astatine

chemical element with symbol At and atomic number 85
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astatine

Summary

astatine is a chemical element[1]. astatine draws 2,465 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #58 of 144).[2]

Key Facts

  • astatine is credited with the discovery of Emilio G. Segrè[3].
  • astatine's instance of is recorded as chemical element[4].
  • astatine's instance of is recorded as synthetic element[5].
  • instability is named after astatine[6].
  • astatine's location of discovery is recorded as United States[7].
  • astatine's canonical SMILES is recorded as [At][8].
  • astatine's element symbol is recorded as At[9].
  • astatine's chemical formula is recorded as At[10].
  • astatine is a type of metalloid[11].
  • astatine is a type of halogens[12].
  • astatine is part of period 6[13].
  • astatine is part of halogens[14].
  • astatine's Commons category is recorded as Astatine[15].
  • astatine's Unicode character is recorded as 砈[16].
  • astatine's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1940[17].
  • astatine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Astatine[18].
  • astatine's Commons gallery is recorded as Astatine[19].
  • astatine's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+85'}[20].
  • astatine's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+2.2'}[21].
  • astatine's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[22].
  • astatine's boiling point is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11579', 'amount': '+503'}[23].
  • astatine's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element[4] and synthetic element[5]. Recorded subclass of include metalloid[11] and halogens[12].

Origins

instability is named after astatine[6].

Use and Application

Part of include period 6[13], a period[25] and halogens[14], a group[26].

Why It Matters

astatine draws 2,465 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #58 of 144).[2] astatine has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] astatine is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Atomic weights of the elements 2009 (IUPAC Technical Report). wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . cns11643.gov.tw. Retrieved . cns11643.gov.tw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . mendeley.com. mendeley.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . 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. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image Glow from a sample of astatine (cropped).jpg
    Described by source Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1
    Hrvatska enciklopedija id astat
    Named after instability
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 28791, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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