Rutherfordium
  
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Statistics:
- Name: Rutherfordium
- Symbol: Rf
- Classification: Transition Metal
- Atomic Number: 104
- Atomic Mass: 261.1087 g/mol
- Density: unknown
- Melting: unknown
- Boiling: unknown
- Protons & Electrons:104
- Neutrons:157
- Discovered: 1964
- Discovered By: Flerov
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Electrons Per Energy Level:
- Level 1: 2
- Level 2: 8
- Level 3: 18
- Level 4: 32
- Level 5: 32
- Level 6: 10
- Level 7: 2
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Isotopes:
Isotope: Half-life
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Brief Summary
Rutherfordium is a Transition Metal with the symbol 'Rf' and contains 104 Protons & Electrons with 157 neutrons in the nucleus of the atom.
Rutherfordium has an atomic mass of 261.1087 g/mol
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Rutherfordium was discovered by Flerov in 1964 and is named 'Rutherfordium' After a New Zealand chemist and physicist, Lord Rutherford.
Some common usages for Rutherfordium: currently unknown.
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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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