Seaborgium
By Jonathan Weiss
Seaborgiums History as an Element
Seaborgium is pronounced as see-BORG-ee-em.
Albert Ghiorso
The lead scientist, in charge of finding Seaborgium
Glenn T Seaborg
The man who the element was named after, he also responsible for discovering half a dozen other elements
Seaborgium
Mass Number 271
Atomic Number 106
Protons 106
Neutrons 165
Electrons 106
Atomic Number 106
Protons 106
Neutrons 165
Electrons 106
When Seaborgium was Discoverd
Seaborgium was discovered in 1974 by a group of scientists lead by Albert Ghiorso, it was originally discovered at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in Berkley, California. The first successful creation of Seaborgium was made by colliding Californium with Oxygen
Seaborgium - Periodic Table of Videos
Applications for Seaborgium
Seaborgium really has no applications because it has a half life of only a couple minutes. it is manly used in research labs, because it is a man made element
Properties
There is very little know about Seaborgiums Properties because it is a man made element and has a very short life span for an element. what is know is that at room temperature it is solid. Seaborgium is also a radioactive element.
Isotopes
Seaborgium has many Isotopes, there are 19 different isotopes know, 258, 259 259m, 260, 260m, 261, 262, 263, 263m, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271,272, 273. All these Isotopes don't last more than 2.4 minutes. Isotope 258 only last 2.9 milliseconds
Fast Fun Facts
: Glenn T Seaborg is the only person who has ever had an element named after them while they where living.
: Glenn Seaborg has also discovered nearly half a dozen other heavy elements
: Seaborgium's most stable isotope is 271 it decays into Rutherfordium-267 through spontaneous fission.
: Glenn Seaborg has also discovered nearly half a dozen other heavy elements
: Seaborgium's most stable isotope is 271 it decays into Rutherfordium-267 through spontaneous fission.
Sorces Citied
- Element Card: Gray, Theodore W. (2008). The Photographic Card Deck of the Elements.
- Elements Book: Gray, Theodore W. (2009). The Elements: A visual exploration of every known atom in the universe. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc.
- Jefferson Lab: http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele106.html
- Royal Society of Chemistry: http://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/106/seaborgium