kurchatovium
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named for Igor Kurchatov, + -ium.
Noun
[edit]kurchatovium (uncountable)
- (chemistry, physics) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
- 1973, V. I. Gol'danskii, S. M. Polikanov, translated by J. E. S. Bradley, The Transuranium Elements, page 113:
- Research on the production and properties of kurchatovium isotopes has continued; Ghiorso et al. exposed Cf249 to C12 and C13 ions to produce two new α-active isotopes of kurchatovium (which they called rutherfordium, Rf) having A fo 257 and 259, the T1/2 being 4.5 and 3 sec respectively.
- 1974, Oganessian, Y. T., et al.: Synthesis of neutron-deficient isotopes of fermium, kurchatovium and element 106:
- 1975, A. M. Petrosiants, From Scientific Search to Atomic Industry, page 52:
- Kurchatovium-260 was obtained by bombarding a target of plutonium-242 with accelerated neon-22 ions. As to its chemical properties, kurchatovium differs from actinide elements but is close to hafnium.
Translations
[edit]a rejected name for rutherfordium
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