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Hassium

Atomic Number 108
Atomic Symbol Hs
Atomic Weight 265
Electron Configuration [Rn]7s2 5f14 6d6
Melting Point -
Boiling Point -
Density -
History

(origin is Latin "Hassias" meaning "Hess", the German state.) Discovered by Peter Armbruster, Gottfried Munzenber and co-workers at GSI in Darmstadt, Germany in 1984.


This text is partially based on public educational material provided by Los Alamos National Laboratory.


Last Update: 2004-11-19