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

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Property O Oxygen Po Polonium
Atomic Number 8 lower 84 lower
Symbol O different Po different
Name Oxygen different Polonium different
Atomic Mass 15.999 lower 208.9824 lower
Category Reactive Nonmetals different Metalloids different
Period 2 lower 6 lower
Group 16 same value 16 same value
Block p-Block same value p-Block same value
Standard State Gas different Solid different
Electronegativity 3.44 higher 2 higher
Atomic Radius 152 lower 197 lower
Ionization Energy 13.618 higher 8.417 higher
Electron Affinity 1.461 lower 1.9 lower
Oxidation States -2 different +4, +2 different
Melting Point 54.36 K (-218.79 °C) lower 527 K (253.85 °C) lower
Boiling Point 90.2 K (-182.95 °C) lower 1235 K (961.85 °C) lower
Density 0.0014 lower 9.32 lower
Electron Configuration [He]2s2 2p4 different [Xe]6s2 4f14 5d10 6p4 different
Year Discovered 1774 different 1898 different

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