promethium

chemical element with symbol Pm and atomic number 61
Thing chemical_element Q1809
promethium
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promethium

Summary

promethium is a chemical element[1]. promethium draws 5,226 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #84 of 144).[2]

Key Facts

  • promethium is credited with the discovery of Jacob Akiba Marinsky[3].
  • promethium is credited with the discovery of Lawrence E. Glendenin[4].
  • promethium is credited with the discovery of Charles D. Coryell[5].
  • promethium's instance of is recorded as chemical element[6].
  • promethium's instance of is recorded as synthetic element[7].
  • Prometheus is named after promethium[8].
  • promethium followed neodymium[9].
  • promethium's location of discovery is recorded as Oak Ridge National Laboratory[10].
  • promethium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Pm][11].
  • promethium's element symbol is recorded as Pm[12].
  • promethium's chemical formula is recorded as Pm[13].
  • promethium is a type of lanthanide[14].
  • promethium is a type of f-block[15].
  • promethium is part of lanthanide[16].
  • promethium is part of period 6[17].
  • promethium's Commons category is recorded as Promethium[18].
  • promethium's Unicode character is recorded as 鉕[19].
  • promethium's crystal system is recorded as hexagonal crystal system[20].
  • promethium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as January 1, 1945[21].
  • promethium's IPA transcription is recorded as prəˈmiːθiəm[22].
  • promethium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Promethium[23].
  • promethium's Commons gallery is recorded as Promethium[24].
  • promethium's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+61'}[25].
  • promethium's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.13'}[26].
  • promethium's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element[6] and synthetic element[7]. Recorded subclass of include lanthanide[14] and f-block[15].

Origins

Prometheus is named after promethium[8].

Use and Application

Part of include lanthanide[16] and period 6[17], a period[28].

Why It Matters

promethium draws 5,226 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #84 of 144).[2] promethium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] promethium is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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. 2d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mass {'amount': '+144.9127559'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2067]]: 144.9127559±0.0000033 dalton, add the mass of the longest-lived isotope (AME via NIST)"
  2. 2d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ipa transcription prəˈmiːθiəm
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P898]]: prəˈmiːθiəm, add IPA transcription (from en:Template:Infobox element/symbol-to-pronunciation)"
  3. 2d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio LL-Q150 (fra)-Guilhelma-prométhium.wav, LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-pro
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P443]]: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-promethium.wav, add English pronunciation audio (Lingua Libre, from en:Template:Infobox element"
  4. 2d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Electron configuration [Xe] 6s² 4f⁵
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8000]]: [Xe] 6s² 4f⁵, add electron configuration from NIST ASD ground levels"
  5. 3d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of lanthanide, f-block
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q214680]], add periodic table block (IUPAC 2021 convention)"
  6. 3d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ionization energy {'amount': '+5.58187'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P2260]]: 5.58187±0.00004 electronvolt, import ionization energy from NIST Atomic Spectra Database"
  7. 23d ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of lanthanide, f-block
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q19569]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269656|batch #269656]]"
  8. 25d ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Babelnet id 00006892n
    Interlingual index id i113990
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id 151078519
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||4 */ added/modified IDs mapped to WordNet 3.1"
  9. 5w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Electrical conductivity {'amount': '+1330000.0'}
    Melting point {'amount': '+1353.0'}
    Crystal system hexagonal crystal system
    Thermal conductivity {'amount': '+15.0'}
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P2101]]: 1,353.0 kelvin, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269026|batch #269026]]"
  10. 10w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 cKOBN
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  11. 18w ago · Ponor · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb
    Hrvatska enciklopedija id prometij
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31836|batch #31836]]: Hrvatska enciklopedija"
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