Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Einsteinium!!! By Christian




Einsteinium is one of the most interesting elements ever discovered. I want you to know more
about Einsteinium and it's greatness so i'm going to give you some facts about it.

Where was Einsteinium discovered? Einsteinium was discovered in California.

Who discovered Einsteinium? A group of students in college discovered Einsteinium in the debris of the first hydrogen bomb.

What is Einsteinium? Einsteinium is a synthetic (man-made) radioactive element.

Atomic-
Number: 99

Weight: 252

Symbol: Es

Point-
Melting: 1133k(860 oC or 1580 oF)
Boiling: unknown

Periodic Number: 7

Group:
Number: none
Name: Actinide

How it's made? Combine 15 neutrons with uranium-238 or get the debris of a hydrogen bomb.
Interesting fact: Einsteinium wasn't discovered by Albert Einstein
And those are some facts about... Einsteinium!!!

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