-- card: 32973 from stack: in -- bmap block id: 0 -- flags: 0000 -- background id: 14320 -- name: Hf -- part contents for background part 14 ----- text ----- Hf -- part contents for background part 22 ----- text ----- Hafnium -- part contents for background part 15 ----- text ----- 72 -- part contents for background part 17 ----- text ----- 178.49 -- part contents for background part 18 ----- text ----- 13.31 -- part contents for background part 19 ----- text ----- 2227 -- part contents for background part 20 ----- text ----- 4602 -- part contents for background part 21 ----- text ----- +4 -- part contents for background part 16 ----- text ----- (L. Hafinia, Copenhagen) Discovered in 1923 by Coster and von Hevesey. Named after the city in which it was discovered. -- part contents for background part 23 ----- text ----- transition metal, silver luster, ductile, similar to zirconium and difficult to separate from zirconium, corrosion resistant, finely divided it explodes in air -- part contents for background part 24 ----- text ----- alloying with iron, titanium, niobium and others, nuclear reactor control rods, gas-filled and incandescent lamps, "getter" for scavenging oxygen and nitrogen -- part contents for background part 29 ----- text ----- 0.144 -- part contents for background part 26 ----- text ----- Electron Configuration: 1s 2s 2p 3s 3p 3d 4s 4p 4d 4f 5s 5p 5d 5f 6s 6p 6d 6f 7s 2 2 6 2 6 10 2 6 10 14 2 6 2 2