Hassium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pronunciation | /ˈhæsiəm/ [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mass number | [271] (data not decisive)[a] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hassium in the periodic table | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Atomic number (Z) | 108 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Group | group 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Period | period 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Block | d-block | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electron configuration | [Rn] 5f14 6d6 7s2[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrons per shell | 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 14, 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Physical properties | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Phase at STP | solid (predicted)[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Density (near r.t.) | 27–29 g/cm3 (predicted)[6][7] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Atomic properties | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oxidation states | (+2), (+3), (+4), (+6), +8[8][9][10] (brackets: prediction) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Atomic radius | empirical: 126 pm (estimated)[12] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Covalent radius | 134 pm (estimated)[13] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other properties | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Natural occurrence | synthetic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Crystal structure | hexagonal close-packed (hcp) (predicted)[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CAS Number | 54037-57-9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Naming | after Hassia, Latin for Hesse, Germany, where it was discovered[14] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discovery | Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (1984) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Isotopes of hassium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hassium is a synthetic chemical element; it has symbol Hs and atomic number 108. It is highly radioactive: its most stable known isotopes have half-lives of approximately ten seconds.[a] One of its isotopes, 270Hs, has magic numbers of protons and neutrons for deformed nuclei, giving it greater stability against spontaneous fission. Hassium is a superheavy element; it has been produced in a laboratory in very small quantities by fusing heavy nuclei with lighter ones. Natural occurrences of the element have been hypothesised but never found.
In the periodic table of elements, hassium is a transactinide element, a member of the 7th period and group 8; it is thus the sixth member of the 6d series of transition metals. Chemistry experiments have confirmed that hassium behaves as the heavier homologue to osmium, reacting readily with oxygen to form a volatile tetroxide. The chemical properties of hassium have been only partly characterized, but they compare well with the chemistry of the other group 8 elements.
The principal innovation that led to the discovery of hassium was the technique of cold fusion, in which the fused nuclei did not differ by mass as much as in earlier techniques. It relied on greater stability of target nuclei, which in turn decreased excitation energy. This decreased the number of neutron ejections during synthesis, creating heavier, more stable resulting nuclei. The technique was first tested at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, in 1974. JINR used this technique to attempt synthesis of element 108 in 1978, in 1983, and in 1984; the latter experiment resulted in a claim that element 108 had been produced. Later in 1984, a synthesis claim followed from the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (GSI) in Darmstadt, Hesse, West Germany. The 1993 report by the Transfermium Working Group, formed by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, concluded that the report from Darmstadt was conclusive on its own whereas that from Dubna was not, and major credit was assigned to the German scientists. GSI formally announced they wished to name the element hassium after the German state of Hesse (Hassia in Latin), home to the facility in 1992; this name was accepted as final in 1997.
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