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Hassium

Author: Robert Husted, Mollie Boorman

Atomic Number 108
Atomic Symbol Hs
CAS ID No. 54037-57-9
Atomic Weight [265] amu
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.




Last Update: 2011-02-16