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What is Seaborgium? Origin / Meaning of the name Seaborgium
The element was named in honour of the American chemist Glenn
T. Seaborg an American nuclear physicist and Nobel prize winner,
who discovered many of the transuranium elements.
What is Seaborgium? Periodic Table Group and Classification of the Seaborgium Element
Elements can be classified based on their physical states (States
of Matter) e.g. gas, solid or liquid. This element is a solid. Seaborgium
is
classified as a "Transition Metal" which are located in Groups 3 -
12 of the Periodic Table. Elements classified as
Transition Metals are generally described as ductile, malleable, and able to conduct electricity and heat.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 History
and the
Discovery of the Seaborgium
Element
Seaborgium was co-discovered by
Albert Ghiorso and Glenn Seaborg
in 1974 at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory at the University of
California.
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 Seaborgium? Occurrence of the Seaborgium 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 Seaborgium
No known uses, other than basic scientific research. |
