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Chemical characterization of element 112

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  • R. Eichler

    (Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
    University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland)

  • N. V. Aksenov

    (Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia)

  • A. V. Belozerov

    (Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia)

  • G. A. Bozhikov

    (Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia)

  • V. I. Chepigin

    (Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia)

  • S. N. Dmitriev

    (Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia)

  • R. Dressler

    (Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland)

  • H. W. Gäggeler

    (Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
    University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland)

  • V. A. Gorshkov

    (Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia)

  • F. Haenssler

    (Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
    University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland)

  • M. G. Itkis

    (Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia)

  • A. Laube

    (Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland)

  • V. Ya. Lebedev

    (Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia)

  • O. N. Malyshev

    (Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia)

  • Yu. Ts. Oganessian

    (Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia)

  • O. V. Petrushkin

    (Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia)

  • D. Piguet

    (Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland)

  • P. Rasmussen

    (Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland)

  • S. V. Shishkin

    (Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia)

  • A. V. Shutov

    (Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia)

  • A. I. Svirikhin

    (Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia)

  • E. E. Tereshatov

    (Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia)

  • G. K. Vostokin

    (Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia)

  • M. Wegrzecki

    (Insitute of Electron Technology, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland)

  • A. V. Yeremin

    (Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia)

Abstract

A tale of two heavy atoms Element 112 was discovered at the Heavy Ion Research Laboratory in Darmstadt, Germany in 1996. A decade on, and some of its chemical properties have now been determined. Irradiation of plutonium-242 with intense calcium-48 beams for three weeks produced two atoms of element 112 (not yet officially named, but commonly called ununbium), and that's enough to do some chemistry on if you are quick. Chemically ununbium behaves as a typical element of the group 12 in the periodic table (which it shares with Zn, Cd and Hg). It is very volatile and forms a metallic bond with a gold surface.

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  • R. Eichler & N. V. Aksenov & A. V. Belozerov & G. A. Bozhikov & V. I. Chepigin & S. N. Dmitriev & R. Dressler & H. W. Gäggeler & V. A. Gorshkov & F. Haenssler & M. G. Itkis & A. Laube & V. Ya. Lebedev, 2007. "Chemical characterization of element 112," Nature, Nature, vol. 447(7140), pages 72-75, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:447:y:2007:i:7140:d:10.1038_nature05761
    DOI: 10.1038/nature05761
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