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What is Einsteinium? Origin / Meaning of the name Einsteinium
Named in honour of Albert Einstein, the famous physicist who
proposed the theory of relativity.
What is Einsteinium? Periodic Table Group and Classification of the Einsteinium Element
Elements can be classified based on their physical states (States
of Matter) e.g. gas, solid or liquid. This element is a solid. Einsteinium
classified as an element in the Actinide series as one of the
"Rare Earth Elements" which can located in Group 3 elements of the
Periodic Table and in the 6th and 7th periods. The Rare Earth
Elements are of the Lanthanide and Actinide series. Most of the
elements in the Actinide series are synthetic or man-made.
Nearly 75% of all the elements in the Periodic Table are
classified as metals which are detailed in the
List of Metals.
Facts about the
Discovery and
History of the
Einsteinium
Element
Einsteinium was first
identified in 1952 by Albert Ghiorso at the University of
California, Berkeley and another team headed by G.R. Choppin at
Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA.
Einsteinium was found in the debris of thermonuclear weapons in
1952.
Glenn T. Seaborg
The American scientist Glenn T. Seaborg (1912 - 1999) won the
1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "discoveries in the chemistry
of the transuranium elements". Glenn Seaborg contributed to the
discovery and isolation of ten elements: plutonium, americium,
curium, berkelium, californium, einsteinium, fermium,
mendelevium, nobelium and element 106, which was named
seaborgium in his honor whilst he was still living. Glenn
Seaborg also developed the actinide concept, which led to the
current arrangement of the actinoid series in the periodic table
of the elements.
Glenn Seaborg (1912 - 1999)
What is Einsteinium? Occurrence of the Einsteinium Element
Man-made
Abundances of the element in different environments
% in Universe N/A
% in Sun None
% in Meteorites None
% in Earth's Crust None
% in Oceans None
% in Humans None
Associated Uses of Einsteinium
No known uses |
