Darmstadtium meaning

därm'shtät'ē-əm
An artificially produced radioactive element with atomic number 110. Isotopes having mass numbers ranging from 267 to 281 are known, with the most stable isotope (Ds-281) having a half-life of about 10 seconds.
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A radioactive chemical element with a very short half-life: it is a transactinide usually produced by bombarding lead with high-energy nuclear particles: symbol, Ds; at. no. 110
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A synthetic radioactive element, first produced by bombarding lead atoms with nickel atoms. It has a mass number of 281, and its most stable isotope has a half-life of over one minute. Atomic number 110.
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A transuranic chemical element (symbol Ds) with atomic number 110.
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Origin of darmstadtium

Named after Darmstadt, where it was first synthesized.

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