francium

chemical element with symbol Fr and atomic number 87
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francium

Summary

francium is a chemical element[1]. francium draws 738 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #72 of 144).[2]

Key Facts

  • francium is credited with the discovery of Marguerite Perey[3].
  • francium's instance of is recorded as chemical element[4].
  • France is named after francium[5].
  • francium's location of discovery is recorded as France[6].
  • francium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Fr][7].
  • francium's element symbol is recorded as Fr[8].
  • francium's chemical formula is recorded as Fr[9].
  • francium is a type of alkali metal[10].
  • francium is a type of s-block[11].
  • francium is part of group 1[12].
  • francium is part of period 7[13].
  • francium is part of alkali metal[14].
  • francium's Commons category is recorded as Francium[15].
  • francium's Unicode character is recorded as 鍅[16].
  • francium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1939[17].
  • francium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Francium[18].
  • francium's Commons gallery is recorded as Francium[19].
  • francium's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+87'}[20].
  • francium's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.7'}[21].
  • francium's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[22].
  • francium's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[23].
  • francium's has characteristic is recorded as radioactivity[24].
  • francium's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25].
  • francium's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Elements[26].
  • francium's electron configuration is recorded as [Rn] 7s¹[27].

Body

Definition and Type

francium's instance of is recorded as chemical element[4]. Recorded subclass of include alkali metal[10] and s-block[11].

Origins

France is named after francium[5].

Use and Application

Part of include group 1[12], a group[28]; period 7[13], a period[29]; and alkali metal[14].

Why It Matters

francium draws 738 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #72 of 144).[2] francium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] francium is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Atomic weights of the elements 2009 (IUPAC Technical Report). wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . PubChem. Retrieved . 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] . 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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  1. 4d ago · Puscas · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Locator map image Fr-TableImage.png
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P242]]: Fr-TableImage.png"
  2. 5d ago · Ponor · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hrvatska enciklopedija id francij
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7982]]: francij"
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