History
In 1976 Soviet scientists at Dubna announced they had synthesized element 107
by bombarding 204Bi with heavy nuclei of 54Cr. Reports say that experiments in
1975 had allowed scientists "to glimpse" the new element for 2/1000 s. A rapidly
rotating cylinder, coated with a thin layer of bismuth metal, was used as a
target. This was bombarded by a stream of 54Cr ions fired tangentially.
The existence of element 107 was confirmed by a team of West German
physicists at the Heavy Ion Research Laboratory at Darmstadt, who created and
identified six nuclei of element 107.
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Last Updated: 10/20/1999, CST Information Services Team
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List of Elements
Bohrium