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. |
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