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Synthetic Elements
by Alex, Roo , and Meara
What is a Synthetic Element?
Which Elements are Synthetic?
There are currently 28 synthetic elements
Technetium
Atomic Number: 43 Atomic Mass Number: 98 4.2 million year half-life
Some other Synthetic Elements are...
Promethium (61)
Curium (96)
Hassium (108)
Uses of Plutonium
• explosive in nuclear weapons
• fuel in nuclear power plants
• nuclear batteries
Why Make Synthetic Elements?
• Many have no practical use
• Made to study properties
Naming the Elements: Places
Californium Americium
Naming the Elements: Famous Scientists
Einsteinium Curium Seaborgium
Element names are often controversial
Island of Stability
theoretic super heavy atomslonger half-lives
Nuclear Bombardment
-atoms ionized + accelarated
Equation
209Bi + 54Cr 262Bh + n
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