What type of element is rutherfordium?

Answer 1

Rutherfordium react similar as hafnium; valence +4 is the most important, other valences as +2 and +3 are only estimated. Some compounds are known: halides and oxyhalides etc.

Rutherfordium is an artificial element, radioactive, metal having 15 isotopes. It is placed in period 7, group 4 of the Periodic Table of Mendeleev.
The electron configuration of Rf is: [Rn]5f14.6d2.7s2.

Some estimated (not determined experimentally) properties are:
- melting point: 2 100 0C
- boiling point: 5 500 0C
- density: 23,2 g/cm3
- first ionization energy: 579,9 kJ/mol
- Empirical atomic radius; 150pm
- crystalline structure: hexagonal close packed

Answer 2

Rutherfordium was first time obtained by Gheorghi Nikolaevici Flerov, Iuri Ţolakovici Ohanessian, Iuri V. Lobanov, V. I. Kuzneţov, V.A. Druin, V.P. Pereligin, K.A. Gavrilov, S.P. Tretiakova, V. M. Plotko in 1966 (Dubna, Russia), bombarding 242Pu with 22Ne.

A long controversy with an American team is mentioned.

Answer 3

It is a radioactive metal that does not occur naturally. Relatively few atoms have ever been made.

Atomic number : 104

Relative Atomic Mass : 267, estimated

Melting point : unknown

Boiling point : unknown

Density (g/cm3) : unknown

Answer 4

Rutherfordium is a synthetic element that falls under the category of transition metals in the periodic table. It is a man-made element that is highly unstable and radioactive, with no known biological role or practical applications.

Answer 5

Only in some rare nuclear physics and nuclear chemistry laboratories.

Answer 6

Rutherfordium can be found only in nuclear physics or nuclear chemistry laboratories.

Answer 7

Rf is an artificial element, radioactive, very unstable, transition metal, group 4 - similar to hafnium.

Answer 8

Rutherfordium can be found only in nuclear physics or nuclear chemistry laboratories.

Answer 9

I don't believe it has a retail use.