darmstadtium

[ dahrm-stat-ee-uhm ]

noun

, Chemistry, Physics.

1. a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. : Ds; : 110.

darmstadtium

/ därm′shtät′ē-əm /

1. 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.
2. See Periodic Table

Word History and Origins

Origin of darmstadtium¹

First recorded in 2000–05; named after Darmstadt, the city in Germany where it was first created.

Example Sentences

Naturally there are berkelium, dubnium and darmstadtium, as well as livermorium - named after the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory that, among other things, ensures that the US nuclear stockpile does not decay too quickly.

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