astatine

chemical element with symbol At and atomic number 85
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astatine

Summary

astatine is a chemical element[1]. astatine draws 1,137 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 a type of p-block[13].
  • astatine is part of period 6[14].
  • astatine is part of halogens[15].
  • astatine's Commons category is recorded as Astatine[16].
  • astatine's Unicode character is recorded as 砈[17].
  • astatine's crystal system is recorded as face-centered cubic[18].
  • astatine's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1940[19].
  • astatine's IPA transcription is recorded as ˈæstətiːn[20].
  • astatine's IPA transcription is recorded as ˈæstətɪn[21].
  • astatine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Astatine[22].
  • astatine's Commons gallery is recorded as Astatine[23].
  • astatine's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+85'}[24].
  • astatine's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+2.2'}[25].
  • astatine's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '-1'}[26].
  • astatine's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element[4] and synthetic element[5]. Recorded subclass of include metalloid[11], halogens[12], and p-block[13].

Origins

instability is named after astatine[6].

Use and Application

Part of include period 6[14], a period[28] and halogens[15], a group[29].

Why It Matters

astatine draws 1,137 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.[30] astatine is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . cns11643.gov.tw. Retrieved . cns11643.gov.tw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  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
  2. [29] ↑ . 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. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . 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. 1d ago · R1F4T · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'am', 'an', 'anp', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'ba', 'ban', 'bcl', '
    P14937 → {'unit': 'Q192274', 'amount': '+150'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14937]]: 150 picometre, Add sourced P14937 element radius"
  2. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxidation state → {'amount': '-1'}, {'amount': '+1'}, {'amount': '+3'} +2
    Mass → {'unit': 'Q483261', 'amount': '+209.9871479'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2067]]: 209.9871479±0.0000083 dalton, add the mass of the longest-lived isotope (AME via NIST)"
  3. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ipa transcription → ˈæstətiːn, ˈæstətɪn
    Oxidation state → {'amount': '-1'}, {'amount': '+1'}, {'amount': '+3'} +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1121]]: −1, add oxidation state from en:Template:Infobox element/symbol-to-oxidation-state"
  4. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ipa transcription → ˈæstətiːn, ˈæstətɪn
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P898]]: ˈæstətiːn, add IPA transcription (from en:Template:Infobox element/symbol-to-pronunciation)"
  5. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q150 (fra)-Guilhelma-astate.wav, LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-ast
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P443]]: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-astatine.wav, add English pronunciation audio (Lingua Libre, from en:Template:Infobox element/s"
  6. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Electron configuration → [Xe] 6s² 4f¹⁴ 5d¹⁰ 6p⁵
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8000]]: [Xe] 6s² 4f¹⁴ 5d¹⁰ 6p⁵, add electron configuration from NIST ASD ground levels"
  7. 16d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → metalloid, halogens, p-block
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q214483]], add periodic table block (IUPAC 2021 convention)"
  8. 16d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id → 151078425
    Crystal system → face-centered cubic
    Ionization energy → {'unit': 'Q83327', 'amount': '+9.31751'}
    Interlingual index id → i113896
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P2260]]: 9.31751±0.00008 electronvolt, import ionization energy from NIST Atomic Spectra Database"
  9. 7w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Melting point → {'unit': 'Q11579', 'amount': '+575.0'}
    Thermal conductivity → {'unit': 'Q1463969', 'amount': '+2.0'}
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P2101]]: 575.0 kelvin, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269026|batch #269026]]"
  10. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3QH0Cp
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  11. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Glow from a sample of astatine (cropped).jpg, Electron shell 085 Astatine.svg
    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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