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href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8D%8D%E1%88%AB%E1%8A%95%E1%88%BA%E1%8B%A8%E1%88%9D" title="ፍራንሺየም – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ፍራንሺየም" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-anp mw-list-item"><a href="https://anp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE" title="फ्रांसियम – Angika" lang="anp" hreflang="anp" data-title="फ्रांसियम" data-language-autonym="अंगिका" data-language-local-name="Angika" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अंगिका</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85" title="فرانسيوم – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="فرانسيوم" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francio" title="Francio – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Francio" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-rup mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-rup.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciu" title="Franciu – Aromanian" lang="rup" hreflang="rup" data-title="Franciu" data-language-autonym="Armãneashti" data-language-local-name="Aromanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Armãneashti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciu" title="Franciu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Franciu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hy%C3%A3siakuarepoti" title="Hyãsiakuarepoti – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Hyãsiakuarepoti" data-language-autonym="Avañe&#039;ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fransium" title="Fransium – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Fransium" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fransium" title="Fransium – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Fransium" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE" title="ফ্রান্সিয়াম – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ফ্রান্সিয়াম" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francium" title="Francium – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Francium" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%8B%D0%B9" title="Францый – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Францый" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86" title="Франц – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Франц" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE" title="फ्रंशियम – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="फ्रंशियम" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pransyo" title="Pransyo – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Pransyo" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B9" title="Франций – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Франций" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%A7%E0%BE%A6%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BD%93%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A6%E0%BD%B2%E0%BD%98%E0%BC%8D" title="ཧྦ་རན་སིམ། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="ཧྦ་རན་སིམ།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francij" title="Francij – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Francij" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankiom" title="Frankiom – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Frankiom" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franci" title="Franci – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Franci" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B9" title="Франций – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Франций" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pransyo" title="Pransyo – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Pransyo" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francium" title="Francium – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Francium" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciu" title="Franciu – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Franciu" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ffranciwm" title="Ffranciwm – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Ffranciwm" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francium" title="Francium – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Francium" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85" title="فرانسيوم – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="فرانسيوم" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francium" title="Francium – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Francium" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frantsium" title="Frantsium – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Frantsium" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A6%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%BF" title="Φράγκιο – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Φράγκιο" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francio" title="Francio – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Francio" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciumo" title="Franciumo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Franciumo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frantzio" title="Frantzio – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Frantzio" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85" title="فرانسیم – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="فرانسیم" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francium" title="Francium – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Francium" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fransium" title="Fransium – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Fransium" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francium" title="Francium – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Francium" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur mw-list-item"><a href="https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franci" title="Franci – Friulian" lang="fur" hreflang="fur" data-title="Franci" data-language-autonym="Furlan" data-language-local-name="Friulian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Furlan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frainciam" title="Frainciam – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Frainciam" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankium" title="Frankium – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Frankium" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraingium" title="Fraingium – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Fraingium" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francio" title="Francio – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Francio" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%88%81" title="鈁 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="鈁" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%AB%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%B8%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%AF%E0%AA%AE" title="ફ્રાંસીયમ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="ફ્રાંસીયમ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francium" title="Francium – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Francium" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xal mw-list-item"><a href="https://xal.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%83%D0%BC" title="Франциум – Kalmyk" lang="xal" hreflang="xal" data-title="Франциум" data-language-autonym="Хальмг" data-language-local-name="Kalmyk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Хальмг</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%84%EB%9E%91%EC%8A%98" title="프랑슘 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="프랑슘" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%96%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4" title="Ֆրանսիում – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ֆրանսիում" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE" title="फ़्रान्सियम – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="फ़्रान्सियम" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francij" title="Francij – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Francij" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francio" title="Francio – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Francio" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fransium" title="Fransium – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Fransium" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francium" title="Francium – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Francium" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B9" title="Франций – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Франций" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/IShabalalambi" title="IShabalalambi – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="IShabalalambi" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans%C3%ADn" title="Fransín – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Fransín" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francio" title="Francio – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Francio" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9D" title="פרנציום – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פרנציום" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fransium" title="Fransium – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Fransium" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp mw-list-item"><a href="https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans%C9%A9y%C9%94m" title="Fransɩyɔm – Kabiye" lang="kbp" hreflang="kbp" data-title="Fransɩyɔm" data-language-autonym="Kabɩyɛ" data-language-local-name="Kabiye" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kabɩyɛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AB%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%8D" title="ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸಿಯಮ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸಿಯಮ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A4%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98" title="ფრანციუმი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ფრანციუმი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B9" title="Франций – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Франций" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankiom" title="Frankiom – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Frankiom" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fransi" title="Fransi – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Fransi" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B9" title="Франций – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="Франций" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fransy%C3%B2m" title="Fransyòm – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Fransyòm" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fransiy%C3%BBm" title="Fransiyûm – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Fransiyûm" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B9" title="Франций – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Франций" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B9" title="Франций – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Франций" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francium" title="Francium – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Francium" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francijs" title="Francijs – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Francijs" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francium" title="Francium – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Francium" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis" title="Francis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Francis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fransio" title="Fransio – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Fransio" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francium" title="Francium – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Francium" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francii_(aineh)" title="Francii (aineh) – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="Francii (aineh)" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Livvinkarjala</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jbo mw-list-item"><a href="https://jbo.wikipedia.org/wiki/fasysodna" title="fasysodna – Lojban" lang="jbo" hreflang="jbo" data-title="fasysodna" data-language-autonym="La .lojban." data-language-local-name="Lojban" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>La .lojban.</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francio" title="Francio – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Francio" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francium" title="Francium – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Francium" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%83%D0%BC" title="Франциум – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Франциум" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AB%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BB%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%82" title="ഫ്രാൻസിയം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഫ്രാൻസിയം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE" title="फ्रान्सियम – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="फ्रान्सियम" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85" title="فرانسيوم – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="فرانسيوم" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%85" title="فرانسیوم – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="فرانسیوم" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fransium" title="Fransium – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Fransium" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%90%EA%AF%AD%EA%AF%94%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%9F%EA%AF%81%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%8C%EA%AF%9D" title="ꯐ꯭ꯔꯥꯟꯁꯤꯌꯝ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯐ꯭ꯔꯥꯟꯁꯤꯌꯝ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francium" title="Francium – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Francium" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8" title="Кранци – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Кранци" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8" title="Франци – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Франци" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%96%E1%80%9B%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%85%E1%80%AE%E1%80%9A%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA" title="ဖရန်စီယမ် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဖရန်စီယမ်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francium" title="Francium – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Francium" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE" title="फ्रान्सियम – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="फ्रान्सियम" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A6%E3%83%A0" title="フランシウム – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="フランシウム" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frantsium" title="Frantsium – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Frantsium" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francium" title="Francium – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Francium" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francium" title="Francium – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Francium" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franci" title="Franci – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Franci" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fransiy" title="Fransiy – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Fransiy" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AB%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%AE" title="ਫ਼ਰਾਂਸੀਅਮ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਫ਼ਰਾਂਸੀਅਮ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pi mw-list-item"><a href="https://pi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE" title="फ्रान्सियम – Pali" lang="pi" hreflang="pi" data-title="फ्रान्सियम" data-language-autonym="पालि" data-language-local-name="Pali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>पालि</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85" title="فرانسیم – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="فرانسیم" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85" title="فرانسيوم – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="فرانسيوم" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fransio" title="Fransio – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Fransio" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francium" title="Francium – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Francium" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans" title="Frans – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Frans" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A2ncio" title="Frâncio – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Frâncio" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciu" title="Franciu – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Franciu" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharansiyu" title="Pharansiyu – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Pharansiyu" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B9" title="Франций – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Франций" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%83%D0%BC" title="Франсиум – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Франсиум" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE" title="फ्रान्सियम – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="फ्रान्सियम" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A0ntziu" title="Fràntziu – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Fràntziu" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francium" title="Francium – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="Francium" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciumi" title="Franciumi – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Franciumi" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciu" title="Franciu – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Franciu" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B7%86%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8A" title="ෆ්‍රැන්සියම් – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="ෆ්‍රැන්සියම්" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francium" title="Francium – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Francium" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francium" title="Francium – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Francium" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francij" title="Francij – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Francij" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faransiyaam" title="Faransiyaam – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Faransiyaam" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%DB%86%D9%85" title="فرانسیۆم – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="فرانسیۆم" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%98%D1%83%D0%BC" title="Францијум – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Францијум" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francijum" title="Francijum – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Francijum" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fransium" title="Fransium – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Fransium" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankium" title="Frankium – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Frankium" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francium" title="Francium – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Francium" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fransiyo" title="Fransiyo – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Fransiyo" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D_(%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D)" title="பிரான்சியம் (தனிமம்) – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="பிரான்சியம் (தனிமம்)" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B9" title="Франций – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Франций" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AB%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%82" title="ఫ్రాన్సియం – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="ఫ్రాన్సియం" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A1" title="แฟรนเซียม – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="แฟรนเซียม" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B9" title="Франсий – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Франсий" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fransiyum" title="Fransiyum – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Fransiyum" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%96%D0%B9" title="Францій – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Францій" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A6%D9%85" title="فرانسیئم – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="فرانسیئم" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%89%D9%8A" title="فرانسىي – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="فرانسىي" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vep mw-list-item"><a href="https://vep.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francii_(himine_element)" title="Francii (himine element) – Veps" lang="vep" hreflang="vep" data-title="Francii (himine element)" data-language-autonym="Vepsän kel’" data-language-local-name="Veps" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vepsän kel’</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franci" title="Franci – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Franci" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wa mw-list-item"><a href="https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciom" title="Franciom – Walloon" lang="wa" hreflang="wa" data-title="Franciom" data-language-autonym="Walon" data-language-local-name="Walloon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Walon</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-classical mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%8D%85" title="鍅 – Literary Chinese" lang="lzh" hreflang="lzh" data-title="鍅" data-language-autonym="文言" data-language-local-name="Literary Chinese" 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style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#ff9999;">Potassium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Calcium" title="Calcium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#ff9999;">Calcium</span></a> </td> <td colspan="14" style="border:none;padding:0;"> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Scandium" title="Scandium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Scandium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Titanium" title="Titanium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Titanium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Vanadium" title="Vanadium"><span 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style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Cobalt</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Nickel" title="Nickel"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Nickel</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Copper" title="Copper"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Copper</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Zinc" title="Zinc"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Zinc</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Gallium" title="Gallium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#fdff8c;">Gallium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Germanium" title="Germanium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#fdff8c;">Germanium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Arsenic" title="Arsenic"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#fdff8c;">Arsenic</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Selenium" title="Selenium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#fdff8c;">Selenium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Bromine" title="Bromine"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#fdff8c;">Bromine</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Krypton" title="Krypton"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#fdff8c;">Krypton</span></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Rubidium" title="Rubidium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#ff9999;">Rubidium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Strontium" title="Strontium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#ff9999;">Strontium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;; width:0;"> </td> <td colspan="13" style="border:none;padding:0;"> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Yttrium" title="Yttrium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Yttrium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Zirconium" title="Zirconium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Zirconium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Niobium" title="Niobium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Niobium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Molybdenum" title="Molybdenum"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Molybdenum</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Technetium" title="Technetium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Technetium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Ruthenium" title="Ruthenium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Ruthenium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Rhodium" title="Rhodium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Rhodium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Palladium" title="Palladium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Palladium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Silver" title="Silver"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Silver</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Cadmium" title="Cadmium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Cadmium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Indium" title="Indium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#fdff8c;">Indium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Tin" title="Tin"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#fdff8c;">Tin</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Antimony" title="Antimony"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#fdff8c;">Antimony</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Tellurium" title="Tellurium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#fdff8c;">Tellurium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Iodine" title="Iodine"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#fdff8c;">Iodine</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Xenon" title="Xenon"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#fdff8c;">Xenon</span></a> </td></tr> <tr style="border:none;padding:0;"> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Caesium" title="Caesium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#ff9999;">Caesium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Barium" title="Barium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#ff9999;">Barium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Lanthanum" title="Lanthanum"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Lanthanum</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Cerium" title="Cerium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Cerium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Praseodymium" title="Praseodymium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Praseodymium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Neodymium" title="Neodymium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Neodymium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Promethium" title="Promethium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Promethium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Samarium" title="Samarium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Samarium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Europium" title="Europium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Europium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Gadolinium" title="Gadolinium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Gadolinium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Terbium" title="Terbium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Terbium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Dysprosium" title="Dysprosium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Dysprosium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Holmium" title="Holmium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Holmium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Erbium" title="Erbium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Erbium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Thulium" title="Thulium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Thulium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Ytterbium" title="Ytterbium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Ytterbium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Lutetium" title="Lutetium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Lutetium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Hafnium" title="Hafnium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Hafnium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Tantalum" title="Tantalum"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Tantalum</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Tungsten" title="Tungsten"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Tungsten</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Rhenium" title="Rhenium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Rhenium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Osmium" title="Osmium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Osmium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Iridium" title="Iridium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Iridium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Platinum" title="Platinum"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Platinum</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Gold" title="Gold"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Gold</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Mercury_(element)" title="Mercury (element)"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Mercury (element)</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Thallium" title="Thallium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#fdff8c;">Thallium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Lead" title="Lead"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#fdff8c;">Lead</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Bismuth" title="Bismuth"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#fdff8c;">Bismuth</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Polonium" title="Polonium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#fdff8c;">Polonium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Astatine" title="Astatine"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#fdff8c;">Astatine</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Radon" title="Radon"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#fdff8c;">Radon</span></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#ff9999; border:1px solid black; box-sizing: border-box;;">Francium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Radium" title="Radium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#ff9999;">Radium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Actinium" title="Actinium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Actinium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Thorium" title="Thorium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Thorium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Protactinium" title="Protactinium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Protactinium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Uranium" title="Uranium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Uranium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Neptunium" title="Neptunium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Neptunium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Plutonium" title="Plutonium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Plutonium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Americium" title="Americium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Americium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Curium" title="Curium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Curium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Berkelium" title="Berkelium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Berkelium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Californium" title="Californium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Californium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Einsteinium" title="Einsteinium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Einsteinium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Fermium" title="Fermium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Fermium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Mendelevium" title="Mendelevium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Mendelevium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Nobelium" title="Nobelium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Nobelium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Lawrencium" title="Lawrencium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Lawrencium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Rutherfordium" title="Rutherfordium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Rutherfordium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Dubnium" title="Dubnium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Dubnium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Seaborgium" title="Seaborgium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Seaborgium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Bohrium" title="Bohrium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Bohrium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Hassium" title="Hassium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Hassium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Meitnerium" title="Meitnerium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Meitnerium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Darmstadtium" title="Darmstadtium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Darmstadtium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Roentgenium" title="Roentgenium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Roentgenium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Copernicium" title="Copernicium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Copernicium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Nihonium" title="Nihonium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#fdff8c;">Nihonium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Flerovium" title="Flerovium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#fdff8c;">Flerovium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Moscovium" title="Moscovium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#fdff8c;">Moscovium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Livermorium" title="Livermorium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#fdff8c;">Livermorium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Tennessine" title="Tennessine"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#fdff8c;">Tennessine</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Oganesson" title="Oganesson"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#fdff8c;">Oganesson</span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; font-size:90%; line-height:100%; width:10px; border:none;"><a href="/wiki/Caesium" title="Caesium">Cs</a><br />↑<br /><strong>Fr</strong><br />↓<br />(<a href="/wiki/Ununennium" title="Ununennium">Uue</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="nowrap" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; line-height:100%; 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class="infobox-data">15&#160;W/(m⋅K)&#x20;<i>(extrapolated)</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Electrical_resistivity_and_conductivity" title="Electrical resistivity and conductivity">Electrical resistivity</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3&#160;µΩ⋅m&#x20;<i>(calculated)</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Magnetism" title="Magnetism">Magnetic ordering</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Paramagnetic&#x20;</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/CAS_Registry_Number" title="CAS Registry Number">CAS Number</a></th><td class="infobox-data">7440-73-5&#x20;</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color:inherit; background:#ff9999">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Naming</th><td class="infobox-data">after France, homeland of the discoverer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_chemical_element_discoveries" 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title="Special:EditPage/Template:Infobox francium"><span title="Edit this template">edit</span></a></li></ul></div>&#x20;|&#x20;<a href="/wiki/List_of_data_references_for_chemical_elements" title="List of data references for chemical elements">references</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Francium</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Chemical_element" title="Chemical element">chemical element</a>; it has <a href="/wiki/Chemical_symbol" title="Chemical symbol">symbol</a> <b>Fr</b> and <a href="/wiki/Atomic_number" title="Atomic number">atomic number</a> 87. It is extremely <a href="/wiki/Radioactive" class="mw-redirect" title="Radioactive">radioactive</a>; its most stable isotope, francium-223 (originally called <i><a href="/wiki/Actinium" title="Actinium">actinium</a>&#160;K</i> after the natural <a href="/wiki/Decay_chain" title="Decay chain">decay chain</a> in which it appears), has a <a href="/wiki/Half-life" title="Half-life">half-life</a> of only 22&#160;minutes. It is the second-most <a href="/wiki/Electronegative" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronegative">electropositive</a> element, behind only <a href="/wiki/Caesium" title="Caesium">caesium</a>, and is the <a href="/wiki/Abundance_of_the_chemical_elements" title="Abundance of the chemical elements">second rarest</a> naturally occurring element (after <a href="/wiki/Astatine" title="Astatine">astatine</a>). Francium's isotopes decay quickly into astatine, <a href="/wiki/Radium" title="Radium">radium</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Radon" title="Radon">radon</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Electronic_structure" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic structure">electronic structure</a> of a francium atom is [Rn] 7s<sup>1</sup>; thus, the element is classed as an <a href="/wiki/Alkali_metal" title="Alkali metal">alkali metal</a>. </p><p>As a consequence of its extreme instability, bulk francium has never been seen. Because of the general appearance of the other elements in its periodic table column, it is presumed that francium would appear as a highly reactive metal if enough could be collected together to be viewed as a bulk solid or liquid. Obtaining such a sample is highly improbable since the extreme heat of decay resulting from its short half-life would immediately vaporize any viewable quantity of the element. </p><p>Francium was discovered by <a href="/wiki/Marguerite_Perey" title="Marguerite Perey">Marguerite Perey</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> in France (from which the element takes its name) on January 7, 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Before its discovery, francium was referred to as <i><a href="/wiki/Mendeleev%27s_predicted_elements" title="Mendeleev&#39;s predicted elements">eka</a>-<a href="/wiki/Caesium" title="Caesium">caesium</a></i> or <i>ekacaesium</i> because of its conjectured existence below caesium in the periodic table. It was the last element first discovered in nature, rather than by synthesis.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Outside the laboratory, francium is extremely rare, with trace amounts found in <a href="/wiki/Uranium" title="Uranium">uranium</a> ores, where the <a href="/wiki/Isotope" title="Isotope">isotope</a> francium-223 (in the family of uranium-235) continually forms and decays. As little as 1 ounce (28&#160;g) exists at any given time throughout the <a href="/wiki/Earth%27s_crust" title="Earth&#39;s crust">Earth's crust</a>; aside from francium-223 and francium-221, its other isotopes are entirely synthetic. The largest amount produced in the laboratory was a cluster of more than 300,000 atoms.<sup id="cite_ref-chemnews_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chemnews-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characteristics">Characteristics</h2></div> <p>Francium is one of the most unstable of the naturally occurring elements: its longest-lived isotope, francium-223, has a <a href="/wiki/Half-life" title="Half-life">half-life</a> of only 22&#160;minutes. The only comparable element is <a href="/wiki/Astatine" title="Astatine">astatine</a>, whose most stable natural isotope, astatine-219 (the alpha daughter of francium-223), has a half-life of 56&#160;seconds, although synthetic astatine-210 is much longer-lived with a half-life of 8.1&#160;hours.<sup id="cite_ref-andyscouse_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-andyscouse-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> All isotopes of francium decay into astatine, <a href="/wiki/Radium" title="Radium">radium</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Radon" title="Radon">radon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-andyscouse_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-andyscouse-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Francium-223 also has a shorter half-life than the longest-lived isotope of each synthetic element up to and including element 105, <a href="/wiki/Dubnium" title="Dubnium">dubnium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CRC2006_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRC2006-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Francium is an alkali metal whose chemical properties mostly resemble those of caesium.<sup id="cite_ref-CRC2006_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRC2006-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A heavy element with a single <a href="/wiki/Valence_electron" title="Valence electron">valence electron</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> it has the highest <a href="/wiki/Equivalent_weight" title="Equivalent weight">equivalent weight</a> of any element.<sup id="cite_ref-CRC2006_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRC2006-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Liquid francium—if created—should have a <a href="/wiki/Surface_tension" title="Surface tension">surface tension</a> of 0.05092&#160;<a href="/wiki/Newton_(unit)" title="Newton (unit)">N</a>/m at its melting point.<sup id="cite_ref-Kozhitov_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kozhitov-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Francium's melting point was estimated to be around 8.0&#160;°C (46.4&#160;°F);<sup id="cite_ref-L&amp;P_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-L&amp;P-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> a value of 27&#160;°C (81&#160;°F) is also often encountered.<sup id="cite_ref-CRC2006_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRC2006-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The melting point is uncertain because of the element's extreme rarity and <a href="/wiki/Radioactivity" class="mw-redirect" title="Radioactivity">radioactivity</a>; a different extrapolation based on <a href="/wiki/Dmitri_Mendeleev" title="Dmitri Mendeleev">Dmitri Mendeleev</a>'s method gave 20&#160;±&#160;1.5&#160;°C (68.0&#160;±&#160;2.7&#160;°F). A calculation based on the melting temperatures of binary ionic crystals gives 24.861&#160;±&#160;0.517&#160;°C (76.750&#160;±&#160;0.931&#160;°F).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The estimated boiling point of 620&#160;°C (1,148&#160;°F) is also uncertain; the estimates 598&#160;°C (1,108&#160;°F) and 677&#160;°C (1,251&#160;°F), as well as the extrapolation from Mendeleev's method of 640&#160;°C (1,184&#160;°F), have also been suggested.<sup id="cite_ref-L&amp;P_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-L&amp;P-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kozhitov_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kozhitov-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The density of francium is expected to be around 2.48&#160;g/cm<sup>3</sup> (Mendeleev's method extrapolates 2.4&#160;g/cm<sup>3</sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-L&amp;P_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-L&amp;P-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="electronegativity"></span><a href="/wiki/Linus_Pauling" title="Linus Pauling">Linus Pauling</a> estimated the <a href="/wiki/Electronegativity" title="Electronegativity">electronegativity</a> of francium at 0.7 on the <a href="/wiki/Pauling_scale" class="mw-redirect" title="Pauling scale">Pauling scale</a>, the same as caesium;<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the value for caesium has since been refined to 0.79, but there are no experimental data to allow a refinement of the value for francium.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Francium has a slightly higher <a href="/wiki/Ionization_energy" title="Ionization energy">ionization energy</a> than caesium,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> 392.811(4)&#160;kJ/mol as opposed to 375.7041(2)&#160;kJ/mol for caesium, as would be expected from <a href="/wiki/Relativistic_quantum_chemistry" title="Relativistic quantum chemistry">relativistic effects</a>, and this would imply that caesium is the less electronegative of the two. Francium should also have a higher <a href="/wiki/Electron_affinity" title="Electron affinity">electron affinity</a> than caesium and the Fr<sup>−</sup> ion should be more <a href="/wiki/Polarizability" title="Polarizability">polarizable</a> than the Cs<sup>−</sup> ion.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Compounds">Compounds</h2></div> <p>As a result of francium's instability, its salts are only known to a small extent. Francium <a href="/wiki/Coprecipitation" title="Coprecipitation">coprecipitates</a> with several caesium <a href="/wiki/Salt_(chemistry)" title="Salt (chemistry)">salts</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Caesium_perchlorate" title="Caesium perchlorate">caesium perchlorate</a>, which results in small amounts of francium perchlorate. This coprecipitation can be used to isolate francium, by adapting the radiocaesium coprecipitation method of <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_E._Glendenin" title="Lawrence E. Glendenin">Lawrence E. Glendenin</a> and C. M. Nelson. It will additionally coprecipitate with many other caesium salts, including the <a href="/wiki/Iodate" title="Iodate">iodate</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Picrate" title="Picrate">picrate</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Tartrate" title="Tartrate">tartrate</a> (also <a href="/wiki/Rubidium" title="Rubidium">rubidium</a> tartrate), the <a href="/wiki/Chloroplatinate" title="Chloroplatinate">chloroplatinate</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Silicotungstate" class="mw-redirect" title="Silicotungstate">silicotungstate</a>. It also coprecipitates with <a href="/wiki/Silicotungstic_acid" title="Silicotungstic acid">silicotungstic acid</a>, and with <a href="/wiki/Perchloric_acid" title="Perchloric acid">perchloric acid</a>, without another alkali metal as a <a href="/wiki/Carrier_(chemistry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrier (chemistry)">carrier</a>, which leads to other methods of separation.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-francrad_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-francrad-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Francium_perchlorate">Francium perchlorate</h3></div> <p>Francium perchlorate is produced by the reaction of <a href="/wiki/Francium_chloride" title="Francium chloride">francium chloride</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sodium_perchlorate" title="Sodium perchlorate">sodium perchlorate</a>. The francium perchlorate <a href="/wiki/Coprecipitation" title="Coprecipitation">coprecipitates</a> with <a href="/wiki/Caesium_perchlorate" title="Caesium perchlorate">caesium perchlorate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-francrad_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-francrad-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This coprecipitation can be used to isolate francium, by adapting the radiocaesium coprecipitation method of <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_E._Glendenin" title="Lawrence E. Glendenin">Lawrence E. Glendenin</a> and C. M. Nelson. However, this method is unreliable in separating <a href="/wiki/Thallium" title="Thallium">thallium</a>, which also coprecipitates with caesium.<sup id="cite_ref-francrad_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-francrad-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Francium perchlorate's <a href="/wiki/Entropy" title="Entropy">entropy</a> is expected to be 42.7&#160;<a href="/wiki/Entropy_unit" title="Entropy unit">e.u</a><sup id="cite_ref-L&amp;P_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-L&amp;P-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> (178.7 J mol<sup>−1</sup> K<sup>−1</sup>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Francium_halides">Francium halides</h3></div> <p>Francium halides are all soluble in water and are expected to be white solids. They are expected to be produced by the reaction of the corresponding <a href="/wiki/Halogen" title="Halogen">halogens</a>. For example, francium chloride would be produced by the reaction of francium and <a href="/wiki/Chlorine" title="Chlorine">chlorine</a>. Francium chloride has been studied as a pathway to separate francium from other elements, by using the high <a href="/wiki/Vapour_pressure" class="mw-redirect" title="Vapour pressure">vapour pressure</a> of the compound, although francium fluoride would have a higher vapour pressure.<sup id="cite_ref-L&amp;P_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-L&amp;P-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_compounds">Other compounds</h3></div> <p>Francium nitrate, sulfate, hydroxide, carbonate, acetate, and oxalate, are all soluble in water, while the <a href="/wiki/Iodate" title="Iodate">iodate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Picrate" title="Picrate">picrate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tartrate" title="Tartrate">tartrate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chloroplatinic_acid" title="Chloroplatinic acid">chloroplatinate</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Silicotungstate" class="mw-redirect" title="Silicotungstate">silicotungstate</a> are insoluble. The insolubility of these compounds are used to extract francium from other radioactive products, such as <a href="/wiki/Zirconium" title="Zirconium">zirconium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Niobium" title="Niobium">niobium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Molybdenum" title="Molybdenum">molybdenum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tin" title="Tin">tin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Antimony" title="Antimony">antimony</a>, the method mentioned in the section above.<sup id="cite_ref-L&amp;P_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-L&amp;P-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Francium oxide is believed to disproportionate to the peroxide and francium metal.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The CsFr molecule is predicted to have francium at the negative end of the dipole, unlike all known heterodiatomic alkali metal molecules. Francium <a href="/wiki/Superoxide" title="Superoxide">superoxide</a> (FrO<sub>2</sub>) is expected to have a more <a href="/wiki/Covalent" class="mw-redirect" title="Covalent">covalent</a> character than its lighter <a href="/wiki/Congener_(chemistry)" title="Congener (chemistry)">congeners</a>; this is attributed to the 6p electrons in francium being more involved in the francium–oxygen bonding.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The relativistic destabilisation of the 6p<sub>3/2</sub> spinor may make francium compounds in oxidation states higher than +1 possible, such as [Fr<sup>V</sup>F<sub>6</sub>]<sup>−</sup>; but this has not been experimentally confirmed.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Isotopes">Isotopes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Isotopes_of_francium" title="Isotopes of francium">Isotopes of francium</a></div> <p>There are 37 known isotopes of francium ranging in <a href="/wiki/Atomic_mass" title="Atomic mass">atomic mass</a> from 197 to 233.<sup id="cite_ref-NUBASE2020_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NUBASE2020-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Francium has seven <a href="/wiki/Metastability" title="Metastability">metastable</a> <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_isomer" title="Nuclear isomer">nuclear isomers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CRC2006_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRC2006-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Francium-223 and francium-221 are the only isotopes that occur in nature, with the former being far more common.<sup id="cite_ref-nostrand679_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nostrand679-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Francium-223 is the most stable isotope, with a half-life of 21.8&#160;minutes,<sup id="cite_ref-CRC2006_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRC2006-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and it is highly unlikely that an isotope of francium with a longer half-life will ever be discovered or synthesized.<sup id="cite_ref-mcgraw_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mcgraw-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Francium-223 is a fifth product of the <a href="/wiki/Uranium-235" title="Uranium-235">uranium-235</a> decay series as a daughter isotope of <a href="/wiki/Actinium-227" class="mw-redirect" title="Actinium-227">actinium-227</a>; <a href="/wiki/Thorium-227" class="mw-redirect" title="Thorium-227">thorium-227</a> is the more common daughter.<sup id="cite_ref-nostrand332_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nostrand332-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Francium-223 then decays into radium-223 by <a href="/wiki/Beta_decay" title="Beta decay">beta decay</a> (1.149&#160;MeV <a href="/wiki/Decay_energy" title="Decay energy">decay energy</a>), with a minor (0.006%) <a href="/wiki/Alpha_decay" title="Alpha decay">alpha decay</a> path to astatine-219 (5.4&#160;MeV decay energy).<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Francium-221 has a half-life of 4.8&#160;minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-CRC2006_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRC2006-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It is the ninth product of the <a href="/wiki/Neptunium" title="Neptunium">neptunium</a> decay series as a daughter isotope of <a href="/wiki/Actinium-225" title="Actinium-225">actinium-225</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nostrand332_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nostrand332-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Francium-221 then decays into astatine-217 by alpha decay (6.457&#160;MeV decay energy).<sup id="cite_ref-CRC2006_9-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRC2006-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Although all primordial <sup>237</sup>Np is <a href="/wiki/Extinct_radionuclide" title="Extinct radionuclide">extinct</a>, the neptunium decay series continues to exist naturally in tiny traces due to (n,2n) knockout reactions in natural <sup>238</sup>U.<sup id="cite_ref-4n1_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4n1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Francium-222, with a half-life of 14&#160;minutes, may be produced as a result of the beta decay of natural <a href="/wiki/Radon-222" title="Radon-222">radon-222</a>; this process, though energetically possible, has nonetheless not yet been observed.<sup id="cite_ref-bellidecay_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bellidecay-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The least stable <a href="/wiki/Ground_state" title="Ground state">ground state</a> isotope is francium-215, with a half-life of 90&#160;ns:<sup id="cite_ref-NUBASE2020_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NUBASE2020-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> it undergoes a 9.54&#160;MeV alpha decay to astatine-211.<sup id="cite_ref-CRC2006_9-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRC2006-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Applications">Applications</h2></div> <p>Due to its instability and rarity, there are no commercial applications for francium.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nbb_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nbb-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-elemental_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elemental-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nostrand332_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nostrand332-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It has been used for research purposes in the fields of <a href="/wiki/Chemistry" title="Chemistry">chemistry</a><sup id="cite_ref-bio_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and of <a href="/wiki/Atom" title="Atom">atomic structure</a>. Its use as a potential diagnostic aid for various <a href="/wiki/Cancer" title="Cancer">cancers</a> has also been explored,<sup id="cite_ref-andyscouse_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-andyscouse-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> but this application has been deemed impractical.<sup id="cite_ref-nbb_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nbb-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Francium's ability to be synthesized, trapped, and cooled, along with its relatively simple <a href="/wiki/Atom" title="Atom">atomic structure</a>, has made it the subject of specialized <a href="/wiki/Spectroscopy" title="Spectroscopy">spectroscopy</a> experiments. These experiments have led to more specific information regarding <a href="/wiki/Energy_level" title="Energy level">energy levels</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Coupling_constant" title="Coupling constant">coupling constants</a> between <a href="/wiki/Subatomic_particle" title="Subatomic particle">subatomic particles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Studies on the light emitted by <a href="/wiki/Optical_tweezers" title="Optical tweezers">laser-trapped</a> francium-210 ions have provided accurate data on transitions between atomic energy levels which are fairly similar to those predicted by <a href="/wiki/Quantum_mechanics" title="Quantum mechanics">quantum theory</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Francium is a prospective candidate for searching for <a href="/wiki/CP_violation" title="CP violation">CP violation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <p>As early as 1870, chemists thought that there should be an alkali metal beyond <a href="/wiki/Caesium" title="Caesium">caesium</a>, with an atomic number of 87.<sup id="cite_ref-andyscouse_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-andyscouse-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It was then referred to by the provisional name <i><a href="/wiki/Mendeleev%27s_predicted_elements" title="Mendeleev&#39;s predicted elements">eka-caesium</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-chemeducator_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chemeducator-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Erroneous_and_incomplete_discoveries">Erroneous and incomplete discoveries</h3></div> <p>In 1914, <a href="/wiki/Stefan_Meyer_(physicist)" title="Stefan Meyer (physicist)">Stefan Meyer</a>, Viktor F. Hess, and <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Paneth" title="Friedrich Paneth">Friedrich Paneth</a> (working in Vienna) made measurements of alpha radiation from various substances, including <sup>227</sup>Ac. They observed the possibility of a minor alpha branch of this nuclide, though follow-up work could not be done due to the outbreak of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. Their observations were not precise and sure enough for them to announce the discovery of element 87, though it is likely that they did indeed observe the decay of <sup>227</sup>Ac to <sup>223</sup>Fr.<sup id="cite_ref-chemeducator_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chemeducator-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Soviet chemist <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dmitry_Dobroserdov&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Dmitry Dobroserdov (page does not exist)">Dmitry Dobroserdov</a> was the first scientist to claim to have found eka-caesium, or francium. In 1925, he observed weak radioactivity in a sample of <a href="/wiki/Potassium" title="Potassium">potassium</a>, another alkali metal, and incorrectly concluded that eka-caesium was contaminating the sample (the radioactivity from the sample was from the naturally occurring potassium radioisotope, <a href="/wiki/Potassium-40" title="Potassium-40">potassium-40</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-fontani_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fontani-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He then published a thesis on his predictions of the properties of eka-caesium, in which he named the element <i>russium</i> after his home country.<sup id="cite_ref-vanderkroft_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vanderkroft-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Shortly thereafter, Dobroserdov began to focus on his teaching career at the Polytechnic Institute of <a href="/wiki/Odesa" title="Odesa">Odesa</a>, and he did not pursue the element further.<sup id="cite_ref-fontani_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fontani-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The following year, English chemists <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerald_J._F._Druce&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Gerald J. F. Druce (page does not exist)">Gerald J. F. Druce</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Frederick_H._Loring&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Frederick H. Loring (page does not exist)">Frederick H. Loring</a> analyzed <a href="/wiki/X-ray" title="X-ray">X-ray</a> photographs of <a href="/wiki/Manganese(II)_sulfate" title="Manganese(II) sulfate">manganese(II) sulfate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-vanderkroft_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vanderkroft-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They observed spectral lines which they presumed to be of eka-caesium. They announced their discovery of element 87 and proposed the name <i>alkalinium</i>, as it would be the heaviest alkali metal.<sup id="cite_ref-fontani_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fontani-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1930, <a href="/wiki/Fred_Allison" title="Fred Allison">Fred Allison</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Polytechnic_Institute" class="mw-redirect" title="Alabama Polytechnic Institute">Alabama Polytechnic Institute</a> claimed to have discovered element 87 (in addition to 85) when analyzing <a href="/wiki/Pollucite" title="Pollucite">pollucite</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lepidolite" title="Lepidolite">lepidolite</a> using his <a href="/wiki/Magneto-optic_effect" title="Magneto-optic effect">magneto-optical</a> machine. Allison requested that it be named <i>virginium</i> after his home state of <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, along with the symbols Vi and Vm.<sup id="cite_ref-vanderkroft_37-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vanderkroft-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1934, H.G. MacPherson of <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">UC Berkeley</a> disproved the effectiveness of Allison's device and the validity of his discovery.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1936, Romanian physicist <a href="/wiki/Horia_Hulubei" title="Horia Hulubei">Horia Hulubei</a> and his French colleague <a href="/wiki/Yvette_Cauchois" title="Yvette Cauchois">Yvette Cauchois</a> also analyzed pollucite, this time using their high-resolution X-ray apparatus.<sup id="cite_ref-fontani_36-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fontani-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They observed several weak emission lines, which they presumed to be those of element 87. Hulubei and Cauchois reported their discovery and proposed the name <i>moldavium</i>, along with the symbol Ml, after <a href="/wiki/Moldavia" title="Moldavia">Moldavia</a>, the Romanian province where Hulubei was born.<sup id="cite_ref-vanderkroft_37-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vanderkroft-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1937, Hulubei's work was criticized by American physicist <a href="/w/index.php?title=F._H._Hirsh_Jr.&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="F. H. Hirsh Jr. (page does not exist)">F. H. Hirsh Jr.</a>, who rejected Hulubei's research methods. Hirsh was certain that eka-caesium would not be found in nature, and that Hulubei had instead observed <a href="/wiki/Mercury_(element)" title="Mercury (element)">mercury</a> or <a href="/wiki/Bismuth" title="Bismuth">bismuth</a> X-ray lines. Hulubei insisted that his X-ray apparatus and methods were too accurate to make such a mistake. Because of this, <a href="/wiki/Jean_Baptiste_Perrin" title="Jean Baptiste Perrin">Jean Baptiste Perrin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize" title="Nobel Prize">Nobel Prize</a> winner and Hulubei's mentor, endorsed moldavium as the true eka-caesium over <a href="/wiki/Marguerite_Perey" title="Marguerite Perey">Marguerite Perey</a>'s recently discovered francium. Perey took pains to be accurate and detailed in her criticism of Hulubei's work, and finally she was credited as the sole discoverer of element 87.<sup id="cite_ref-fontani_36-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fontani-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> All other previous purported discoveries of element 87 were ruled out due to francium's very limited half-life.<sup id="cite_ref-vanderkroft_37-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vanderkroft-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Perey's_analysis"><span id="Perey.27s_analysis"></span>Perey's analysis</h3></div> <p>Eka-caesium was discovered on January 7, 1939, by <a href="/wiki/Marguerite_Perey" title="Marguerite Perey">Marguerite Perey</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Curie_Institute_(Paris)" title="Curie Institute (Paris)">Curie Institute</a> in Paris,<sup id="cite_ref-chemeducator_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chemeducator-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> when she purified a sample of <a href="/wiki/Actinium" title="Actinium">actinium</a>-227 which had been reported to have a decay energy of 220&#160;keV. Perey noticed decay particles with an energy level below 80&#160;keV. Perey thought this decay activity might have been caused by a previously unidentified decay product, one which was separated during purification, but emerged again out of the pure actinium-227. Various tests eliminated the possibility of the unknown element being <a href="/wiki/Thorium" title="Thorium">thorium</a>, radium, <a href="/wiki/Lead" title="Lead">lead</a>, bismuth, or <a href="/wiki/Thallium" title="Thallium">thallium</a>. The new product exhibited chemical properties of an alkali metal (such as coprecipitating with caesium salts), which led Perey to believe that it was element 87, produced by the <a href="/wiki/Alpha_decay" title="Alpha decay">alpha decay</a> of actinium-227.<sup id="cite_ref-chemeducator_35-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chemeducator-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Perey then attempted to determine the proportion of <a href="/wiki/Beta_decay" title="Beta decay">beta decay</a> to alpha decay in actinium-227. Her first test put the alpha branching at 0.6%, a figure which she later revised to 1%.<sup id="cite_ref-mcgraw_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mcgraw-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Perey named the new isotope <i>actinium-K</i> (it is now referred to as francium-223)<sup id="cite_ref-chemeducator_35-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chemeducator-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and in 1946, she proposed the name <i>catium</i> (Cm) for her newly discovered element, as she believed it to be the most <a href="/wiki/Electronegativity" title="Electronegativity">electropositive</a> <a href="/wiki/Cation" class="mw-redirect" title="Cation">cation</a> of the elements. <a href="/wiki/Ir%C3%A8ne_Joliot-Curie" title="Irène Joliot-Curie">Irène Joliot-Curie</a>, one of Perey's supervisors, opposed the name due to its connotation of <i>cat</i> rather than <i>cation</i>; furthermore, the symbol coincided with that which had since been assigned to <a href="/wiki/Curium" title="Curium">curium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-chemeducator_35-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chemeducator-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Perey then suggested <i>francium</i>, after France. This name was officially adopted by the <a href="/wiki/International_Union_of_Pure_and_Applied_Chemistry" title="International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry">International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry</a> (IUPAC) in 1949,<sup id="cite_ref-andyscouse_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-andyscouse-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> becoming the second element after <a href="/wiki/Gallium" title="Gallium">gallium</a> to be named after France. It was assigned the symbol Fa, but it was revised to the current Fr shortly thereafter.<sup id="cite_ref-hackh_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hackh-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Francium was the last element discovered in nature, rather than synthesized, following <a href="/wiki/Hafnium" title="Hafnium">hafnium</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rhenium" title="Rhenium">rhenium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-chemeducator_35-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chemeducator-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Further research into francium's structure was carried out by, among others, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sylvain_Lieberman&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Sylvain Lieberman (page does not exist)">Sylvain Lieberman</a> and his team at <a href="/wiki/CERN" title="CERN">CERN</a> in the 1970s and 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Occurrence">Occurrence</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pichblende.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A shiny gray 5-centimeter piece of matter with a rough surface." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Pichblende.jpg/220px-Pichblende.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Pichblende.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="279" /></a><figcaption>This sample of <a href="/wiki/Uraninite" title="Uraninite">uraninite</a> contains about 100,000 atoms (3.7<span style="margin:0 .15em 0 .25em">×</span>10<sup><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="2998830000000000000♠"></span>−17</span></sup>&#160;g) of francium-223 at any given time.<sup id="cite_ref-nbb_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nbb-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p><sup>223</sup>Fr is the result of the alpha decay of <a href="/wiki/Isotopes_of_actinium" title="Isotopes of actinium"><sup>227</sup>Ac</a> and can be found in trace amounts in <a href="/wiki/Uranium" title="Uranium">uranium</a> <a href="/wiki/Mineral" title="Mineral">minerals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CRC2006_9-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRC2006-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In a given sample of uranium, there is estimated to be only one francium atom for every 1 × 10<sup>18</sup> uranium atoms.<sup id="cite_ref-nbb_29-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nbb-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Only about 1 ounce (28&#160;g) of francium is present naturally in the earth's crust.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Franciumtrap.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A complex experimental setup featuring a horizontal glass tube placed between two copper coils." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f7/Franciumtrap.PNG" decoding="async" width="219" height="202" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="219" data-file-height="202" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Magneto-optical_trap" title="Magneto-optical trap">magneto-optical trap</a>, which can hold neutral francium atoms for short periods of time.<sup id="cite_ref-sbtrapping_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sbtrapping-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Francium can be synthesized by a <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_fusion" title="Nuclear fusion">fusion</a> reaction when a gold-197 target is bombarded with a beam of oxygen-18 atoms from a <a href="/wiki/Linear_accelerator" class="mw-redirect" title="Linear accelerator">linear accelerator</a> in a process originally developed at the physics department of the <a href="/wiki/State_University_of_New_York_at_Stony_Brook" class="mw-redirect" title="State University of New York at Stony Brook">State University of New York at Stony Brook</a> in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-sbproduction_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sbproduction-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Depending on the energy of the oxygen beam, the reaction can yield francium isotopes with masses of 209, 210, and 211. </p> <dl><dd><sup>197</sup>Au + <sup>18</sup>O → <sup>209</sup>Fr + 6 n</dd> <dd><sup>197</sup>Au + <sup>18</sup>O → <sup>210</sup>Fr + 5 n</dd> <dd><sup>197</sup>Au + <sup>18</sup>O → <sup>211</sup>Fr + 4 n</dd></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A round ball of red light surrounded by a green glow" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cf/Francium_%28200%2C000_francium_atoms_in_a_magneto-optical_trap%29.jpg/136px-Francium_%28200%2C000_francium_atoms_in_a_magneto-optical_trap%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="136" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cf/Francium_%28200%2C000_francium_atoms_in_a_magneto-optical_trap%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="165" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Image of light emitted by a sample of 200,000 francium atoms in a magneto-optical trap</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:152px;max-width:152px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fr,87.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A small white spot in the middle surrounded by a red circle. There is a yellow ring outside the red circle, a green circle beyond the yellow ring and a blue circle surrounding all the other circles." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/92/Fr%2C87.jpg/150px-Fr%2C87.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/92/Fr%2C87.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="211" data-file-height="211" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Heat image of 300,000 francium atoms in a magneto-optical trap, around 100 attograms</div></div></div></div></div> <p>The francium atoms leave the gold target as ions, which are neutralized by collision with <a href="/wiki/Yttrium" title="Yttrium">yttrium</a> and then isolated in a <a href="/wiki/Magneto-optical_trap" title="Magneto-optical trap">magneto-optical trap</a> (MOT) in a gaseous unconsolidated state.<sup id="cite_ref-sbtrapping_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sbtrapping-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Although the atoms only remain in the trap for about 30 seconds before escaping or undergoing nuclear decay, the process supplies a continual stream of fresh atoms. The result is a <a href="/wiki/Steady_state" title="Steady state">steady state</a> containing a fairly constant number of atoms for a much longer time.<sup id="cite_ref-sbtrapping_43-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sbtrapping-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The original apparatus could trap up to a few thousand atoms, while a later improved design could trap over 300,000 at a time.<sup id="cite_ref-chemnews_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chemnews-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Sensitive measurements of the light emitted and absorbed by the trapped atoms provided the first experimental results on various transitions between atomic energy levels in francium. Initial measurements show very good agreement between experimental values and calculations based on quantum theory. The research project using this production method relocated to <a href="/wiki/TRIUMF" title="TRIUMF">TRIUMF</a> in 2012, where over 10<sup>6</sup> francium atoms have been held at a time, including large amounts of <sup>209</sup>Fr in addition to <sup>207</sup>Fr and <sup>221</sup>Fr.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other synthesis methods include bombarding radium with neutrons, and bombarding thorium with protons, <a href="/wiki/Deuterium" title="Deuterium">deuterons</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Helium" title="Helium">helium</a> <a href="/wiki/Ion" title="Ion">ions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mcgraw_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mcgraw-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><sup>223</sup>Fr can also be isolated from samples of its parent <sup>227</sup>Ac, the francium being milked via elution with NH<sub>4</sub>Cl–CrO<sub>3</sub> from an actinium-containing cation exchanger and purified by passing the solution through a <a href="/wiki/Silicon_dioxide" title="Silicon dioxide">silicon dioxide</a> compound loaded with <a href="/wiki/Barium_sulfate" title="Barium sulfate">barium sulfate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1996, the Stony Brook group trapped 3000 atoms in their MOT, which was enough for a video camera to capture the light given off by the atoms as they fluoresce.<sup id="cite_ref-chemnews_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chemnews-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Francium has not been synthesized in amounts large enough to weigh.<sup id="cite_ref-andyscouse_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-andyscouse-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nbb_29-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nbb-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-losalamos_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-losalamos-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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12 element">12</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="background:transparent; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Boron_group" title="Boron group">13</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="background:transparent; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Carbon_group" title="Carbon group">14</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="background:transparent; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Pnictogen" title="Pnictogen">15</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="background:transparent; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Chalcogen" title="Chalcogen">16</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="background:transparent; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Halogen" title="Halogen">17</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="background:transparent; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Noble_gas" title="Noble gas">18</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:transparent; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Period_1_element" title="Period 1 element">1</a> </th> <td title="H, Hydrogen" style="text-align:center; background-color:#ff9999; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen" title="Hydrogen"><span style="display:block">H</span></a></span> </td> <td colspan="30"> </td> <td title="He, Helium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#ff9999; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Helium" title="Helium"><span style="display:block">He</span></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:transparent; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Period_2_element" title="Period 2 element">2</a> </th> <td title="Li, Lithium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#ff9999; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lithium" title="Lithium"><span style="display:block">Li</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Be, Beryllium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#ff9999; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Beryllium" title="Beryllium"><span style="display:block">Be</span></a></span> </td> <td colspan="24"> </td> <td title="B, Boron" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Boron" title="Boron"><span style="display:block">B</span></a></span> </td> <td title="C, Carbon" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carbon" title="Carbon"><span style="display:block">C</span></a></span> </td> <td title="N, Nitrogen" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nitrogen" title="Nitrogen"><span style="display:block">N</span></a></span> </td> <td title="O, Oxygen" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oxygen" title="Oxygen"><span style="display:block">O</span></a></span> </td> <td title="F, Fluorine" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fluorine" title="Fluorine"><span style="display:block">F</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Ne, Neon" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Neon" title="Neon"><span style="display:block">Ne</span></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:transparent; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Period_3_element" title="Period 3 element">3</a> </th> <td title="Na, Sodium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#ff9999; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sodium" title="Sodium"><span style="display:block">Na</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Mg, Magnesium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#ff9999; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Magnesium" title="Magnesium"><span style="display:block">Mg</span></a></span> </td> <td colspan="24"> </td> <td title="Al, Aluminium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Aluminium" title="Aluminium"><span style="display:block">Al</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Si, Silicon" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Silicon" title="Silicon"><span style="display:block">Si</span></a></span> </td> <td title="P, Phosphorus" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Phosphorus" title="Phosphorus"><span style="display:block">P</span></a></span> </td> <td title="S, Sulfur" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sulfur" title="Sulfur"><span style="display:block">S</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Cl, Chlorine" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chlorine" title="Chlorine"><span style="display:block">Cl</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Ar, Argon" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Argon" title="Argon"><span style="display:block">Ar</span></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:transparent; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Period_4_element" title="Period 4 element">4</a> </th> <td title="K, Potassium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#ff9999; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Potassium" title="Potassium"><span style="display:block">K</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Ca, Calcium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#ff9999; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Calcium" title="Calcium"><span style="display:block">Ca</span></a></span> </td> <td colspan="14"> </td> <td title="Sc, Scandium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Scandium" title="Scandium"><span style="display:block">Sc</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Ti, Titanium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Titanium" title="Titanium"><span style="display:block">Ti</span></a></span> </td> <td title="V, Vanadium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vanadium" title="Vanadium"><span style="display:block">V</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Cr, Chromium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chromium" title="Chromium"><span style="display:block">Cr</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Mn, Manganese" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Manganese" title="Manganese"><span style="display:block">Mn</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Fe, Iron" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Iron" title="Iron"><span style="display:block">Fe</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Co, Cobalt" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cobalt" title="Cobalt"><span style="display:block">Co</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Ni, Nickel" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nickel" title="Nickel"><span style="display:block">Ni</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Cu, Copper" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Copper" title="Copper"><span style="display:block">Cu</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Zn, Zinc" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Zinc" title="Zinc"><span style="display:block">Zn</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Ga, Gallium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gallium" title="Gallium"><span style="display:block">Ga</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Ge, Germanium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Germanium" title="Germanium"><span style="display:block">Ge</span></a></span> </td> <td title="As, Arsenic" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arsenic" title="Arsenic"><span style="display:block">As</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Se, Selenium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Selenium" title="Selenium"><span style="display:block">Se</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Br, Bromine" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bromine" title="Bromine"><span style="display:block">Br</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Kr, Krypton" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Krypton" title="Krypton"><span style="display:block">Kr</span></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:transparent; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Period_5_element" title="Period 5 element">5</a> </th> <td title="Rb, Rubidium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#ff9999; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rubidium" title="Rubidium"><span style="display:block">Rb</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Sr, Strontium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#ff9999; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Strontium" title="Strontium"><span style="display:block">Sr</span></a></span> </td> <td colspan="14"> </td> <td title="Y, Yttrium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Yttrium" title="Yttrium"><span style="display:block">Y</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Zr, Zirconium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Zirconium" title="Zirconium"><span style="display:block">Zr</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Nb, Niobium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Niobium" title="Niobium"><span style="display:block">Nb</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Mo, Molybdenum" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Molybdenum" title="Molybdenum"><span style="display:block">Mo</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Tc, Technetium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Technetium" title="Technetium"><span style="display:block">Tc</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Ru, Ruthenium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ruthenium" title="Ruthenium"><span style="display:block">Ru</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Rh, Rhodium" style="text-align:center; 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title="Sn, Tin" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tin" title="Tin"><span style="display:block">Sn</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Sb, Antimony" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Antimony" title="Antimony"><span style="display:block">Sb</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Te, Tellurium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tellurium" title="Tellurium"><span style="display:block">Te</span></a></span> </td> <td title="I, Iodine" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Iodine" title="Iodine"><span style="display:block">I</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Xe, Xenon" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Xenon" title="Xenon"><span 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style="display:block">Ce</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Pr, Praseodymium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Praseodymium" title="Praseodymium"><span style="display:block">Pr</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Nd, Neodymium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Neodymium" title="Neodymium"><span style="display:block">Nd</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Pm, Promethium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Promethium" title="Promethium"><span style="display:block">Pm</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Sm, Samarium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Samarium" title="Samarium"><span style="display:block">Sm</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Eu, Europium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Europium" title="Europium"><span style="display:block">Eu</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Gd, Gadolinium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gadolinium" title="Gadolinium"><span style="display:block">Gd</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Tb, Terbium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Terbium" title="Terbium"><span style="display:block">Tb</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Dy, Dysprosium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dysprosium" title="Dysprosium"><span style="display:block">Dy</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Ho, Holmium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Holmium" title="Holmium"><span style="display:block">Ho</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Er, Erbium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Erbium" title="Erbium"><span style="display:block">Er</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Tm, Thulium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Thulium" title="Thulium"><span style="display:block">Tm</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Yb, Ytterbium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ytterbium" title="Ytterbium"><span style="display:block">Yb</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Lu, Lutetium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lutetium" title="Lutetium"><span style="display:block">Lu</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Hf, Hafnium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hafnium" title="Hafnium"><span style="display:block">Hf</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Ta, Tantalum" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tantalum" title="Tantalum"><span style="display:block">Ta</span></a></span> </td> <td title="W, Tungsten" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tungsten" title="Tungsten"><span style="display:block">W</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Re, Rhenium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rhenium" title="Rhenium"><span style="display:block">Re</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Os, Osmium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Osmium" title="Osmium"><span style="display:block">Os</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Ir, Iridium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Iridium" title="Iridium"><span style="display:block">Ir</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Pt, Platinum" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Platinum" title="Platinum"><span style="display:block">Pt</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Au, Gold" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gold" title="Gold"><span style="display:block">Au</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Hg, Mercury" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mercury_(element)" title="Mercury (element)"><span style="display:block">Hg</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Tl, Thallium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Thallium" title="Thallium"><span style="display:block">Tl</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Pb, Lead" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lead" title="Lead"><span style="display:block">Pb</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Bi, Bismuth" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bismuth" title="Bismuth"><span style="display:block">Bi</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Po, Polonium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Polonium" title="Polonium"><span style="display:block">Po</span></a></span> </td> <td title="At, Astatine" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Astatine" title="Astatine"><span style="display:block">At</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Rn, Radon" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Radon" title="Radon"><span style="display:block">Rn</span></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:transparent; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Period_7_element" title="Period 7 element">7</a> </th> <td title="Fr, Francium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#ff9999; border:3px solid black; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><span style="display:block">Fr</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Ra, Radium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#ff9999; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Radium" title="Radium"><span style="display:block">Ra</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Ac, Actinium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Actinium" title="Actinium"><span style="display:block">Ac</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Th, Thorium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Thorium" title="Thorium"><span style="display:block">Th</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Pa, Protactinium" 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wrap;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .sister-bar-header{flex:0 1}.mw-parser-output .sister-bar-content{flex:1;border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;margin:0;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .sister-bar-item{flex:0 0 20em;min-width:20em}}.mw-parser-output .navbox+link+.sister-bar,.mw-parser-output .navbox+style+.sister-bar,.mw-parser-output .portal-bar+link+.sister-bar,.mw-parser-output .portal-bar+style+.sister-bar,.mw-parser-output .sister-bar+.navbox-styles+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .sister-bar+.navbox-styles+.portal-bar{margin-top:-1px}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sister-bar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="noprint metadata sister-bar" role="navigation" aria-label="sister-projects"><div class="sister-bar-header"><b>Francium</b> at Wikipedia's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_sister_projects" title="Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects"><span id="sister-projects" style="white-space:nowrap;">sister projects</span></a>:</div><ul class="sister-bar-content"><li 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