Ununseptium (symbol: Uus) is a chemical element in group 17 of the periodic table. Its preparation was reported by a team from the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions in April 2010, based on the fusion of berkelium-249 with calcium-48 nuclei:[1]
- 24997Bk(4820Ca,3n)294117Uus t½ = 78(+370-36) ms
- 24997Bk(4820Ca,4n)293117Uus t½ = 14(+11-4) ms
This claim has yet to be accepted by the IUPAC/IUPAP Joint Working Party on Discovery of Elements (JWP).
References
- ↑ Oganessian, Yu. Ts.; Abdullin, F. Sh.; Bailey, P. D.; Benker, D. E.; Bennett, M. E.; Dmitriev, S. N.; Ezold, J. G.; Hamilton, J. H., et al. Synthesis of a New Element with Atomic Number Z = 117. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2010, 104 (14), 142502. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.142502.
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