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Meitnerium


Meitnerium Details

Meitnerium Symbol: Mt

Meitnerium Atomic Number: 109

Meitnerium Atomic Weight: (266)

What is Meitnerium?
Half-life of approximately 5ms. The creation of this element demonstrated that fusion techniques could indeed be used to make new, heavy nuclei. Made and identified by physicists of the Heavy Ion Research Laboratory, Darmstadt, West Germany in 1982. Named in honor of Lise Meitner the Austrian physicist.

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