flerovium
noun
fle·ro·vi·um
flə-ˈrō-vē-əm 
: a short-lived artificially produced radioactive element that has 114 protons
—symbol Fl
see Chemical Elements Table
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Scientists can produce flerovium at a rate of about three atoms a day, Düllmann says.
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Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
The heaviest element that researchers have studied chemically is flerovium (114)—the heaviest one that can be created in the quantities and with the duration needed for chemical experiments.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
At room temperature, flerovium forms a strong bond with gold, very unlike a noble gas.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
Most of the ions passed through the target, but over the course of a few weeks, a few collided with a plutonium nucleus and fused into flerovium.
—Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS, 12 Feb. 2021
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Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
The heaviest element that researchers have studied chemically is flerovium (114)—the heaviest one that can be created in the quantities and with the duration needed for chemical experiments.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
At room temperature, flerovium forms a strong bond with gold, very unlike a noble gas.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
Most of the ions passed through the target, but over the course of a few weeks, a few collided with a plutonium nucleus and fused into flerovium.
—Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS, 12 Feb. 2021
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“Flerovium.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flerovium. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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