nobelium [No]

Introduction

Named for scientist Alfred Nobel. Discovery first claimed by scientists at the Nobel Institute in 1957, but their claim could not be verified. Discovery credited to Albert Ghiorso & colleagues in 1958 at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories.

Occurrence

artificially produced

Characteristics

• solid of unknown color
• radioactive element

Uses

none

More general terms

• actinide
• radioactive element

Additional terms

• periodic table

Database

• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=24822