technetium

chemical element with symbol Tc and atomic number 43
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technetium

Summary

technetium is a chemical element[1]. technetium draws 98 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #66 of 144).[2]

Key Facts

  • technetium is credited with the discovery of Emilio G. Segrè[3].
  • technetium is credited with the discovery of Carlo Perrier[4].
  • technetium's instance of is recorded as chemical element[5].
  • technetium's instance of is recorded as synthetic element[6].
  • technique is named after technetium[7].
  • technetium's location of discovery is recorded as Italy[8].
  • technetium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Tc][9].
  • technetium's element symbol is recorded as Tc[10].
  • technetium's chemical formula is recorded as Tc[11].
  • technetium is a type of period 5[12].
  • technetium is a type of d-block[13].
  • technetium is part of period 5[14].
  • technetium is part of group 7[15].
  • technetium is part of transition metal[16].
  • technetium's Commons category is recorded as Technetium[17].
  • technetium's Unicode character is recorded as 鎝[18].
  • technetium's crystal system is recorded as hexagonal crystal system[19].
  • technetium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1937[20].
  • technetium's IPA transcription is recorded as tɛkˈniːʃ(i)əm[21].
  • technetium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Technetium[22].
  • technetium's Commons gallery is recorded as Technetium[23].
  • technetium's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+43'}[24].
  • technetium's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.9'}[25].
  • technetium's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+4'}[26].
  • technetium's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+6'}[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element[5] and synthetic element[6]. Recorded subclass of include period 5[12] and d-block[13].

Origins

technique is named after technetium[7].

Use and Application

Part of include period 5[14], a period[28]; group 7[15], a group[29]; and transition metal[16].

Why It Matters

technetium draws 98 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #66 of 144).[2] technetium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] technetium is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Atomic weights of the elements 2009 (IUPAC Technical Report). wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . periodic table. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . cns11643.gov.tw. Retrieved . cns11643.gov.tw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . periodic table. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . britannica.com. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . britannica.com. britannica.com. Provenance: 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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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. 22h ago · R1F4T · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14936 → {'unit': 'Q192274', 'amount': '+135'}
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'am', 'an', 'anp', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'ast', 'avk', 'az', 'ba', 'ban', '
    P14937 → {'unit': 'Q192274', 'amount': '+147'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14936]]: 135 picometre, Add sourced P14936 element radius"
  2. 14d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Crystal system → hexagonal crystal system
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P556]]: [[Q663314]], add crystal system from en:Template:Infobox element"
  3. 14d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxidation state → {'amount': '+4'}, {'amount': '+6'}, {'amount': '+7'} +6
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P1121]]: 4, mark common oxidation state with preferred rank"
  4. 14d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxidation state → {'amount': '+4'}, {'amount': '+6'}, {'amount': '+7'} +6
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1121]]: −1, add oxidation state from en:Template:Infobox element/symbol-to-oxidation-state"
  5. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ipa transcription → tɛkˈniːʃ(i)əm
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P898]]: tɛkˈniːʃ(i)əm, add IPA transcription (from en:Template:Infobox element/symbol-to-pronunciation)"
  6. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-tec
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P443]]: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-technetium.wav, add English pronunciation audio (Lingua Libre, from en:Template:Infobox element"
  7. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → period 5, d-block
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q214503]], add periodic table block (IUPAC 2021 convention)"
  8. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ionization energy → {'unit': 'Q83327', 'amount': '+7.11938'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P2260]]: 7.11938±0.00003 electronvolt, import ionization energy from NIST Atomic Spectra Database"
  9. 28d ago · Baum64 · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → radioactivity, paramagnetism
    Linear thermal expansion coefficient → {'unit': 'Q56025776', 'amount': '+8.175'}
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P1552]]: [[Q188479]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270882|batch #270882]]"
  10. 5w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → period 5, d-block
    Part of → period 5, group 7, transition metal
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q19588]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269683|batch #269683]]"
  11. 5w ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Babelnet id → 00006874n
    Interlingual index id → i114012
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id → 151078541
    Found in taxon → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||4 */ added/modified IDs mapped to WordNet 3.1"
  12. 6w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Electrical resistivity → {'unit': 'Q1441459', 'amount': '+0.0000002'}
    "/* wbsetreference-set:2| */ [[Property:P5668]]: 296,007,000,000.0 pascal"
  13. 6w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Electrical conductivity → {'unit': 'Q80842107', 'amount': '+4540000.0'}
    Poisson's ratio → {'amount': '+0.288'}
    Bulk modulus → {'unit': 'Q44395', 'amount': '+296007000000.0'}
    Shear modulus → {'unit': 'Q44395', 'amount': '+145800000000.0'}
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetreference-add:2| */ [[Property:P2054]]: 11,418.5 kilogram per cubic metre, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269026|batch #269026]]"
  14. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3SkhF0
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  15. 12w ago · Puscas · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Locator map image → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P242]]: Tc-TableImage.svg"
  16. 20w ago · Ponor · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hrvatska enciklopedija id → tehnecij
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31836|batch #31836]]: Hrvatska enciklopedija"
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