.9054

88.48

0

141 *

140.9083

0

7/2-

142

141.9092

11.08

0

143 *

142.9124

0

3/2+

144 *

143.9136

0

0

(* = unstable isotope)

Electron Configuration:

[Xe] 4f2 6s2

Relative Atomic Mass:

140.12

State (25°C, 1 atm):

solid, metal

Density:

8240 kg/m3

Melting Temperature:

1072 K

Boiling Temperature:

3699 K

© W. Bauer, 1999