Cerium (Ce)
A fascinating lanthanide element.
Cerium is element 58 on the periodic table.
Element properties
- Atomic number
- 58
- Symbol
- Ce
- Atomic mass
- 140.12 u
- Category
- Lanthanide
- Period
- 6
- Group
- Not assigned
- Block
- f
- State
- Solid
- Electron configuration
- [Xe] 4f1 5d1 6s2
- Electronegativity (Pauling)
- 1.12
- Density
- 6.689 g/cm³
- Melting point
- 795 °C
- Boiling point
- 3443 °C