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  1.                                    ACTINIUM
  2. Atomic symbol - Ac
  3. Atomic weight - (227.0278)
  4. Atomic number - 89
  5. Electron configuration - 2-8-18-32-18-9-2
  6. Oxidation states - +3
  7. State of matter - solid
  8. Heavy metal-ductile
  9. Discovered in 1899 by André Louis Debierne
  10. Boils at unknown, melts at unknown
  11.  
  12. Notes: 
  13. Actinium is a radioactive element that has a silvery white color. It's 
  14. extremely radioactive and gives off a blueish glow in the dark. 
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