Lawrencium [Lr] (CAS-ID: 22537-19-5) | |
An: 103 N: 157 Am: [ 262 ] | |
Group No: 3 | |
Block: d-block Period: 7 | |
State: presumably a solid at 298 K | |
Colour: unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance Classification: Metallic | |
Boiling Point: unknown (?) | |
Melting Point: unknown (?) | |
Density: unknown | |
Availability: Lawrencium is a synthetic "rare earth metal" which does not occur in the environment. | |
Discovery Information |
Who: A. Ghiorso , T.Sikkeland, A.E.Larsh, R.M.Latimer |
When: 1961 |
Where: United States |
Name Origin |
After Ernest O. Lawrence. |
Sources |
Purely synthetic element. Produced by bombarding californium with boron ions . |
Uses |
None. |
Notes |
Very little is known about the chemical properties of this element but some preliminary work on a few atoms has indicated that it behaves similarly to the actinides . |