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104 Rf 267 u

Element 104 · Solid at room temperature

Rutherfordium

Transition metals
Rf

Rutherfordium is a chemical element with symbol Rf and atomic number 104, named in honor of physicist Ernest Rutherford. It is a synthetic element (an element that can be created in a laboratory but is not found in nature) and radioactive; the most stable known isotope, 267Rf, has a half-life of approximately 1.3 hours. In the periodic table of the elements, it is a d - block element and the second of the fourth - row transition elements.

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Atomic mass

267u

Density

23.2g/cm³

Melts

2400 K

Boils

5800 K

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Rutherfordium's family

Elements in the same column share their outer-electron count, so they behave alike.

Source

Discovered by Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.

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