polonium

chemical element with symbol Po and atomic number 84
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polonium

Summary

polonium is a chemical element[1]. polonium draws 117 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #47 of 144).[2]

Key Facts

  • polonium is credited with the discovery of Marie Curie[3].
  • polonium is credited with the discovery of Pierre Curie[4].
  • polonium's instance of is recorded as chemical element[5].
  • Poland is named after polonium[6].
  • polonium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Po][7].
  • polonium's element symbol is recorded as Po[8].
  • polonium's chemical formula is recorded as Po[9].
  • polonium is a type of post-transition metal[10].
  • polonium is a type of group 16[11].
  • polonium is a type of p-block[12].
  • polonium is part of period 6[13].
  • polonium is part of group 16[14].
  • polonium's Commons category is recorded as Polonium[15].
  • polonium's Unicode character is recorded as 釙[16].
  • polonium's crystal system is recorded as cubic crystal system[17].
  • polonium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1898[18].
  • polonium's IPA transcription is recorded as pəˈloʊniəm[19].
  • polonium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Polonium[20].
  • polonium's Commons gallery is recorded as Polonium[21].
  • polonium's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+84'}[22].
  • polonium's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[23].
  • polonium's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '-2'}[24].
  • polonium's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[25].
  • polonium's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+4'}[26].
  • polonium's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+5'}[27].

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Definition and Type

polonium's instance of is recorded as chemical element[5]. Recorded subclass of include post-transition metal[10], group 16[11], and p-block[12].

Origins

Poland is named after polonium[6].

Use and Application

Part of include period 6[13], a period[28] and group 16[14], a group[29].

Why It Matters

polonium draws 117 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #47 of 144).[2] polonium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] polonium is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . 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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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 ↗
    P14936 → {'unit': 'Q192274', 'amount': '+190'}
    Sitelink count → 148
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'am', 'an', 'anp', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'ba', 'ban', 'bat_smg
    P14937 → {'unit': 'Q192274', 'amount': '+140'}
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14936]]: 190 picometre, Add sourced P14936 element radius"
  2. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxidation state → {'amount': '-2'}, {'amount': '+2'}, {'amount': '+4'} +2
    Mass → {'unit': 'Q483261', 'amount': '+208.9824308'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2067]]: 208.9824308±0.000002 dalton, add the mass of the longest-lived isotope (AME via NIST)"
  3. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxidation state → {'amount': '-2'}, {'amount': '+2'}, {'amount': '+4'} +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1121]]: −2, 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 → pəˈloʊniəm
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P898]]: pəˈloʊniəm, 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-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-pol
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P443]]: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-polonium.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 6p⁴
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8000]]: [Xe] 6s² 4f¹⁴ 5d¹⁰ 6p⁴, add electron configuration from NIST ASD ground levels"
  7. 16d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → post-transition metal, group 16, 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 ↗
    Ionization energy → {'unit': 'Q83327', 'amount': '+8.41807'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P2260]]: 8.41807±0.000004 electronvolt, import ionization energy from NIST Atomic Spectra Database"
  9. 28d ago · Baum64 · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Linear thermal expansion coefficient → {'unit': 'Q56025776', 'amount': '+23.5'}
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P5672]]: 23.5 micrometre per metre kelvin, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270882|batch #270882]]"
  10. 5w ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i113987
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id → 151078516
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||3 */ added/modified IDs mapped to WordNet 3.1"
  11. 7w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Electrical conductivity → {'unit': 'Q80842107', 'amount': '+2500000.0'}
    Melting point → {'unit': 'Q11579', 'amount': '+527.0'}
    Thermal conductivity → {'unit': 'Q1463969', 'amount': '+20.0'}
    Boiling point → {'unit': 'Q11579', 'amount': '+1235.0'}
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9824]]: 1509138, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269026|batch #269026]]"
  12. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3ZvHMk
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  13. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
    Different from → Element 84
    Ionic radius → {'unit': 'Q81454', 'amount': '+0.97'}
    Hrvatska enciklopedija id → polonij
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 17698, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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