francium (Fr) /fran″sē·əm/ [France] , a metallic element of the alkali metal group. Its atomic number is 87, and the mass of its longest-lived isotope is 223. Formed from the decay of actinium, all of its 20 isotopes are radioactive and short-lived.
francium (Fr) /fran″sē·əm/ [France] , a metallic element of the alkali metal group. Its atomic number is 87, and the mass of its longest-lived isotope is 223. Formed from the decay of actinium, all of its 20 isotopes are radioactive and short-lived.