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Kurchatovium

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Noun
  1. 1
    A rejected name for rutherfordium. uncountable

    "Research on the production and properties of kurchatovium isotopes has continued; Ghiorso et al. exposed Cf²⁴⁹ to C¹² and C¹³ ions to produce two new α-active isotopes of kurchatovium (which they called rutherfordium, Rf) having A fo 257 and 259, the T_(1/2) being 4.5 and 3 sec respectively."

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Named for Igor Kurchatov, + -ium.

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