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Periodic Table of the Elements: Fermium
Periodic Table of the Elements: Fermium
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| Atomic Number:
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100
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| Atomic Symbol:
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Fm
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Fermium
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| Atomic Weight:
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(257)
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| Electron
Configuration:
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2 · 8 · 18
32 · 30
8 · 2
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Spectral measurements reveal atomic structure in fermium. (Spectroscopy).
Magazine article from: Laser Focus World; 6/1/2003; ; 677 words
; ...debris of the first hydrogen-bomb explosion, fermium has 18 known isotopes, of which fermium 257, the most stable, has a half-life of...nuclear reactor to create nanogram amounts of fermium 255 with a half-life of 20.1 hours from...
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Taking a shine to number 100. (Physics).(fermium)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Science News; 5/31/2003; 528 words
; ...properties of the radioactive element fermium--a metal discovered some 50 years ago...heavy elements, such as artificially made fermium, element number 100, is difficult because...studied less than 2 billionths of a gram of fermium painstakingly produced by Oak Ridge...
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Reports from J. Khuyagbaatar and colleagues advance knowledge in physics.
Newspaper article from: Physics Week; 11/4/2008; 458 words
; ...Darmstadt, Germany, "Spontaneous fission of neutron-deficient fermium isotopes (N <= 144) was investigated. The nuclei were...Physical Journal a (Spontaneous fission of neutron-deficient fermium isotopes and the new nucleus Fm-241. European Physical Journal...
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The elemental man: an interview with Glenn T. Seaborg. (scientist)(Interview)
Magazine article from: Skeptical Inquirer; 11/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...110. The elements are plutonium, 94; americium, 95; curium, 96; berkelium, 97; californium, 98; einsteinium, 99; fermium, 100; mendelevium, 101; nobelium, 102; and seaborgium, 106. SI: What is the status of the name "seaborgium"? I...
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The symbols of the chemical elements.
Magazine article from: Word Ways; 2/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...protactinium U uranium Np neptunium Pu plutonium Am americium 96-100 Cm curium Bk berkelium Cf californium Es einsteinium Fm fermium 101-105 Md mendelevium No nobelium Lr lawrencium Unq unnilquadium Unp unnilpentium 106-109 Unh unnilhexium Uns unnilseptium...
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A Chemist in the White House.(Review)
Magazine article from: Chemistry and Industry; 11/2/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...discoverer of no less than ten of these elements: plutonium, americium, curium, berkelium, californium, einsteinium, fermium, mendelevium, nobelium and seaborgium. As a direct result of his discoveries, Seaborg was able to formulate the concept...
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Obituaries
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/7/2002; 700+ words
; ...native and 1930 chemistry graduate of American University who helped discover the radioactive chemical elements einsteinium and fermium, died March 3 in a nursing home in Urbana, Ill. The cause of death was not reported. He joined the new Argonne National...
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We Rub Your Body All Over.
Newspaper article from: San Francisco Chronicle; 3/15/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...massage," and your imaginings were right all along. In which our hero journeys far to understand the nature of corruption. There's sulfur, californium, and fermium, berkelium, and also mendelevium, einsteinium, jrc@sfgate.com.
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Glenn Seaborg, Nobel laureate discoverer of 10 elements, champion of science education, dies at 86.(Obituary)
Magazine article from: Skeptical Inquirer; 5/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...transuranic elements: americium (element 95), curium (96), berkelium (97), californium (98), einsteinium (99), fermium (100), mendelevium (101), nobelium (102), and seaborgium (106) - officially named for him, to his delight, in...
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FOR SCIENTISTS, AGREEING ON NAMES IS HARDLY ELEMENTARY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 9/5/1995; 700+ words
; ...striking Seaborg from the periodic table was that he was still alive. But Seaborg himself pointed out that both einsteinium and fermium (Elements 99 and 100, honoring Albert Einstein and Enrico Fermi) were named while their namesakes were still alive. The...
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Fermium (revised)
Book article from: Chemical Elements: From Carbon to Krypton
FERMIUM (REVISED) Note: This article, originally...in 2006 for the eBook edition. Overview Fermium is one of the transuranium elements, which...transuranium elements. Discovery and naming Fermium was discovered in 1952, among the products...
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Fermium
Book article from: Chemistry: Foundations and Applications
Fermium melting point: 1800K boiling point: unknown density: unknown most common ions: Fm 3+ , Fm 2+ Fermium, the eleventh member of the actinide series, was discovered in 1952. Fermium (element 100), together with einsteinium...
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fermium
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
fermium [for Enrico Fermi ], artificially produced...and sp. gr. unknown; valence +2, +3. Fermium is a member of Group 3 of the periodic table . The physical properties of fermium are largely unknown; its chemical properties...
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Periodic Table of the Elements: Fermium
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Periodic Table of the Elements: Fermium Periodic Table of the Elements: Fermium Atomic Number: 100 Atomic Symbol: Fm Fermium Atomic Weight: (257) Electron Configuration: 2 · 8 ·&thinsp...
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transuranium elements
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...americium , curium , berkelium , californium , einsteinium , fermium , mendelevium , nobelium , and lawrencium . Of these only neptunium...since synthesized ununhexium directly. Up to and including fermium (at. no. 100), the transuranium elements are produced...
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