Discovery Information
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Who: A. Ghiorso, T.Sikkeland, A.E.Larsh, R.M.Latimer
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When: 1957 |
Where: Sweden |
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Name Origin
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After Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite and founded Nobel Prize. |
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Sources
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Only very small quantities of nobelium have ever been created. Made by bombarding curium with carbon-13.
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Uses
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Little is known about nobelium and only small quantities of it have ever been produced. It has no uses whatsoever outside
of the laboratory.
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Notes
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Its most stable isotope, 259No, has a half-life of 58 minutes
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