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Hassium

Statistics:

  • Name: Hassium
  • Symbol: Hs
  • Classification: Transition Metal
  • Atomic Number: 108
  • Atomic Mass: 265 g/mol
  • Density: unknown
  • Melting: unknown
  • Boiling: unknown
  • Protons & Electrons:108
  • Neutrons:157
  • Discovered: 1984
  • Discovered By: GSI

Electrons Per Energy Level:

  • Level 1: 2
  • Level 2: 8
  • Level 3: 18
  • Level 4: 32
  • Level 5: 32
  • Level 6: 14
  • Level 7: 2

Isotopes:

Isotope: Half-life

  • 265Hs: 0.9 milliseconds

Brief Summary

Hassium is a Transition Metal with the symbol 'Hs' and contains 108 Protons & Electrons with 157 neutrons in the nucleus of the atom. Hassium has an atomic mass of 265 g/mol .

Hassium was discovered by GSI in 1984 and is named 'Hassium' Latin word "Hassias", a German state.

Some common usages for Hassium: currently unknown.

Definitions and Notes

Density listed is at a temperature of 20°C.

Isotopes are forms of an element who have the same atomic number but different mass because they contain different number of neutrons.

Half-life is the time required for a quantity of a subject to fall to half of its current quantity.

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