Rutherfordium - Rf, 104

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General information about Rutherfordium

Rutherfordium
Rf
104
Transition Metals
4
7
d
radioactive synthetic metal
[267] g·mol-1
1s2 2s2p6 3s2p6d10 4s2p6d10f14

5s2p6d10f14 6s2p6d2 7s2
2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 10, 2
   

Physical properties of Rutherfordium

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Atomic structure of Rutherfordium

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104
157
104
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6d2 7s2
 
 
Electron dot
model

Other languages

 

as

Latin: Rutherfordium
Czech: Rutherfordium
Croatian: Ruthefordij
French: Rutherfordium
German: Rutherfordium - s
Italian: Rutherfordium
Norwegian: Rutherfordium
Portuguese:  
Spanish: Ruterfordio
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Element
104 2
8
18
32
32
10
2

Rf
(267)

Brief description

 

Bombarding plutonium with accelerated 113 to 115 MeV neon ions. Also by bombarding a target of Cf249 with C12 nuclei of 71 MeV, and C13 nuclei of 69 MeV. Only several thousand atoms of this element have been produced.

Uses of Rutherfordium

 
This element is of research interest.

Hystory of Rutherfordium

 
  • Discoverer: Dubna Lab
  • Discovery Location: Russia
  • Discovery Year: 1964
  • Name Origin: Named after Lord Ernest R. Rutherford.
   
   
 
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Periodic table of chemical elements

Group #
Period
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18  
1 1
H
 
  Metals Alkali metals Alkaline earth metals Transition elements Other metals Actinides Lantha-
nides
  Non metals Halogens Other nonmetals Noble gases      
  Metalloids Metalloids          
  Unknown Unknown          
          2
He
1
2 3
Li
4
Be
5
B
6
C
7
N
8
O
9
F
10
Ne
2
3 11
Na
12
Mg
13
Al
14
Si
15
P
16
S
17
Cl
18
Ar
3
4 19
K
20
Ca
21
Sc
22
Ti
23
V
24
Cr
25
Mn
26
Fe
27
Co
28
Ni
29
Cu
30
Zn
31
Ga
32
Ge
33
As
34
Se
35
Br
36
Kr
4
5 37
Rb
38
Sr
39
Y
40
Zr
41
Nb
42
Mo
43
Tc
44
Ru
45
Rh
46
Pd
47
Ag
48
Cd
49
In
50
Sn
51
Sb
52
Te
53
I
54
Xe
5
6 55
Cs
56
Ba
* 72
Hf
73
Ta
74
W
75
Re
76
Os
77
Ir
78
Pt
79
Au
80
Hg
81
Tl
82
Pb
83
Bi
84
Po
85
At
86
Rn
6
7 87
Fr
88
Ra
** 104
Rf
105
Db
106
Sg
107
Bh
108
Hs
109
Mt
110
Ds
111
Rg
112
Uub
113
Uut
114
Uuq
115
Uup
116
Uuh
117
(Uus)
118
Uuo
7
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18  
                                       
* Lanthanides 57
La
58
Ce
59
Pr
60
Nd
61
Pm
62
Sm
63
Eu
64
Gd
65
Tb
66
Dy
67
Ho
68
Er
69
Tm
70
Yb
71
Lu
   
** Actinides 89
Ac
90
Th
91
Pa
92
U
93
Np
94
Pu
95
Am
96
Cm
97
Bk
98
Cf
99
Es
100
Fm
101
Md
102
No
103
Lr