Astatine

Japanese: アスタチン化物 - あすたちんかぶつ
Astatine

...A general term for the five elements in group VIIB of the periodic table: fluorine (F), chlorine (Cl), bromine (Br), iodine (I), and astatine (At). The term is a combination of the Greek words háls (salt) and gennaō (to make), because they are easy to form typical salts (ionic compounds) with highly electropositive metallic elements. The abundance of elements in nature is in the order chlorine > fluorine > bromine > iodine, and astatine is a radioactive element so it exists only in very small amounts. Its properties change in a very systematic way, from colorless gaseous fluorine to yellow-green gaseous chlorine, reddish-brown liquid bromine, black-purple solid iodine, and finally to metallic astatine.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "astatin compounds" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…周期表周期表第VIIB族に属するフッ素F,塩素Cl,臭素Br,ヨウ素IおよびアスタチンAtの5元素の総称。陽性の強い金属元素と典型的な塩類(イオン性化合物)をつくりやすいことから,ギリシア語のháls(塩)とgennáō(つくる)を合わせてつくられた語である。天然における存在量は塩素>フッ素>臭素>ヨウ素の順で,アスタチンは放射性元素なのでごく微量しか存在しない。性質は,無色・気体のフッ素から,黄緑色・気体の塩素,赤褐色・液体の臭素,黒紫色・固体のヨウ素を経て,金属性を帯びたアスタチンへと,きわめて系統的に変化する。…

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