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Element 104 -
Unnilquadium
(Unq)
Originally named after Lord Ernest Rutherford; was produced in 1969 at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory by bombardment of californium with carbon nuclei. Soviet scientists had earlier announced the discovery of element 104, but this was not accepted internationally.
Properties
Atomic Number
:
104
Atomic Weight
:
(261)
Electron Configuration
(at ground state):
1s
2
2s
2
2p
6
3s
2
3p
6
3d
10
4s
2
4p
6
4d
10
5s
2
5p
6
4f
14
5d
10
5f
14
6s
2
6p
6
6d
2
7s
2
Mass Number
(Bold naturally occurring) --
Half-Life
--
Disintigration Type
:
261 -- 65 seconds --
alpha particle
emission