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It was discovered by A. Ghiorso, et al and was named in honor of Ernest Rutherford
http://www.infoplease.com/periodictable.php?id=104
Dubna (Russian Federation), 1964-1966: 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.
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Is rutherfordium man-made?
Yes, rutherfordium is man made.
Are there any known isotopes in rutherfordium?
Yes, there are several known isotopes of rutherfordium. The most stable isotope is rutherfordium-267 with a half-life of about 1.3 hours. Other isotopes range from rutherfordium-253 to rutherfordium-267, with varying half-lives and decay modes.
Is zirconium the name of the group it belongs to in the periodic table?
Zirconium is a transition metal, group 4 (titanium family: titanium, zirconium, hafnium, rutherfordium) and period 5 in the periodic table of Mendeleev.
What was the controversy in naming element 104?
The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) at Dubna, Russia, proposed the name: kurchatovium (Ku). However, scientists at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory claimed to have discovered element 104 first and proposed the name: rutherfordium (Rh). IUPAC ended up accepting the name rutherfordium.
Does the human body use rutherfordium?
The human body doesn't contain rutherfordium.
What is the latin name for rutherfordium?
Also rutherfordium.
What is the Latin name and the symbol for Rutherfordium?
Rutherfordium is a Latin name; the symbol is Rf.
What family does rutherfordium belong too?
Rutherfordium is a member of the transactinides family; group 4 and period 7 in the Periodic Table of Mendeleev.
What chemical family is rutherfordium in?
Rutherfordium is a transition metal, group 4, period 7 of the periodic table of Mendeleev. It is a transactinoid.
How was rutherfordium named?
The name rutherfordium is derived from the name of the physicist Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937).
What family does the element rutherfordium belong to?
Rutherfordium belongs to the family of elements called the transition metals. These elements are characterized by their ability to form colored compounds and a wide range of oxidation states.
What is the name of the element with the chemical symbol Rf?
Rutherfordium
What is the name of family members of the element rutherfordium?
Rutherfordium is a transactinoid.The members of the transactinoids family are: Rf, Db, Sg, Bh, Hs, Mt, Ds, Rg, Cn, Uut, Fl, Uup, Lv, Uus, Uuo. They are transition metals, period 7 of the periodic table of Mendeleev.
Name two elements named after a person?
Einsteinium Rutherfordium
What family is ruterfordium from?
Rutherfordium belongs in group 4, which falls under transition metals
What kind of element is rutherfordium?
Rutherfordium is an artificial chemical element, radioactive, unstable, metal, member of the transactinoids family, it is in the group 4 and period 7 of the periodic table of Mendeleev, etc.
What did rutherfordium do?
Rutherfordium has any uses.
