Is the element Francium a liquid element or solid?

Question

I've seen on most periodic tables it is listed as a solid, yet on some others it is listed with mercury and bromine as a liquid element. What is it truly listed as?

Answer 1

It's a solid, but as soon as you confront it, it surrenders, then turns into a liquid and runs away.

Answer 2

It's a solid, but there is so little of it in the world, mostly because it is so unstable (it's radioactive and changes quickly into a different element), that the question is moot. It is very rare, and I do not think it is even found in nature. Anyway, it's a solid. There are ONLY two liquid elements at room temp: Hg and Br.

Answer 3

Francium SHOULD be a solid, with a melting point of ABOUT 23 deg c. However, it is the second rarest element after Astatine, and exists in such tiny amounts (a few atoms at a time) for such a short time (it spontaneously decays radioactively) that it is never present in sufficient quantity to form a solid. It is the most unstable naturally occurring element, with a half life of only 22 minutes.
Francium is one of the four elements that only are present fleetingly as products of nuclear decay (the others being astatine, actinium and protactinium)

Answer 4

Melting point(27 °C, 80 °F)
The physical state depends on the ambient temperature....

Answer 5

solid.

http://www.webelements.com/webelements/elements/text/Fr/key.html