darmstadtium [Ds]

Introduction

Named for Darmstadt, Germany, the site of the Gesellshaft fur Schwerionenforschung. Synthesized in 1995-96 by 3 different groups. Discovery credited to German physicist Peter Armbruster & Gottfried Muzenberg at the Gesellshaft fur Schwerionenforschung. Element named in 2003.

Occurrence

• does NOT occur naturally
• artificially produced

Characteristics

• presumably solid of unknown color
• presumably radioactive

Uses

none

More general terms

• transactinide
• radioactive element