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THE TRANSACTINIDE ELEMENTS

last update 01 oct 08

* The elements in the periodic table from Rutherfordium, element 104, on up the table are all very radioactive and transitory.

All were discovered in the postwar period.

   element             symbol
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   rutherfordium *     Rf<261/104>
   dubnium *           Db<262/105>
   seaborgium *        Sg<266/106>
   bohrium *           Bh<264/107>
   hassium *           Hs<269/108>
   meitnerium *        Mt<268/109>
   darmstadtium *      Ds<269/110>
   roentgenium *       Rg<280/111>
   ununbium *          Uub<285/112>
   ununtrium *         Uut<284/113>
   ununquadium *       Uuq<289/114>
   ununpentium *       Uup<288/115>
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The names of elements with the "unun" prefix are provisional, with the final name to be determined. The "transactinides" are of no real interest in a practical chemistry document and are only being mentioned here for the same of completeness.


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