Rutherfordium Facts
Rutherfordium Facts
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| Rutherfordium was discovered by a team of researchers working at the Nuclear Institute in Dubna, Soviet Union. |
| Although the Dubna team claimed discovery in 1964, an independent team at Berkley also claimed discovery in 1969. |
| Despite the dispute over who is responsible for the discovery, the IUPAC gave credit to the Berkley team and therefore designated their name for the element. |
| It was named after Ernest Rutherford, the chemist and physicist who became known as the father of nuclear physics. |
| As a synthetic element, rutherfordium can be synthesized in a lab, but is not naturally occurring on Earth. |
| Therefore, there are no known commercial uses for rutherforidum, as it cannot be mined and its sample sizes are so small. |
| There are no stable or naturally occurring isotope of rutherfordium, although several radioactive isotopes have been created. |
| The synthesis of these radioactive isotopes occurs from the fusing of two atoms or by decay of other elements. |
| Fifteen radioactive isotopes have been isolated. |
| Rutherfordium has a number of chemical properties similar to those of hafnium. |
| It is in the 6d-series for the transition metals, and is the first of the transactinide elements. |
| If enough of a sample had been synthesized to accurately observe it, rutherfordium is expected to be a solid under normal conditions. |
| Rutherfordium is believed to have a very stable, high melting point oxide state. |
| In their attempts to reprove their claims on the discovery of the element, the Dubna team isolated the gaseous phase of rutherfordium. |
| More recent experiments on the gaseous and aqueous phases have been more conclusive. |
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