Francium

![This sample of uraninite contains about 100,000 atoms (3.3×10−20 g) of francium-223 at any given time.[22]](/uploads/202502/08/Pichblende1747.jpg)

Francium is a chemical element with symbol Fr and atomic number 87. It used to be known as eka-caesium and actinium K. It is the second-least electronegative element, behind only caesium. Francium is a highly radioactive metal that decays into astatine, radium, and radon. As an alkali metal, it has one valence electron.