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What is Fermium? Origin / Meaning of the name Fermium
Named in honour of Enrico
Fermi, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Rome
and Nobel Prize winner whose work resulted in the discovery of
slow neutrons leading to the discovery of nuclear fission and the
production of elements lying beyond what was until 1938 the
Periodic Table.
What is Fermium? Periodic Table Group and Classification of the Fermium Element
Elements can be classified based on their physical states (States
of Matter) e.g. gas, solid or liquid. This element is a solid. Fermium
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 Fermium
Element
Fermium was co-discovered
by Albert Ghiorso and Glenn Seaborg in the USA 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 Fermium? Occurrence of the Fermium 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 Fermium
No known uses of fermium outside of basic research |
