nihonium

chemical element with symbol Nh and atomic number 113
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Summary

nihonium is a chemical element[1]. nihonium draws 4,323 Wikipedia views per month (chemical element category, ranking #89 of 144).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Joint Institute for Nuclear Research[3]
  • Instance of: synthetic element[4]
  • Named after: Japan[5]
  • Element symbol: Nh[6]
  • Subclass of: p-block[7]
  • Part of: period 7[8], group 13[9]
  • Commons category: Nihonium[10]
  • Unicode character: 鉨[11]
  • Crystal system: hexagonal crystal system[12]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 2006[13]
  • IPA transcription: nɪˈhoʊniəm[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Nihonium[15]
  • Commons gallery: Nihonium[16]
  • Atomic number: 113[17]
  • Oxidation state: -1[18], 1[19], 3[20], 5[21]
  • Mass: 286.18221[22]
  • Melting point: 700.0[23]
  • Boiling point: 1130[24]
  • Permanent duplicated item: Ununtrium[25]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[26]
  • Electron configuration: [Rn] 7s² 5f¹⁴ 6d¹⁰ 7p¹[27]
  • P14541: 1EZseA[28]

Why It Matters

nihonium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] nihonium is known by 83 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 24d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mass → {'amount': '+286.18221'}
    Oxidation state → {'amount': '-1'}, {'amount': '+1'}, {'amount': '+3'} +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Mass: 286.18221±0.00072 dalton, add the mass of the longest-lived isotope (AME via NIST)"
  2. 25d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxidation state → {'amount': '-1'}, {'amount': '+1'}, {'amount': '+3'} +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Oxidation state: −1, add oxidation state from en:Template:Infobox element/symbol-to-oxidation-state"
  3. 25d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ipa transcription → nɪˈhoʊniəm
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Ipa transcription: nɪˈhoʊniəm, add IPA transcription (from en:Template:Infobox element/symbol-to-pronunciation)"
  4. 25d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-nih
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Pronunciation audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-nihonium.wav, add English pronunciation audio (Lingua Libre, from en:Template:Infobox element"
  5. 25d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Electron configuration → [Rn] 7s² 5f¹⁴ 6d¹⁰ 7p¹
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Electron configuration: [Rn] 7s² 5f¹⁴ 6d¹⁰ 7p¹, add predicted electron configuration (Aufbau extrapolation, marked presumably)"
  6. 26d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → p-block
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: p-block, add periodic table block (IUPAC 2021 convention)"
  7. 6w ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Babelnet id → 00006839n
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Babelnet id: 00006839n, added/modified IDs mapped to WordNet 3.1"
  8. 8w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Crystal system → hexagonal crystal system
    Melting point → {'amount': '+700.0'}
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Melting point: 700.0 kelvin, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269022|batch #269022]]"
  9. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1EZseA
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id → 151078555
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 14684493-n
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14541: 1EZseA, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783718152792"
  10. 18w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i114026
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/35676|batch #35676]]"
  11. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hrvatska enciklopedija id → nihonij
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987012430915305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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