Rutherfordium

Located in Group 4 and Period 7 of the Periodic Table is the first super - heavy element to be created. This is Rutherfordium.

Georgy Flerov

First discovered in 1964 by a scientist team led by Georgy Flerov at the Russian Joint Institute for Nuclear Research ( JINR ) located at Dubna, first created ( not isolated, since its one of the man - made elements ) successfully by another scientist team led by Albert Ghiorso at the Californian Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory ( LBL ) located at the US.

It was discovered by Georgy Flerov and friends by bombarding Plutonium with Neon, which produced the element Rutherfordium - 259, which only lasts 2.8 seconds. After that, a scientist team led by Albert Ghiorso at the Californian Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory ( LBL ) succesfully created a longer half - life isotopes, which is called Rutherfordium - 257 in 1969.

Albert Ghiorso

The scientist team led by Albert Ghiorso bombarded curium with oxygen to get isotope Rutherfordium - 260, bombarded californium with carbon to get isotopes Rutherfordium - 257 and as well as bombarding  Californium and another carbon isotope to get Rutherfordium - 258.

The scientist team led by Albert Ghiorso is said to be the most successful isotopes discovery team.

Atomic Number : 104
Name : Rutherfordium
Latin Name : Rutherfordium
Electrons per shell : [ 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 10, 2 ]
Discoverer : A scientist team led by Georgy Flerov ( 1964 )
Creator: A scientist team led by Albert  Ghiorso ( 1969 )
Element's : Atomic Mass : 87.62 u
                  : Density : 23.2 g/cm³
                  : Type : Transition Metal
Chemical Properties :
Almost nothing was discovered about Rutherfordium because of its short half lives, which the maximum ones are just 2.5 hours.

Rutherfordium - 261

• 20 isotopes in total : 3 of them are :
        Rutherfordium - 259 : Protons : 104
                                          : Neutrons : 155
                                          : Electrons : 104
     ( Half Life : 2.8 seconds )
  
        Rutherfordium - 261 : Protons : 104
                                          : Neutrons : 157
                                          : Electrons : 104
     ( Half Life : 68 seconds )
  
        Rutherfordium - 267 : Protons : 104
                                          : Neutrons : 163
                                          : Electrons : 104
     ( Half Life : 2.5 hours )

Physical Properties :

Not much is also known for Rutherfordium because of its short half life. However, this is what is estimated :

• silvery grey
• Melting Point : 2100 degrees Celsius ( 3800 Fahrenheit ) ( predicted )
• Boiling Point : 5500 degrees Celsius (9900 Fahrenheit ) ( predicted )

How Rutherfordium got its name?

Before Ruthenium got its name, it actually got the ' Unknown ' title : Unnilquadium. After that, scientist from Georgy Flerov's team voted to name Rutherfordium from a New Zealand Physicist, Ernest Rutherford, father of Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Chemistry, who first invented Nuclear Fusion.

Ernest Rutherford

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