Nobelium
Nobelium is a member of the actinide series and little is known about it.
Nobelium. In 1957 a group of scientists working at the nobel institute of physics in stockhlom sweden announced the discovery of a new element. There are 10 recognized isotopes of nobelium. It is named in honor of alfred nobel the inventor of dynamite and benefactor of science. Walton and glenn t.
Its longest lived isotope is no 255 with a half life of 3 1 minutes. Nobelium no synthetic chemical element of the actinoid series of the periodic table atomic number 102. The most stable is 259 no which has a half life of about 58 minutes. It is a synthetic radioactive metal.
The isotope they created had a half life of 10 minutes. Nobelium is a synthetic highly radioactive metal that has only been produced in miniscule amounts. So nobelium is a one off fitting somewhere between groups three and four. Nobelium is a synthetic chemical element with the symbol no and atomic number 102.
Named in honour of alfred nobel swedish chemist who discovered dynamite and founder of the nobel prizes. The element was named after swedish chemist alfred nobel. 7 isotopes are known atomic number 102 no chemical element element any of the more than 100 known substances of which 92 occur naturally that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter. Nobelium is normally a divalent ion in aqueous solution.
Nobelium was discovered by nobel institute of physics in stockholm and later by albert ghiorso torbjorn sikkeland j. They produced this new element which they named nobelium by bombarding a target of curium 244 with ions of carbon 13 with a device called a cyclotron. Nobelium a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions. A radioactive metal it is the tenth transuranic element and is the penultimate member of the actinide series.
Like most of the short lived artificial elements we don t know a huge amount about nobelium though it has been produced in a range of ten different isotopes.