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Bh

Bohrium
[ 272 ]
 Historical Information

Scientists from the USSR reported their production of an isotope of bohrium in 1976 and this work was substantiated by German workers later.
Basic Information Shells
  • Name:Bohrium
  • Symbol: Bh
  • Atomic number: 107
  • Atomic weight:[ 272 ]
  • Standard state: presumably a solid at 298 K
  • Group in periodic table: 7
  • Group name:none
  • Period in periodic table: 7
  • Block in periodic table: d-block
  • Classification: Metallic
 Bohrium
Uses Trivia
  • It has no uses.

IUPAC are happy to name an element after Bohr but suggest bohrium (Bh) on the grounds that the first name of a person does not appear in the names of any other element named after a person.