Alkali metal · element 87
Francium
A few grams on Earth. Lasts 22 minutes.
Only 4.7% of people are Francium. (estimated)
If you're Francium
You are the most reactive thing on the table and you are not here for long. Everything about you is intense, brief, and unforgettable.
Francium's longest-lived isotope has a half-life of 22 minutes, and there is never more than about 30 grams of it on the whole planet.
How to get along with Francium
Do
- Enjoy the 22 minutes.
- Don't plan; react.
- Say the important thing first.
Don't
- Don't bring water.
- Don't ask for a second act.
When it goes wrong: Everything at once, then nothing. Don't look for the pieces; there aren't any.
Atomic profile
Every element is placed on six personality dimensions derived from its chemistry. Your answers are placed on the same six, and the closest element wins. How the scoring works
- Reactivity
- 10
- Sociability
- 2
- Stability
- 0
- Energy
- 5
- Rarity
- 10
- Warmth
- 5
Francium in literature
- Achilles — The Iliad, Homer (750 BCE)
- Emma Bovary — Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert (1856)
- Roland — The Song of Roland, Anonymous (1100)
Characters from public-domain works, chosen for the same traits. Company, not a verdict.
Closest personalities
The elements whose profiles sit nearest to Francium's. If you got Francium, one of these was probably your runner-up.