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Chemical element: Rutherfordium (Rf)
| Atomic Number: | 104 |
| Element Symbol: | Rf |
| Element Name: | Rutherfordium |
| Atomic Weight: | 261 |
| Group Number: | 4 |
| Group Name: | none |
| Period Number: | 7 |
| Block: | d-block |
| Ground State Configuration: | [Rn] 5f14 6d2 7s2 ? |
| Ground State Level: | 3F2 ? |
| Standard State: | Artificially prepared |
| Color: | Unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance |
| Classification: | Metallic |
| Discovered By: | Workers at the Nuclear Institute at Dubna, and the University of California, Berkeley, USA. |
| Discovered At: | USSR, United States |
| Discovered When: | 1964 |
| Origin Of Name: | The origin of the Amercian Chemical Society preferred name is Lord Rutherford, the physicist and chemist from New Zealand. |
Calculate the molecular weight of Rutherfordium or molecular weight Rf.
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