Technetium is element 43, a transition metal of the d block, in group 7, period 5. Its ground-state configuration is [Kr] 4d5 5s2, and it usually shows the oxidation states 0, 7.
It was discovered in 1937, by Perrier and Segrè.
Name origin: the Greek tekhnètos meaning 'artificial'.
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