Tennessine (Ts)

Tennessine is named after the state of Tennessee, home to Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Calcium and berkelium nuclei spiralling together and fusing into tennessine, the product of the rarest target ever prepared, gone in an instant — Video: Calcium and berkelium nuclei spiralling together and fusing into tennessine, the product of the rarest target ever prepared, gone in an instant

Properties of Tennessine

Atomic number: 117
Category: Post-Transition Metal
Atomic mass: 294 u
Electron configuration: [Rn] 5f¹⁴ 6d¹⁰ 7s² 7p⁵
Melting point: 723 K (449.85 °C)
Boiling point: 883 K (609.85 °C)
Density: 7.2 g/cm³
Appearance: Unknown, presumably metallic
Discovered by: Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (2010)

Facts about Tennessine

Tennessine is named after the US state of Tennessee!
Tennessine was the most recently discovered element before oganesson!
It took a collaboration between the US and Russia to create tennessine!
Tennessine atoms exist for less than a second before decaying!

Tennessine videos

Calcium and berkelium nuclei spiralling together and fusing into tennessine, the product of the rarest target ever prepared, gone in an instant

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