Polonium
Po208.98243 g/mol Calculated
Also called Element-Po and Mens external delayed.
An intensely radioactive element Marie Curie named for her native Poland, and the poison used to kill Alexander Litvinenko in 2006. Element 84.
Sources and notes
- The introductionfrom sourceMoleculeFinder curated
- Other namesfrom sourcePubChem / Wikidata
- Formula and weightcomputedPubChem
- 2D drawingcomputedPubChem structure, drawn by RDKit
Where you encounter it
A pure element or an engineered material, rather than an ingredient in a product.
Sources and notes
- The line abovefrom sourceMoleculeFinder curatedFrom the group the molecule belongs to.
Properties and sources
Calculated by PubChem
- Molecular formula
- Po
- Molecular weight
- 208.98243 g/mol
Groups it belongs to
- Category
- Element & material
- Family
- Chemical elements
SMILES
[Po]PubChem CID 6328143 · Wikidata Q979 · InChIKey HZEBHPIOVYHPMT-UHFFFAOYSA-N · Data refreshed
Questions
- What is Polonium?
- An intensely radioactive element Marie Curie named for her native Poland, and the poison used to kill Alexander Litvinenko in 2006. Element 84.
Sources and notes
- Calculated valuescomputedPubChemComputed from the structure, so no laboratory conditions apply; complexity is PubChem's own structural score.
- Data refreshedfrom sourceMoleculeFinder2026-11-09