Flerovium (Fl)

Flerovium is named after the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions in Russia.

Calcium and plutonium nuclei spiralling together and fusing into flerovium, shimmering like liquid metal before a distant shore — the island of stability — Video: Calcium and plutonium nuclei spiralling together and fusing into flerovium, shimmering like liquid metal before a distant shore — the island of stability

Properties of Flerovium

Atomic number: 114
Category: Post-Transition Metal
Atomic mass: 289 u
Electron configuration: [Rn] 5f¹⁴ 6d¹⁰ 7s² 7p²
Melting point: 200 K (-73.15 °C)
Boiling point: 380 K (106.85 °C)
Density: 14 g/cm³
Appearance: Unknown, presumably metallic
Discovered by: Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (1999)

Facts about Flerovium

Flerovium is named after Georgy Flyorov, a Soviet nuclear physicist!
Scientists think flerovium might be a gas or very volatile liquid at room temperature!
Flerovium was made by smashing calcium atoms into plutonium!
Flerovium atoms decay in just a few seconds!

Flerovium videos

Calcium and plutonium nuclei spiralling together and fusing into flerovium, shimmering like liquid metal before a distant shore — the island of stability

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