Darmstadtium (Ds)
Darmstadtium is named after Darmstadt, Germany, where it was first created at the GSI research center.
Properties of Darmstadtium
- Atomic number
- 110
- Category
- Transition Metal
- Atomic mass
- 281 u
- Electron configuration
- [Rn] 5f¹⁴ 6d⁸ 7s²
- Density
- 34.8 g/cm³
- Appearance
- Unknown, presumably metallic
- Discovered by
- Peter Armbruster (1994)
Facts about Darmstadtium
- Darmstadtium is named after the city of Darmstadt in Germany!
- Darmstadtium atoms last only about 12.7 seconds!
- Six different elements were discovered at the research lab in Darmstadt!
- Darmstadtium was made by fusing nickel and lead atoms!