g-block
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The g-block is a hypothetical region in the periodic table of the elements. No elements in this region have yet been discovered in nature or synthesized artificially. The first element of the g-block would have atomic number 121, and the systematic name unbiunium. Elements in this region are likely to be highly unstable with respect to radioactive decay, and have extremely short half lives, although element 126 is hypothesized to be within the island of stability.
According to the orbital approximation in quantum mechanical descriptions of atomic structure, the g-block would correspond to elements with partially-filled g-orbitals. However, spin-orbit coupling effects reduce the validity of the orbital approximation substantially for elements of high atomic number.
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| g1 | g2 | g3 | g4 | g5 | g6 | g7 | g8 | g9 | g10 | g11 | g12 | g13 | g14 | g15 | g16 | g17 | g18 | |
| 8 | 121 Ubu |
122 Ubb |
123 Ubt |
124 Ubq |
125 Ubp |
126 Ubh |
127 Ubs |
128 Ubo |
129 Ube |
130 Utn |
131 Utu |
132 Utb |
133 Utt |
134 Utq |
135 Utp |
136 Uth |
137 Uts |
138 Uto |
| 9 | 171 Usu |
172 Usb |
173 Ust |
174 Usq |
175 Usp |
176 Ush |
177 Uss |
178 Uso |
179 Use |
180 Uon |
181 Uou |
182 Uob |
183 Uot |
184 Uoq |
185 Uop |
186 Uoh |
187 Uos |
188 Uoo |
Images of g-orbitals from the University of Kentucky
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