protactinium

element with symbol Pa and atomic number of 91
Thing chemical_element Q1109
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protactinium

Summary

protactinium is a chemical element[1]. protactinium draws 445 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #95 of 144).[2]

Key Facts

  • protactinium is credited with the discovery of Kazimierz Fajans[3].
  • protactinium is credited with the discovery of Otto Hahn[4].
  • protactinium is credited with the discovery of Lise Meitner[5].
  • protactinium's image is recorded as Protactinium-233.jpg[6].
  • protactinium's instance of is recorded as chemical element[7].
  • actinium is named after protactinium[8].
  • protactinium's GND ID is recorded as 4175981-3[9].
  • protactinium's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 7440-13-3[10].
  • protactinium's EC number is recorded as 616-087-9[11].
  • protactinium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Pa][12].
  • protactinium's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/Pa[13].
  • protactinium's InChIKey is recorded as XLROVYAPLOFLNU-UHFFFAOYSA-N[14].
  • protactinium's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85107634[15].
  • protactinium's element symbol is recorded as Pa[16].
  • protactinium's chemical formula is recorded as Pa[17].
  • protactinium's part of is recorded as period 7[18].
  • protactinium's part of is recorded as actinide[19].
  • protactinium's Commons category is recorded as Protactinium[20].
  • protactinium's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q150 (fra)-Guilhelma-protactinium.wav[21].
  • protactinium's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D011478[22].
  • protactinium's Unicode character is recorded as 鏷[23].
  • protactinium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1917-00-00T00:00:00Z[24].
  • protactinium's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025s7xw[25].
  • protactinium's UNII is recorded as 0S6855V29M[26].
  • protactinium's ChemSpider ID is recorded as 22387[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Kazimierz Fajans[3], a physicist[28], 1887–1975[29], of United States[30], awarded the Fellow of the American Physical Society[31], specialised in physical chemistry[32]; Otto Hahn[4], a chemist[33], 1879–1968[34], of West Germany[35], awarded the Officer of the Legion of Honour[36], specialised in radiochemistry[37]; and Lise Meitner[5], a nuclear physicist[38], 1878–1968[39], of Cisleithania[40], awarded the Silver Leibniz medal[41], specialised in physics[42].

Why It Matters

protactinium draws 445 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #95 of 144).[2] protactinium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] protactinium is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [5] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . commonchemistry.cas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . ECHA Substance Infocard database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Atomic weights of the elements 2009 (IUPAC Technical Report). wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . lingualibre.org. lingualibre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . cns11643.gov.tw. Retrieved . cns11643.gov.tw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Q2311683. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [42] . 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. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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