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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