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Compare two chemical elements side by side across 19 atomic and physical properties.

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Property Ta Tantalum Db Dubnium
Atomic Number 73 lower 105 lower
Symbol Ta different Db different
Name Tantalum different Dubnium different
Atomic Mass 180.9479 lower 268.126 lower
Category Transition Metals same value Transition Metals same value
Period 6 lower 7 lower
Group 5 same value 5 same value
Block d-Block same value d-Block same value
Standard State Solid same value Solid same value
Electronegativity 1.5 no data — no data
Atomic Radius 217 no data — no data
Ionization Energy 7.89 no data — no data
Electron Affinity 0.322 no data — no data
Oxidation States +5 different 5, 4, 3 different
Melting Point 3290 K (3016.85 °C) no data — no data
Boiling Point 5731 K (5457.85 °C) no data — no data
Density 16.4 no data — no data
Electron Configuration [Xe]6s2 4f14 5d3 different [Rn]7s2 5f14 6d3 different
Year Discovered 1802 different 1967 different

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