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Synthetic element

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In chemistry, a synthetic element is a chemical element that does not occur naturally on Earth, and can only be created artificially. [1]

67 relations: Actinium, Albert Ghiorso, Americium, Astatine, Atmosphere, Atom, Atomic mass, Atomic number, Berkelium, Bohrium, Californium, Chemical element, Cold War, Copernicium, Crust (geology), Curium, Darmstadtium, Dubna, Dubnium, Earth, Einsteinium, Fermium, Flerovium, Francium, Glenn T. Seaborg, Half-life, Hassium, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, Isotope, Isotopes of fermium, Lawrencium, Livermorium, Meitnerium, Mendelevium, Molybdenum, Moscovium, Neptunium, Neutron, Neutron capture, Nihonium, Nobelium, Nuclear fission product, Nuclear fusion, Nuclear reactor, Nuclear weapon, Nucleon, Oganesson, Orders of magnitude (time), Particle accelerator, ..., Periodic table, Plutonium, Polonium, Promethium, Protactinium, Proton, Radioactive decay, Ralph A. James, Red giant, Roentgenium, Rutherfordium, Seaborgium, Soviet Union, Stable isotope ratio, Technetium, Tennessine, Transuranium element. Expand index (17 more) »

Actinium

Actinium is a chemical element with symbol Ac and atomic number 89.

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Albert Ghiorso

Albert Ghiorso (July 15, 1915 – December 26, 2010) was an American nuclear scientist and co-discoverer of a record 12 chemical elements on the periodic table.

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Americium

Americium is a synthetic chemical element with symbol Am and atomic number 95.

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Astatine

Astatine is a radioactive chemical element with symbol At and atomic number 85.

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Atmosphere

An atmosphere is a layer or a set of layers of gases surrounding a planet or other material body, that is held in place by the gravity of that body.

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Atom

An atom is the smallest constituent unit of ordinary matter that has the properties of a chemical element.

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Atomic mass

The atomic mass (ma) is the mass of an atom.

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Atomic number

The atomic number or proton number (symbol Z) of a chemical element is the number of protons found in the nucleus of an atom.

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Berkelium

Berkelium is a transuranic radioactive chemical element with symbol Bk and atomic number 97.

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Bohrium

Bohrium is a synthetic chemical element with symbol Bh and atomic number 107.

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Californium

Californium is a radioactive chemical element with symbol Cf and atomic number 98.

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Chemical element

A chemical element is a species of atoms having the same number of protons in their atomic nuclei (that is, the same atomic number, or Z).

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Cold War

The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others).

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Copernicium

Copernicium is a synthetic chemical element with symbol Cn and atomic number 112.

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Crust (geology)

In geology, the crust is the outermost solid shell of a rocky planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite.

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Curium

Curium is a transuranic radioactive chemical element with symbol Cm and atomic number 96.

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Darmstadtium

Darmstadtium is a synthetic chemical element with symbol Ds and atomic number 110.

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Dubna

Dubna (p) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia.

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Dubnium

Dubnium is a synthetic chemical element with symbol Db and atomic number 105.

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Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.

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Einsteinium

Einsteinium is a synthetic element with symbol Es and atomic number 99.

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Fermium

Fermium is a synthetic element with symbol Fm and atomic number 100.

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Flerovium

Flerovium is a superheavy artificial chemical element with symbol Fl and atomic number 114.

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Francium

Francium is a chemical element with symbol Fr and atomic number 87.

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Glenn T. Seaborg

Glenn Theodore Seaborg (April 19, 1912February 25, 1999) was an American chemist whose involvement in the synthesis, discovery and investigation of ten transuranium elements earned him a share of the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Half-life

Half-life (symbol t1⁄2) is the time required for a quantity to reduce to half its initial value.

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Hassium

Hassium is a synthetic chemical element with symbol Hs and atomic number 108.

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International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is an international federation of National Adhering Organizations that represents chemists in individual countries.

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International Union of Pure and Applied Physics

The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) is an international non-governmental organization whose mission is to assist in the worldwide development of physics, to foster international cooperation in physics, and to help in the application of physics toward solving problems of concern to humanity.

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Isotope

Isotopes are variants of a particular chemical element which differ in neutron number.

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Isotopes of fermium

Fermium (100Fm) is a synthetic element, and thus a standard atomic weight cannot be given.

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Lawrencium

Lawrencium is a synthetic chemical element with symbol Lr (formerly Lw) and atomic number 103.

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Livermorium

Livermorium is a synthetic chemical element with symbol Lv and atomic number 116.

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Meitnerium

Meitnerium is a synthetic chemical element with symbol Mt and atomic number 109.

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Mendelevium

Mendelevium is a synthetic element with chemical symbol Md (formerly Mv) and atomic number 101.

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Molybdenum

Molybdenum is a chemical element with symbol Mo and atomic number 42.

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Moscovium

Moscovium is a synthetic chemical element with symbol Mc and atomic number 115.

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Neptunium

Neptunium is a chemical element with symbol Np and atomic number 93.

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Neutron

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Neutron capture

Neutron capture is a nuclear reaction in which an atomic nucleus and one or more neutrons collide and merge to form a heavier nucleus.

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Nihonium

Nihonium is a synthetic chemical element with symbol Nh and atomic number 113.

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Nobelium

Nobelium is a synthetic chemical element with symbol No and atomic number 102.

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Nuclear fission product

Nuclear fission products are the atomic fragments left after a large atomic nucleus undergoes nuclear fission.

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Nuclear fusion

In nuclear physics, nuclear fusion is a reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei come close enough to form one or more different atomic nuclei and subatomic particles (neutrons or protons).

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Nuclear reactor

A nuclear reactor, formerly known as an atomic pile, is a device used to initiate and control a self-sustained nuclear chain reaction.

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Nuclear weapon

A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or from a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb).

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Nucleon

In chemistry and physics, a nucleon is either a proton or a neutron, considered in its role as a component of an atomic nucleus.

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Oganesson

Oganesson is a synthetic chemical element with symbol Og and atomic number 118.

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Orders of magnitude (time)

An order of magnitude of time is (usually) a decimal prefix or decimal order-of-magnitude quantity together with a base unit of time, like a microsecond or a million years.

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Particle accelerator

A particle accelerator is a machine that uses electromagnetic fields to propel charged particles to nearly light speed and to contain them in well-defined beams.

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Periodic table

The periodic table is a tabular arrangement of the chemical elements, ordered by their atomic number, electron configuration, and recurring chemical properties, whose structure shows periodic trends.

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Plutonium

Plutonium is a radioactive chemical element with symbol Pu and atomic number 94.

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Polonium

Polonium is a chemical element with symbol Po and atomic number 84.

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Promethium

Promethium is a chemical element with symbol Pm and atomic number 61.

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Protactinium

Protactinium (formerly protoactinium) is a chemical element with symbol Pa and atomic number 91.

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Proton

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Radioactive decay

Radioactive decay (also known as nuclear decay or radioactivity) is the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy (in terms of mass in its rest frame) by emitting radiation, such as an alpha particle, beta particle with neutrino or only a neutrino in the case of electron capture, gamma ray, or electron in the case of internal conversion.

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Ralph A. James

Ralph Arthur James (23 September 1920 in Salt Lake City, Utah – 24 February 1973 in Alamo, California) was a chemist at the University of Chicago who co-discovered the elements curium (1944) and americium (1944–1945).

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Red giant

A red giant is a luminous giant star of low or intermediate mass (roughly 0.3–8 solar masses) in a late phase of stellar evolution.

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Roentgenium

Roentgenium is a chemical element with symbol Rg and atomic number 111.

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Rutherfordium

Rutherfordium is a synthetic chemical element with symbol Rf and atomic number 104, named after physicist Ernest Rutherford.

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Seaborgium

Seaborgium is a synthetic chemical element with symbol Sg and atomic number 106.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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Stable isotope ratio

The term stable isotope has a meaning similar to stable nuclide, but is preferably used when speaking of nuclides of a specific element.

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Technetium

Technetium is a chemical element with symbol Tc and atomic number 43.

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Tennessine

Tennessine is a synthetic chemical element with symbol Ts and atomic number 117.

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Transuranium element

The transuranium elements (also known as transuranic elements) are the chemical elements with atomic numbers greater than 92 (the atomic number of uranium).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_element

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