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bohrium
[ bawr-ee-uhm ]
noun
, Chemistry, Physics.
- a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. : Bh; : 107.
bohrium
/ ˈbɔːrɪəm /
noun
- a transuranic element artificially produced in minute quantities by bombarding 204Bi atoms with 54Cr nuclei. Symbol: Bh; atomic no: 107 Former nameselement 107unnilseptium
bohrium
/ bôr′ē-əm /
- A synthetic, radioactive element that is produced by bombarding bismuth with chromium ions. Its most long-lived isotopes have mass numbers of 261, 262, and 264 with half-lives of 11.8 milliseconds, 0.1 second, and 0.44 second, respectively. Atomic number 107.
- See Periodic Table
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Origin of bohrium1
First recorded in 1970–75; officially assigned to element 107 in 1997; named after Danish physicist Niels Bohr ; -ium ( def )
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Origin of bohrium1
C20: after Neils Bohr
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