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Element 105 - Unnilpentium (Unp) sound

First named hahnium after Otto Hahn. Discoverers of new elements may suggest non systematic names when their discovery has been established beyond all doubt in the general scientific community. It was synthesized in 1970 by bombardment of californium with nitrogen nuclei.

Properties

Atomic Number: 105
Atomic Weight: (262)
Electron Configuration (at ground state): 1s22s22p63s23p63d104s24p64d105s25p64f145d105f146s26p66d37s2
Mass Number (Bold naturally occurring) -- Half-Life -- Disintigration Type: 262 -- 40 seconds -- alpha particle emission