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Samarium
 
Atomic Number: 62 
Symbol: Sm 
Atomic Weight: 150.36 
Discovery: Boisbaudran 1879 or Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac 1853 (both of France) 
Electron Configuration: [Xe] 4f6 6s2 
Element Classification: rare earth anthanide series  
Name Origin: named for the mineral samarskite. 
Density (g/cc): 7.520 
Melting Point ( K): 1350 
Boiling Point ( K): 2064 
Appearance: silvery metal 
Atomic Radius (pm): 181 
Atomic Volume (cc/mol): 19.9 
Covalent Radius (pm): 162 
Ionic Radius: 96.4 (+3e) 
Specific Heat (@20 C J/g mol): 0.180 
Fusion Heat (kJ/mol): 8.9 
Evaporation Heat (kJ/mol): 165 
Debye Temperature ( K): 166.00 
Pauling Negativity Number: 1.17 
First Ionizing Energy (kJ/mol): 540.1 
Oxidation States: 3, 2 
Lattice Structure: rhombohedral 
Lattice Constant ( ): 9.000 
Uses: alloys, in headphones 
Source: monazite (phosphate), bastnesite 
References: Los Alamos National Laboratory (2001), Crescent Chemical Company (2001), Lange's Handbook of Chemistry (1952) 
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