6 Completing the table with a BANG
By: Dayna-Leigh Mikeal
Promethium
- Found by 3 scientists in 1949 at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee
- Atomic Number is 61
- Atomic Mass is 145
- Located in Period 6, Group 3
- The Electron Configuration is 1s^2 2s^2 2p^6 3s^2 3p^6 4s^2 3d^10 4p^6 5s^2 4d^10 5p^6 6s^2 4f^5
- Classified as a Transition Metal
- Used in Nuclear Batteries in pacemakers and watches
- Named after a Titan in Greek mythology who stole fire and gave it to mankind and was tortured by having a vulture dine on his liver
Cobalt
- Name comes From the German word meaning goblin or evil spirit
- Atomic Number is 27
- Atomic Mass is 58.9332
- The Electron Configuration is 1s^2 2s^2 2p^6 3s^2 3p^6 4s^2 3d^7
- Classified as a Transition Metal
- Can be found in Sweden
- Used to color glass
- Discovered by Georg Brandt in 1739
Plutonium
- Atomic Number is 94
- Atomic Mass is 244
- The Electron Configuration is 1s^2 2s^2 2p^6 3s^2 3p^6 4s^2 3d^10 4p^6 5s^2 4d^10 5p^6 6s^2 4f^14 5d^10 6p^6 7s^2 5f^6
- It is a Transition Metal
- Used to power some spaceships
- Found at Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory
- Found in 1940
- Named After Pluto
- Found By, Joseph W. Kennedy, Glenn T. Seaborg, Edwin McMillan, and Arthur Wahl
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium
https://archive.org/stream/pdfy-vyvZm-cBnifFmcZQ/The+Disappearing+Spoon+And+Other+True+Tales+Of+Madness,+Love+And+The+History+Of+The+World_djvu.txt