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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.

transactinide elements in the periodic table

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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