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nobelium

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nobelium /no·bel·i·um/ (No) (no-bel´e-um) a chemical element, at. no. 102.
no·bel·i·um (n-bl-m)
n. Symbol No
A radioactive synthetic element in the actinide series; its longest-lived isotope is No 259 with a half-life of 58 minutes. Atomic number 102.
nobelium (No)
[nōbel′ē·əm]
Etymology: Alfred Nobel Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
a synthetic, transuranic metallic element. Its atomic number is 102, and the atomic mass of its most stable isotope is 259.
nobelium (No) [no-be´le-um]
a chemical element, atomic number 102, atomic weight 253. (See Appendix 6.)
nobelium
a chemical element, atomic number 102, atomic weight 253, symbol No. See Table 6.
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The topics range from the basic science and research on the actinide series--those 14 chemical elements lying between actinium and nobelium, inclusively, and representing the atomic numbers 89-102 (this group includes such radioactive elements as uranium and plutonium)--to their nuclear and superconducting applications.
Recent advances in actinide science by SciTech Book News
IUPAC's recommended element names revealed Atomic Voting number Name Symbol in favor(a) 101 Mendelevium Md 20 102 Nobelium No 20 103 Lawrencium Lr 20 104 Dubnium Db 19 105 Joliotium Jl 18 106 Rutherfordium Rf 18 107 Bohrium Bh 20 108 Hahnium Hn 19 109 Meitnerium Mt 20 (a)Voters were the 20 members of the International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry's Commission on Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry.
Elemental upset by Science News
The scientists checked the element's presence by measuring alpha particle emissions as it decayed to form the "daughter" and "granddaughter" elements rutherfordium and nobelium.
Element 106 takes the name seaborgium by Lipkin, Richard / Science News
 
 
 
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